We are in the process of editing our last part in the Alaska dredge video series…and at the same time are editing the “How to file a mining claim” video series. The mining claim video is challenging, but after you view it, you can file your own claim from start to finish.
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 Hampshire University Introduction Destruction, pollution, and a lack of respect for […]
The USFS is proposing adopting a new regulatory scheme for suction dredging. Before we get into the nuts and bolts of this let us ask you a quick question: Have you ever seen a management or regulatory agency adopt anything….ever which benefits the public whom they claim it works for, or is your experience […]
Happy Constitution Day. We wanted to pose a few questions… What if we could all unite in the small mining community and become a powerful force like the NRA? What if we could all have access to up-to-date information on what is happening with regulations, litigation and other issues? What if we […]
Update on dredging in California: Yesterday we met with the California Water Board (CAWB) in Sacramento over the permitting of suction dredging for 2019 along with several other mining organizations here in CA. This is the second meeting in the past 3 weeks and yes, they still do in fact intend on creating […]
South Fork Clearwater update, July 26: Yet another day partially missed to deal with this USFS nonsense. We drove to Grangeville to call a gentleman in Missoula MT at the regional HQ for the USFS. He was cordial, but said some things we found quite baffling. He stated all the miners he’s heard from […]
Update Sunday, July 22nd, 12:45 pm: Yesterday little brown envelopes were placed on several of our vehicles. In those were several things. 1) a “warning notice” from the LEO stating we were dredging without a PoO and which, he said days earlier this document (should we be given one) was only that we […]
A new article by the Desert Sun on the fight here in California. Please folks, post a comment on the Desert Sun and be heard: https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/politics/2018/06/29/suction-dredge-mining-advocates-foes-regroup-after-clarifying-legislation-grinds-halt/742999002/ Or simply click Suction dredge mining advocates foes regroup after clarifying legislation grind to a halt
We have finally recovered after our dredge trip to the 40 Mile River in Alaska at the Gold Fever Prospecting camp near Chicken. We are writing a story which documents our 2 weeks up there and will share it soon. We are very actively setting up our face to face meetings with CA Department […]
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 weeks. The crew […]