by jerhobbs » Wed Aug 28, 2013 1:12 pm
Sorry to inform all of the suction dredge miners that the Court denied the Preiminary Injunction. He found that the miners did not have irrepairable harm. He will writing up a decision on the demurrers that were filed, probably nest week.
If I had guess why he felt the miners had no harm it would be because about 80% of the miners that have been involved in this whole process consider themselves as recreational. No matter how much we have driven home to the public that they are not considered recreational, they stil maintain that they are.
Personally, I don't feel there is such a thing as recreational mining simply because, if someone could show them where they could pan an ounce of gold and hour, you could shoot dice on their shirt tail as they are running to that spot. A mining claim has rules and they are what can be done on a mining claim. Recreation is not on the list.
The trial date was postponed till some time in May of 2014 but in the meantime there will be several motions and the acquisition of the complete record for all of the cases. We were informed tday that the record is several hundred thousannd pages and is the largest record in the history of the Ca. Fish and Wildllife and the cost of that record to the plaintiffs can be $100,000 or more.
This far more money than we could normally acquire so again if we want to stay in this case we have got to rely on the miners and the clubs to help us raise the necessary funds. By staying in this lawsuit and fighting, we do not know the out come yet, but we do know the outcome if we do not fight back.