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...
by Shannon Poe | May 5, 2019 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
This article is astounding in that Ms. Schumacher, the author researches the money to fund the radical environmental group ICL, Idaho Conservation League. It is an amazing read and it will likely make your jaw drop open….then the anger sets in. From the...
by Shannon Poe | Mar 14, 2019 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
We have been talking about the Bohmker case in Oregon for some time now which is being presented to the United States Supreme Court. We had the privilege of meeting Josh Bohmker and his two children this past weekend at the Fresno GPAA gold show and would like to...
by Shannon Poe | Oct 30, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, News & Events
We wanted to share a paper written by a college student and AMRA member we recently met in Sonora. Thank you Mariesa for your hard work researching and writing this paper! Suction Gold Dredges Benefit California’s Rivers and Streams Mariesa Yeoman Southern New...