by Shannon Poe | Nov 21, 2017 | All About Mining, News & Events
Well, can’t say we disagree with this. Just in the past 4 1/2 years we have had to endure two massive fires in our own backyard. One was the 5th largest in the history of California. The latest one came within a mile and a quarter of our home base. Mismanagement...
by Shannon Poe | Nov 20, 2017 | All About Mining, News & Events
Our thoughts on Interior Secretary Zinke moving the departments/agencies tasked with managing our public lands out of Washington DC is pretty simple. We’d rather have these folks be available to the folks affected by their management and be in the heart of the...
by Shannon Poe | Nov 3, 2017 | All About Mining, News & Events
We’ve posted many time that mining claim owners have fundamental rights, rights of access, rights to the minerals in the ground and that others like snowmobile users, hikers, campers and hunters have “privileges” to use our public lands. Well, here...
by Shannon Poe | Oct 28, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events
A good read on just how hard it is to be a small miner in Oregon: Oregon gold miner faces unbelievable challenges
by Shannon Poe | Oct 24, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events
We have been talking about RS2477 (Revised Statute 2477) quite a bit lately and encourage you to read Marjorie Haun’s outstanding piece on the subject here. These roads, and the same one’s our government continually tries to close, MUST remain open: ...