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...
by Shannon Poe | Feb 18, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
I grew up in Oregon and loved that state. Over the past few decades, the state has changed politically and quite dramatically. They have effectively, like California, banned or are attempting to ban most methods of small mining in the state. Now they are requiring...
by Shannon Poe | Jan 28, 2018 | All About Mining, Dredging, News & Events
We stumbled across this article posted on another Facebook forum this morning on suction dredging. This little Proline dredge, which has been demonized by environmentalists, the EPA and USFS is being used to create a clean riparian waterway and remove noxious weeds...
by Shannon Poe | Jan 11, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, News & Events
In this article by Brad Jones, he outlines just what happened in California on the suction dredge fight. Great read. http://freerangereport.com/index.php/2018/01/11/supreme-court-deals-a-blow-to-california-mining-rights/ Or for the complete article,...
by Shannon Poe | Dec 10, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
Please SHARE this post if you love small mining. Recently a brief was written to the United States Supreme Court on behalf of the Solicitor General of the US recommending the Supreme Court NOT hear the landmark Brandon Rinehart case. The case is about whether or not...
