by Shannon Poe | Dec 22, 2017 | All About Mining, News & Events
We finally got a new computer and software program to edit our videos. We have quite a few in the can and will be editing and pumping them out pretty quickly now. Here is the first one, and if you don’t believe in ghosts, you might after seeing this....
by Shannon Poe | Dec 22, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events
The argument on National Monuments by the likes of companies like Patagonia are simply untrue. A few years ago, we published a list of companies like Patagonia and REI which are so far left on their ideology, they are about to tip over. It was one of a handful of...
by Shannon Poe | Dec 21, 2017 | All About Mining, News & Events
Over the years we have all learned that there are two sides to every story. Also over the years, we’ve learned that most of the media are against keeping public lands open and that they truly hate mining on any scale. One can only come to this conclusion based...
by Shannon Poe | Dec 19, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events
Recently we were contacted by some people down in the San Gabriel area of the greater Los Angeles area about some moves the USFS were proposing. The moves include making the area off limits to overnight camping and eliminating much of the parking previously reserved...
by Shannon Poe | Dec 18, 2017 | Current Legislation, News & Events
When one reviews the language in the Antiquities Act, Presidents can make monuments, but in the language of the actual act, they must be the smallest area possible. This act has been abused….by both sides of the political spectrum. Hundreds of millions of...
by Shannon Poe | Dec 16, 2017 | All About Mining, News & Events
From The Hill: Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke brought the leader of a California park to his office last month to reprimand him for climate change-related tweets the park had sent via Twitter, two sources close to the situation said. Zinke did not take any formal...
by Shannon Poe | Dec 14, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events
3 years ago this January, two retired Veterans, one with his wife were panning and crevicing on their AMRA claim near Coulterville. It was a cold day, but sunny and they were each finding some good color enjoying a day out from the bustle of the valley. Two...
by Shannon Poe | Dec 10, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
Please SHARE this post if you love small mining. Recently a brief was written to the United States Supreme Court on behalf of the Solicitor General of the US recommending the Supreme Court NOT hear the landmark Brandon Rinehart case. The case is about whether or not...
by Shannon Poe | Dec 9, 2017 | Current Legislation, News & Events
An excerpt from a PLF (Pacific Legal Foundation) on property rights. Here, Fish and Wildlife are taking millions of acres without considering the economic impacts of their decisions….illegally. We are going to be writing about some of these issues and the...
by Shannon Poe | Dec 5, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events, Outings & Meetings
A very fair piece written on AMRA standing up to the illegal road closures down in Barstow with Route 66 and Temecula gold clubs. We have not, and will not let this issue go… “We had a lengthy debate about that and I encouraged her to do a little bit of...
