by Shannon Poe | Jul 24, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
Hello from the South Fork Clearwater. Firstly, we’d like to remind everyone internet is quite a ways away from our claim and our camp so we cannot get emails, therefore the hundreds I am getting with go unanswered for a while. Phone service is non-existent, so...
by Shannon Poe | Jul 24, 2018 | News & Events
I am posting the letter (email) we sent to the USFS Minerals Examiner last night in response to their notice left on our windshields. You can read it below, but also wanted to say we did darn good dredging today …..all of today. We just came out of the water and...
by Shannon Poe | Jul 22, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
Update Sunday, July 22nd, 12:45 pm: Yesterday little brown envelopes were placed on several of our vehicles. In those were several things. 1) a “warning notice” from the LEO stating we were dredging without a PoO and which, he said days earlier this...
by Shannon Poe | Jul 19, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
We wanted to give you an update here in Idaho. Things are beginning to get very interesting. Last night, we were approached by the USFS LEO (Law Enforcement Officer) who informed us that we will be required to accept a “notice of non-compliance” or a...
by Shannon Poe | Jul 12, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events
Tomorrow we leave for Idaho to dredge our real property mining claims with a valid Idaho dredge permit from IDWR. We, along with all the other miners on this river have met all the conditions required for legally dredging on the river. The Nez Perce National Forest is...
by Shannon Poe | Jul 11, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
We here at AMRA strive to educate our followers, members and friends on what their rights are. If you do not know what RS2477 is, you need to. RS2477, a subpart of the 1866 Mining Grant states roads must remain open. Just a few years ago, Utah challenged the...
by Shannon Poe | Jul 6, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events, Outings & Meetings
Update on some current issues: We are packing today for our trip to Idaho and the South Fork Clearwater. We have been informed the USFS is not backing down on their ridiculous assertion that suction dredgers must pull a Plan of Operations (PoO). This is not, by law...
by Shannon Poe | Jul 1, 2018 | All About Mining, News & Events
The hissing and huffing hillsides of Roaring Mountain in Yellowstone National Park are doing more than just blowing off a little steam. Scientists measuring mercury levels in the park last month were stunned by what they found near the base of the mountain: probably...
by Shannon Poe | Jun 29, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
A new article by the Desert Sun on the fight here in California. Please folks, post a comment on the Desert Sun and be heard:...
