by Shannon Poe | Jun 30, 2022 | All About Mining, Dredging, Facebook, Highbanking, National, News, News & Events, Top News
We have been speaking about the EPA and their rampant desire to control everything from air to water for over a decade now. This case, about how the EPA is being challenged for making law and over-stepping their authority will have far reaching impacts on the Clean...
by Shannon Poe | Jun 29, 2022 | News & Events
We had planned on going out and cleaning up this dumped little truck near some of the AMRA claims in the Stanislaus NF near Coulterville. We were very pleasantly surprised to see District Ranger Junette took care of this mess before we could get out there. There is...
by Shannon Poe | Jun 24, 2022 | All About Mining, Dredging, Facebook, Highbanking, National, News, News & Events, Top News
Italian Bar update, Stanislaus NF, Stanislaus County CA: As you know, we brought forth a significant problem on Italian Bar Road to the attention of the Stanislaus NF. The area of interest is a federally withdrawn and designated “Recreation Area” passed...
by Shannon Poe | Jun 21, 2022 | All About Mining, News, News & Events, Top News
Seriously….these rocks are life changing. They are not ours, they are our buddy GoldBay Dave’s. We are going to have them Xrayed for him to determine what the gold conglomeration looks like inside the rock so he can make them into show specimens. Some of...
by Shannon Poe | Jun 20, 2022 | All About Mining, News, News & Events, Top News
Word cannot express how incredibly proud we are of our very own Stacy Serrato, AMRA’s Operations Manager for the past 7 years. She has worked her butt off day and night going to law school while raising a family, putting up with all you rabid AMRA members and...
by Shannon Poe | Jun 20, 2022 | All About Mining, Dredging, Highbanking, National, News, News & Events, Top News
Here is how you spell hypocrisy: The recent flooding in Montana will be good for fish. The sediment which washed down for hundreds of miles, the turbidity which turned the river chocolate milk is GOOD for fish. But dredging, which makes a little plume for 100 feet...
by Shannon Poe | Jun 15, 2022 | Outings & Meetings, Top News
We apologize but the outing scheduled for this weekend has been cancelled. We believe many are unwilling to travel to the claim which is quite a drive for everyone due to high gas prices, graduations this weekend and also Father’s Day. Our initial numbers did...
by Shannon Poe | Jun 13, 2022 | All About Mining, Facebook, News, News & Events, Top News
BLM (Bureau of Land Management) in California is trying to close more and more public lands in Nor-Cal. We have written a letter opposing this on your behalf and encourage you to submit your comments to oppose this closure. Navigating their proposal and trying to...
by Shannon Poe | Jun 10, 2022 | All About Mining, Facebook, National, News, News & Events, Top News, Valued Partners
Italian Bar disaster update: As you know now, we’ve been trying to get the Stanislaus NF to evict the illegal occupiers down on Italian Bar road for close to a year now. We’ve shot videos of the trash, sewage, dumped batteries, a vehicle which was in the...
by Shannon Poe | Jun 9, 2022 | All About Mining, Dredging, Facebook, Highbanking, National, News, News & Events, Top News
We field tons of calls, emails and questions about the USFS and what they can, and cannot do as it relates to mining claims. Here is the 2800 manual which is the bible for the USFS on precisely that. We encourage you to read, open the PDF, print it and keep a copy...