by Shannon Poe | Jun 13, 2019 | All About Mining, News & Events
Tuesday, the AMRA staff taught the Greeley Hill school students how to pan…….all of them. What a great time and all of the kids went home with a little vial of gol, just in time for summer break! Next year we hope to take them all out to a claim and...
by Shannon Poe | Jun 13, 2019 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
From our good friend Justin Karr in Washington: The average length of time it took BLM and the Forest Service to complete the first three steps of the mine plan review process and approve 68 mine plans from fiscal years 2010 through 2014 was approximately 2 years....
by Shannon Poe | Jun 2, 2019 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
How cool would it be if all of us joined hands against the destruction of our access to public lands, the destruction of our rural communities and ridiculous laws passed to make you pay dearly for insane policies? California is rapidly becoming intolerable. Miners,...
by Shannon Poe | Jun 1, 2019 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
Suction Dredging In California, Permits And Politics It has now been nearly 3 ½ years since the passage of Senate Bill 637 (SB637) which labeled anything mechanized or motorized as “a suction dredge” and therefore requires a permit from the California Water Board...
by Shannon Poe | May 30, 2019 | All About Mining, Dredging, Giveaways, Highbanking, News & Events
This past weekend we took two winners of a 3 day mining trip with AMRA for an amazing mining experience. Day one……metal detecting Day two……placer mining Day three…lode mining Along with getting to keep all the gold we found, they get...
