QUOTE (russau @ May 31 2013, 04:49 AM)
:) the truth dont sell shows! made up drama is what they want,and what they get! im suprised that some of this stuff thats on these kinds of shows dont end up as evidence by some envirowacos in court as "proof" of what prospectors/miners do! some posts over the net do! ive seen it!
Yes this can and does happen......from a recent article in the Denver Post.
Unfortunately the author Nancy is the enviro nut slant and the Post see's no value in checking references/facts or information published.
Full article here
Reality-show prospecting meets reality in Coloradoexcerpt from the article
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In online prospecting blogs and forums, proponents of ignoring permits say they are following an 1872 law that allowed miners to file a claim and get to work digging without further ado.
The problem is that more recent laws supersede that. There is also some confusion over claims and permits. Some online prospecting forums state that a claim on public lands is enough to allow prospecting. That's not the case. A permit is still needed for any activities like prospecting that take place on that claim.
"It's not 1872 anymore," Pineda said. "We have environmental protections in place, and a lot of Colorado areas need that."
Rockhounds don't need a permit if they are only engaged in "casual use" of land and don't disturb more than 1,600 square feet. None of the "Prospectors" show prospectors fall in that category. They are actually mining gemstones, and that triggers a maze of county, state and federal requirements that can cost thousands of dollars, depending on size and amount of disturbance, Waldron said.
More than 130 mineral-gathering operations have been permitted for prospecting in Colorado, and another 240 have filed notices that they are intending to prospect — the first step in determining if there is a vein of gems to dig.
Wow! Not true at all and yet another poor precedence set in the publics eye both on the claim owners and show's lack of attention to permits needed. Good job, put it on the tv whilst operating without proper permits for blasting?! SMOOTH!!
And then further compounding the problem with an article like this that basically has 2 or 3 facts in it's content, while the rest of the content is opinion, contradicting in itself and not fact what so ever! Can you spot which is fact and what's fiction in the article? Kind of even hard to tell who she's quoting and when it's her spewed opinion mixed in.
If one were to believe that article......it implies one would first need to stake a claim and file for a "prospecting permit" to find a vien of value?!!
Anyone with the basic understanding of staking a claim knows that's incorrect, but why would they be concerned with facts?
Thanks to all the prospector shows for doing such a bang up job "helping to educate".....oops guess not!
Even looks as if the author read some information here (online blogs and forums) about the process and permitting thresholds but didn't agree? At least we have the facts here on the "online forum" about the
REALITY OF PROSPECTING!What do you all think about the shows now? I know it's suppose to be entertainment but when does it cross the line and cost folks actually in the proffessional world of propsecting/mining? Probably one of the correct facts in the aricle is....the officials will now be watching that area much more closely.....and that means ALL CLAIMS not just the tv jockeys!