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PLP DREDGE COURT HEARING

Please pass this around and post on the websites. This is the court room address and date for our next hearing on the 6 coordinated cases on suction dredge mining. It is a Status Conference to set trial date and entertain other motions. It would be nice to have a bunch of miners show up to the Hearing/

Thanks You
Jerry Hobbs

Rancho Cucamonga Court
8303 Haven Ave.
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
Judge Gilbert G. Ochoa
Dept. R8
Hearing February 13, 2013
8:30 AM
Gary Goldberg, Director
Public Relations
Public Lands for the People, Inc.

855-PLP-LAND
OR
855-757-5263 Option 5

public.relations@plp1.org

If these are not the best newsletters, I don’t know what to tell ya. Try the Miners Cookbook recipes too……..

Had a great outing at the Warner Springs gem claim. We all managed to get in some metal detecting, tourmaline and other gems hunting. Fifteen signed up. The weather was a bit cold but not uncomfortable. Had our lunch and told stories about area and just had a great time.

The Court Hearing (Status Conference) set for Friday the 16th of NOVEMBER at 1:00 pm in San Bernardino on suction dredging issues has been canceled. Another date will be scheduled and we will let you know when that is as soon as we find out. Sorry about the short notice but PLP has no control over the courts.

Thanks you for all of your support

Jerry Hobbs

The new WMA November Newsletter is out. Go to www.westernminingalliance.org website to download the new newsletter.

Please read the November issue of the PLP Newsletter. The latest on dredging is posted. You can find the information at plp1.org. Part of info in newsletter is as follows. All 6 DFG cases including the case for Injunctive Relief Against AB670, SB120 & SB1018 have been Coordinated and sent to San Bernardino Superior Court. We are no Longer in Oakland!!
Judge Alvarez has ruled that the case will be heard in San Bernardino County, and the Judicial Council has confirmed his action (see decision posted on web site). The next action will be a status conference on November 16th, at 1:00 pm on the second floor at 303 W. 3rd st., San Bernardino Ca.

There is a very interesting article in the latest PLP Sentry Newsletter. It concerns the article written in the LA Times about those who recreate up at the East Fork of the San Gabriel River. It’s a must read for all of us and another reason for all of to support the PLP. Buy those tickets, join and pay your dues, and wear your Tshirt while up there at the East Fork. What do you think?

As reported on Yahoo! News, the Bureau of Land Management, under the U.S. Department of the Interior, has issued Instruction Memorandum No. 2012-182. It establishes policy governing the collection of meteorites found on public lands.

The policy, issued Sept. 10, 2012, provides guidance to the BLM’s field office managers for administering the collection of meteorites on public lands in three “use categories,” said Derrick Henry, a public affairs specialist for BLM in Washington, D.C.

They are:

• Casual collection of small quantities without a permit
• Scientific and educational use by permit under the authority of the Antiquities Act
• Commercial collection of meteorites through the issuance of land-use permits

The new use categories shouldn’t have a significant impact on the hobbyist meteorite hunter, but you should familiarize yourself with the new rules before going out.

Click here to read the full story at Yahoo! News

Click here to read the publication from the BLM

For those who would like to read the story on how this proposed land annexation came to be, please go to the PLP website and read the message from Jim Wharff in PDF format. Bring a copy to the Temecula Valley Prospectors meeting Saturday. Now, this has become a team effort.

Just a short note on the newspaper article, we the Treasure Seekers have submitted a petition to the Mayor and City Council against their proposed action. Others should do the same if they want to continue using this area to camp, hike and prospect in. Individual letters may contain more weight, but petitions with 125 to 150 signatures get attention as well. The address is as follows: Twentynines Palms City Council, 6136 Adobe Road, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277, Re: Land Annexation to Jushua Tree National Park. Dear Mayor and City Council Members.