middleforkminer2 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 http://www.mymotherlode.com/news/local/279183/man-arrested-for-drugs-while-illegally-mining-at-area-reservoir.html I drive past this area all the time and have always wondered if there is any ground that can be sniped, panned, metal detected...lots of tailings in the area...from the brief description of what the deputies found, I'm glad they popped the guy.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relichunter2016 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 darn, that's to close to home.....glad they got the guy. If he did not have any drugs on him...they would have let him go with citation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Au Seeker Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Hmmm, I'm glad they got him out of there, he's a bad example of today's prospectors!! I find it odd that there was no mention of charges filed on the dredging aspect?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
middleforkminer2 Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 10 minutes ago, Au Seeker said: Hmmm, I'm glad they got him out of there, he's a bad example of today's prospectors!! I find it odd that there was no mention of charges filed on the dredging aspect?? I don't find it all that odd...out here, I'm getting the idea that they pass a lot of laws so they can better control us with the "threat" of incarceration or huge fine $$$....it has nothing to do with right and wrong, protecting the civil rights of others... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulder dash Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Turns out he wasn't dredging at all, just bad forest ranger info passed on to the sheriff. He just had a sluice and waterpump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homefire Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Until the Drug issue came to light He was targeted to be Harassed by the ranger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
middleforkminer2 Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 20 hours ago, homefire said: Until the Drug issue came to light He was targeted to be Harassed by the ranger. I kind of wonder what kind of "human waste" he had laying around....I've gotten to the point where I almost EXPECT some kind of drug use by people living/camping along creeks and rivers...in fact, IIRC, Ca. passed a law that makes possession of "personal use" amounts of drugs a misdemeanor...what chaps my ass is when I start stepping in human feces and seeing trash being scattered around...it was probably the combination of trash, feces, drugs and the general condition of his camp that got him popped...OTOH, I have run into more than one overzealous ranger and LEO.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Same o`l Kerry....That guy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
middleforkminer2 Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 10 hours ago, adam said: Same o`l Kerry....That guy! You know him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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