by Shannon Poe | Apr 3, 2018 | All About Mining, Outings & Meetings
As we face another big rain storm this coming weekend, we regretfully announce the cancellation of this outing. For safety purposes, we feel that the ground is just too unstable in the area to responsibly hold an outing. Safety is a primary concern for the AMRA staff....
by Shannon Poe | Apr 2, 2018 | All About Mining, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
This has some far reaching conclusions which should also impact small mining. A 10 year study on the impacts of logging has concluded that it does not harm fish of fish habitat. For the complete article, click OSU study on trout
by Shannon Poe | Apr 1, 2018 | All About Mining, Dredging, Giveaways, Highbanking, News & Events, Outings & Meetings
Our first outing of the year is just a week away.! Remember, these outings are free, are open to the public and is for Saturday April 7th and Sunday April 8th. New to prospecting or curious? Let us know and we will teach you how to pan for gold. You keep whatever...
by Shannon Poe | Mar 26, 2018 | All About Mining, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
9 months ago AMRA was contacted by 2 miners who were on their claim in Northern California. One man was running a sluice upstream and one man was running a high banker downstream. A DFW (Fish and Wildlife) Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) approached them, took the foot...
by Shannon Poe | Mar 24, 2018 | All About Mining, News & Events
Big mining companies influence politics? You bet. Do they care if they crush a small miner? Hell no. http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article139972108.html For the complete article, click HERE
by Shannon Poe | Mar 22, 2018 | News & Events
A new bill has been introduced in California which would make it a crime for any non-profit to hold a raffle where the prize is a rifle. AMRA and many, many other non-profits have held raffles where guns were a prize and it has raised quite a bit of money for the...
by Shannon Poe | Mar 18, 2018 | All About Mining, News & Events
Most of you know by now that several of the AMRA staff have ponied up some personal funds and we (there are 12 of us) taking a trip to Alaska to dredge in a little over 2 months! We are going to be filming every single day and will have some amazing clean outs and...
by Shannon Poe | Mar 18, 2018 | All About Mining, News & Events
Treasure Hunters Claim Pennsylvania State Officials Blocking Dig for Lost Civil War Gold Treasure hunters on the trail of a lost Civil War gold shipment claim they have discovered the fortune in a remote location of Pennsylvania, but state and federal authorities have...
by Shannon Poe | Mar 17, 2018 | All About Mining, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
Last fall we took a reporter from KQED in the Bay area of California out to hunt for some gold. Here is his article: Right after we meet, Shannon Poe asks me if I’m a) allergic to poison oak and b) freaked out by ghosts. Because where we’re going, he says, there’s a...
by Shannon Poe | Mar 11, 2018 | All About Mining, News & Events
Two weeks dredging in Alaska……… 12 of us have pulled the trigger and have booked a two week dredge trip at Gold Fever Prospecting in Alaska. We will be going on the 8th of June and be there for two weeks. They offer all inclusive trips, food,...
