About California suction dredge permits

by Shannon Poe | May 8, 2019 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

We were going to announce to the small miners tomorrow about a meeting we had scheduled with the Executive Director of the California Water Board, Eileen Sobeck.   We were going to get some answers for you on the delays of the permitting program they have already said...

I hope you are waking up to what the states are doing to small mining

by Shannon Poe | Apr 26, 2019 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

You all hear us talking about the Bohmker case in Oregon and know we are supporting this one with everything we have.  You need to support this case. This……….is why. If the states are allowed to circumvent federal law, expect mining to be banned, all...

Supreme Court Moves to Overturn Conviction of Joe Robertson, Fined and Jailed for Digging Ponds on his Rural Montana Property

by Shannon Poe | Apr 23, 2019 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events

Justice is finally served in Montana. (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that the Supreme Court of the United States has overturned a lower court decision affirming the conviction of Joseph Robertson, a 78-year-old veteran now deceased who was sentenced...

Bohmker v Oregon – Everything you need to know

by Shannon Poe | Apr 22, 2019 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

Miners, this is a very, very important post.  The Bohmker case in Oregon has extreme potential and ramifications if it gets to the Supreme Court.  We highly encourage you to read this article (link below) written by the GPAA explaining everything you need to know...

Turbidity by suction dredges? Look at this….hypocrisy

by Shannon Poe | Apr 13, 2019 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

So Idaho Conservation League, the USFS, the EPA and many others claim a tiny little plume from a tiny little suction dredge creates so much turbidity that it harms fish. These pictures were taken yesterday on the same river (South Fork Clearwater in Idaho) they claim...