We are heading to Alaska to dredge in just 23 days

by Shannon Poe | May 15, 2018 | All About Mining, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

We are just 23 days from leaving for our Alaska dredge trip at Gold Fever Prospecting out of Chicken on the 40 mile river!   There are 12 of us going (not an AMRA funded trip) and we are planning on running a 10″, an 8″ and three 6″ dredges for two...

Arizona road closures and the BLM ignoring state law

by Shannon Poe | May 11, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

Currently proposed Arizona road closures by BLM and what to do about them:   We are currently in Arizona and spoke at the GPAA Gold Fever West Valley Chapter last night about a new proposal by the BLM to close 505 miles of of public land roads under their Travel...

Video of testimony of SB1222

by Shannon Poe | Apr 18, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

SB1222 Video File

A decade long study on logging in OR proves it doesn’t hurt fish habitat if done correctly

by Shannon Poe | Apr 2, 2018 | All About Mining, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

This has some far reaching conclusions which should also impact small mining.  A 10 year study on the impacts of logging has concluded that it does not harm fish of fish habitat. For the complete article, click OSU study on trout

AMRA steps up to represent two miners in Nor Cal

by Shannon Poe | Mar 26, 2018 | All About Mining, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

9 months ago AMRA was contacted by 2 miners who were on their claim in Northern California. One man was running a sluice upstream and one man was running a high banker downstream. A DFW (Fish and Wildlife) Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) approached them, took the foot...