California miner needs help after USFS employee steals his property from claim

[Hefty1]

And yet the run around continues.........as now the patrol captian states Tom Madrigal is the only one authorized to release the equipment to me.....and Tom Madrigal is in Oregon on training. Needless to say the congressmans aid is a little pissed off. He gave them 24hrs to get a release date.


But that does confirm the one!!!

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[stilllookin]

Just who works for who anymore? It's evident there's a majority of government employees who feel they are not responsible to the taxpayer for anything. We certainly know they don't go out of their way to help anybody. Maybe we should fight for some legislation that we may have some say as to who is hired and who is fired. Just thinking out loud.

[Hefty1]

Well it is confirmed.....I get to pick up my equipment Thursday morning 9:30.....
without Tom Madrigal.

[russau]

i wish i was ava. to help you get your equipment!but im in the middle of the Country. im glad you finnaly are getting your equipment back!i hope you do some sort of follow up on this abuse of power they showed!

[Hoser John]

LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL YES--need any help/truck/or a old fart with a weak mind? I'd happily drive that few hundred miles to see that anyday-even in this 100+ heat.. God I hope this works and now for the casha $20-30,000 should be just about the right compensation. Mark I absolutely cannot thank you enough for the inclusion to this drama/legal hassle/ungodly mess. This game has just begun and the dance will continue but this thursday the sun will rise and it will be good-tons a au 2 u 2-John

[gold nuggets]

Well it is confirmed.....I get to pick up my equipment Thursday morning 9:30.....
without Tom Madrigal.

I truely hope that you will make a HUGE example out of this injustice Hefty1... after the dust settles a bit.
Happy for you.......... Gold Nuggets

[GrayCloud]

Stilllookin, I fully agree with your train of thought there. But I would like to take it one giant step forward.

Eliminate their jobs. Eliminate the size of government!!!! 90% Of which is nuthing more than an out of control blood sucking leach. Nuff Said!!!

[russau]

YUP!!!!!

[Hefty1]

Well all went well today.....got my equipment back.
I dont know what the congressmans aid had said to the patrol captian but I had never been treated so nicely and with respect by any law enforcement officer. They didnt ask for ID or any proof that it was me or my equipment.
No cameras of any kind were allowed....dam it. As it was on fs property. It was FS-5300-60 form that I signed and that was it. They even helped guide me backing up to the equipment. They carried out of the storeage facility to the truck.
We had to load though. My helper was talking to one of them and told him we were headed right back down to put the equipment back onto the claim.....should of seen the look on his face as he replyed..." Really... today?"
My helper responed " Yea..why not?...is there a law against that"? The leo just walked away. I was cracking up inside the truck.

Well anyhow still have to sort through to find all that is missing or distroyed. After that on to the next step.

Thanks All for the support!!!

[Oakview2]

Nice to see the good guys win one

[Gravel Hog]

Paving the road for other, I would hope. That is such great news should have ICMJ print the whole ordeal, truly uplifting. Glad to hear it all went well and plenty of time to get it back in use before summer.

[russau]

Hefty there would be NO reason for them to treat you in any other way! after all they work for us and they want you to keep from any followup lawsuits! id love to have a "ear" on what they said after you left! you might want to document all that you did to secure your equipment for others that may get into the same situation! congratulations!

[Hoser John]

YAHOO MARK mission accomplished--now show him the benjamins please fs and procede with EXTREME caution as you are now on their hit list and the dogs at the fs do LOVE their revenge for makn' them look like idjets--which is most fitting-tons a au 2 u 2-John

[B H Prospector]

Congrates Hefty!! What a great victory for you and the rest of us. Now they know we will fight for our rights. And now if we can get the big eared idiot out of the White House we can get more of our rights and freedoms back.

Good Luck!!

B H Prospector

[Gramps43]

YAHOO-OO-OO I be most glad fer ye. Now it's on to restriant of lawful pursuit and loss or destruction of private property or whatever tickles your fancy. It just shows to go ya "never give up".


Take care and watch yer back,

Gramps

[Edson]

Hefty, congrats on getting your equip. back. You are my hero!!!!

If you are going to file a suit use the "Equal Access to Justice Act". Fight fire with fire, do as the Eco-terrorists do and use the goberments money. If you win you get paid twice, one for damages and one for all your costs.

Keep us posted.

Edson

[greydigger]

So nice to hear you got some stuff back.
There are many lawyers out there that are hurting for work so good luck with that.
Thank you for keeping us informed asto whats going on.
Maybe some lawyer can do a class action suit or something.
Grey

[ckd315]

Yep, I'd have nothing to do with the NF guys for a while since some of them can hold a pretty mean grudge...

[russau]

holding a grudge and and any actions on their part along those lines and getting it documented/witnesed/filmed could cost them DEARLY in court!

[theseeker]

Been working 7 days a week for a month and havent been to this thread in a while. Hefty Congrats ! Great news to hear you got your gear back and the FS has been put in their place. Hope all government agency employees that deal with miners and the public in general will take note and protect our property and our rights! Damn good outcome !!