There are times when we shake our head in disbelief and ask ourselves what the hell is this? This is one of those times. Who authorized this new agency, who is paying for them, who has oversight, what is their role going to be and who do they answer to? Every single […]
For several years, while dredging in the South Motherlode and running our concentrates through a spiral wheel, we found that we didn’t set it up properly, and therefore we were dumping much of our gold onto my wife’s rose bushes. Well, a few weeks ago, we decided to dig up those roses………check out what we […]
Many of us have received this letter from the USFS based out of Montana for the issue’s we face in Idaho. As many of you are aware, the USFS and Idaho Dept. of Water Resources (IDWR) is restricting the number of dredges on the SF Clearwater to just 15 this year and requiring the miners […]
AMRA has just sent this letter to Mr. Trump, Ms. Clinton and Mr. Sanders about where they each stand on our public land issues. As many of you know, we similar sent letters to all of the candidates several months ago and did not have one candidate respond. These are being sent certified and we’ll […]
Update on the illegal ban on suction dredging in Idaho: As most of you know, we have been fighting in Northern Idaho for 3 years now with the EPA and USFS over suction dredging on validly held Federally filed mining claims. Many of you sent in letters of opposition in January when the […]
As of today, AMRA is three years old. This is the story of AMRA (revisited): Spending decades wearing a suit and tie in the executive corporate world, I was becoming frustrated with the politics, sitting in court rooms, administering lawsuits, public speaking, doing investigations all across the west and interrogating horrible criminals. Some of these […]
7 letters we are sending today on behalf of small miners and public land users. These letters are addressed to: Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. This is not an endorsement of any one candidate, we are only showing the template of the letters being sent. […]