by Shannon Poe | Mar 6, 2017 | News & Events
T-Shirt Contest Winners: Congrats and thank you to all who submitted your ideas. We had some outstanding designs and sayings this go ’round. 1st Place: Matt McMcauliffe “My rights don’t end where your feelings begin” Matt is an AMRA Board...
by Shannon Poe | Mar 6, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events
We have long held to the belief that the EPA is the most dangerous government agency in America. They have lost numerous lawsuits for regulatory over-reach, have fined property owners $37,000 per day for digging ponds on their own private property (only to have that...
by Shannon Poe | Mar 4, 2017 | All About Mining, News & Events
As you all know by now, we are facing some significant challenges with the never ending assault on small mining and public land use all across America. With the election of Mr. Trump, it appears to have some lights shining at the end of that tunnel. Take for example...
by Shannon Poe | Mar 1, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
We have received an overwhelming response to our post yesterday about President Trump’s Executive Order eliminating the WOTUS (Waters Of The United States) power grab by the EPA. Let’s clear a few things up here; First, the EPA did not have the...
by Shannon Poe | Feb 28, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
With the stroke of a pen today, President Trump just neutered the EPA’s totalitarian dream of controlling every river, lake, mud puddle, ditch and rain gutter in America. This will have positive effects for small miners. Many may recall we stood up to the EPA...
by Shannon Poe | Feb 27, 2017 | All About Mining, Outings & Meetings
AMRA’s 2017 schedule for outings and shows. If you’d like to volunteer for an event, please let us know which event you can help at and how many in your group which can volunteer. March 2017 ● 11-12 GPAA Gold Show: Phoenix, AZ Arizona Exposition and State...
by Shannon Poe | Feb 25, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
Does a suction dredge grind fish? NO. We shot this very short video for our presentation during the California Water Board permitting scheme as a result of SB637. It was presented on behalf of the small mining community. A few things to remember: A suction dredge...
by Shannon Poe | Feb 24, 2017 | All About Mining, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
When John Keady, independent miner and owner of Rock Chuck in Schurz, received a certified letter dated Jan. 27, from the United States Department of the Interior – Bureau of Land Management (BLM) out of Reno, he never dreamt it would be declaring his Last...
by Shannon Poe | Feb 23, 2017 | News & Events
We would like to congratulate all the winners of the Facebook Live raffle held in Pleasanton at the GPAA gold show. Winners from all over America! We are going to be having another Facebook Live raffle in Las Vegas in April and will be announcing it next week. The...
by Shannon Poe | Feb 21, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
This is our formal letter to the California Water Board on the SB637 permitting scheme. We presented 4 times for small miners during this required process of public comments. We want to thank everyone who attended these meetings and provided input. A special thank you...
