by Shannon Poe | Oct 3, 2014 | Outings & Meetings
We are considering our final outing of the year and have come up with the dates of November 1st and 2nd, Saturday and Sunday. We will have it at our claims (3 adjoining) called “The Office” located in Bull Creek, about 15 miles from Coulterville and 15...
by Shannon Poe | Oct 3, 2014 | All About Mining, News & Events
Many of you have heard of the treasure a friend and I found a few years ago metal detecting just out of Greeley Hill, very near our claim Albie 1. For those who have not heard it, here it is along with some of the pictures I finally found…. We had just picked up...
by Shannon Poe | Sep 26, 2014 | Current Legislation, News & Events
With the recent decision by the appeals court in the Brandon Rinehart case, we will opine on what we believe our future looks like in reference to suction dredging. In a nutshell………..Brandon Rinehart owns several claims on the Feather River in...
by Shannon Poe | Sep 25, 2014 | Current Legislation, News & Events
This letter is courtesy of James Buchal, attorney for Brandon Rinehart. While encouraging, we want to make sure everyone understands this is not a ruling on preemption and since it is not published, it cannot be used in future litigation by law. ...
by Shannon Poe | Sep 17, 2014 | Current Legislation, News & Events
This is from our friend, Joe Greene, retired EPA scientist. Joe outlines what is happening in Oregon and what is happening all across America. Update on Oregon’s SB 838 Study Group By: Thom Seal, Ph.D., PE. As a scientist, engineer, and miner, I was asked to...
by Shannon Poe | Sep 13, 2014 | Current Legislation, News & Events
From our good friend at ICMJ, Scott Harn. 09/05/2014 Update on California Suction Gold Dredge hearings Print by Scott Harn, Editor/Publisher, ICMJ’s Prospecting and Mining Journal _______________ Latest Update: 9/8/2014 There is nothing exciting to report...
by Shannon Poe | Sep 10, 2014 | Current Legislation, News & Events
IMPORTANT ALERT: A bill has been introduced in the United States Congress, HB 5204, entitled The Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Modernization Act of 2014, which will allow fees to be collected for most of the “public land” that is controlled by the...
by Shannon Poe | Sep 2, 2014 | All About Mining, News & Events
Recently, we have had some man named “Jim” claim our claim with PLP is his and telling our members they cannot mine there. We wanted to explain what we are doing about it and what to do if you are confronted with this. First of all, our claim is valid...
by Shannon Poe | Sep 2, 2014 | Outings & Meetings
AMRA Outing September 6th and 7th: Our outing for metal detecting, mining and prospecting will be held at our claims on Moore Creek. Excellent camping (no water due to the drought, so bring your own for camping) with lots of areas for RV’s. The road is very...
by Shannon Poe | Aug 27, 2014 | Current Legislation, News & Events
Know your rights: We were contacted by one of our members who was at our claim on the Yuba and told by somebody that “they” owned the claim and not AMRA. This probably explains why our sign was just recently torn down. We will be going to… this claim...
