Urgent call to action for Washington State on bill to ban suction dredging

by Shannon Poe | Jan 11, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation

Critical small mining bill proposed in Washington State Urgent action required Washington State Democrats have reintroduced yet another bill to put a moratorium (ban) on small mining (dredging) in the state. House bill 1077 would impose over-regulation on suction...

Obama Seized Enough Land and Water in 8 Years to Cover Texas Three Times

by Shannon Poe | Jan 5, 2017 | News & Events

Last week, in one of his final moves out of the Oval Office, Obama executively designated more than 1.5 million acres of land as national monuments, preserving their untouched façade while closing them to human expansion, development, energy use, ranching or state or...

KCRA 3 airs investigative report on mining Taser incident

by Shannon Poe | Sep 19, 2016 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events

The long awaited news report was finally aired on KCRA 3 out of Sacramento on the incident where a USFS Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) pulled, and pointed a Taser at an AMRA member while he was panning for gold.  ...

The Miners Meetings return. Uniting the small miners

by Shannon Poe | Sep 7, 2016 | All About Mining, News & Events, Outings & Meetings

Uniting the Small Miners, we all come together Announcing the Miners Meetings in Brea Ca October 15th and Stockton CA October 23rd Hosted by Delta Gold Diggers, The GPAA, The WMA and AMRA Have you ever wondered what is it going to take to stop this insanity of...

WMA/AMRA outing and swap meet on the NF Yuba!

by Shannon Poe | Jul 8, 2016 | All About Mining, Dredging, Giveaways, Highbanking, News & Events, Outings & Meetings

WMA and AMRA are hosting the premier outdoor swap meet and outing of the year in California. September 24th and 25th at the Indian Valley Outpost on the North Fork Yuba River. Camping is available (see flyer). Please share this and lets all come together. Have...