Letters to President Trump

[ratled]

We have been having a really good response in letting the White House know of our plight. I am of the mind set the squeaky wheel gets greased and I am planning on squeaking on a weekly basis.It would be be nice to have as a many as we can also do the same. Write your own letter, write your version of my letter or even simply cut n paste my letter and say you support this letter.


Anyway, here is my most recent letter. You may send your comments directly to the White House

https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact#page

ratled


Donald J. Trump, President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500


Dear President Trump,

This is a follow up to numerous requests made of your new administration on behalf of the independent gold miners and prospectors of the Western United States. This addresses thousands upon thousands of gold miners in California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska, and is spreading rapidly to neighboring states. The political ideology being saddled upon us prevents us from exercising our federal rights on federal lands. These are the exact obstructionist tactics that you and your new administration are running into, though we have been facing it for over eight years.

The political ideology is that federal preemption simply does not apply on these federal lands. They contend that federal laws, regulations and rules, as well as numerous precedent setting court cases and the basic Rule of Law, are irrelevant. In some instances they are not even allowed to be entered or even considered.

We respectively request you have Secretary Designate Zinke of the Department of Interior and Administrator Designate Pruitt of the Environmental Protection Agency work with us so we may present the issues at hand and provide the simple solutions to resolve these issues that constrain the miners. These solutions still maintain the mission and objectives of each of the Departments. We are simply asking for reasonable regulations on federal lands.

We are hard working Americans who once use to augment our incomes, fixed income retirees who need to supplement our needs through other than hand outs and full time miners who are just trying to scratch out an existence in the rural American West were economic opportunities can be scarce.

Congratulations on your historical victory! We look forward to working with you to Make America Great Again and get the miners back to work!

 

[DizzyDigger]

Well done Ratled!

I would make a change in this paragraph, however:

We are hard working Americans who once use to augment our incomes, fixed income retirees
who need to supplement our needs through other than hand outs and full time miners who are just trying
to scratch out an existence in the rural American West were economic opportunities can be scarce.

Might be better said as:

We are hard working Americans, and we used to augment our incomes with small scale mining.
Individuals on fixed income, retirees who desire to supplement their needs through a means other than
government hand outs, and full time, small scale miners who are just trying to scratch out an existence
in the rural American West, a place where economic opportunities can be scarce.

 

[russau]

I think that is a GREAT IDEA!!!! and Ill try to do it also on a weekly basis! and if anyone else has any good bullets to add to our own hand written letters ,That would help a lot! Thanks for the ideas ratled and DD ! EDIT*** I just wrote out a long email to our President with a few ideas and it wont let me post it due to my phone number ? I changed it around several times only to get a note saying, INVALID NUMBER Good thing I copied it before I got fed up trying!

 

[ratled]

Thanks DD but I have personally stopped using "small scale miners" and use the term "independent miners and prospectors" as it tracks better and I feel is more accurate in what we actually do.. It's just me

One note, there is a 2500 character limit on the body so you may want to write it up and copy it over from something like a Word doc. Also helps if you aren't lucky like Russ was

ratled

 

[patiodadio]

Thanks for the link, I just sent my first email to the President !

 

[winners58]

Thanks DD but I have personally stopped using "small scale miners" and use the term "independent miners and prospectors" as it tracks better and I feel is more accurate in what we actually do.. It's just me

I agree, even though we are small scale miners its being misconstrued that we are mine operators and they are tiring
to put us under surface mining regulations like gravel mining, for me prospecting and mom & pop mining does not reach that scale or scope.

another contact to send letters is the House Natural Resources Committee - mineral resources sub-committee
.
https://naturalresources.house.gov/contact/

 

[Bejay]

One must not forget the existence of a whole industry of manufacturing gold mining equipment (large and small). Many manufacturers and retailers have felt the hurt!


Bejay

 

[ratled]

One must not forget the existence of a whole industry of manufacturing gold mining equipment (large and small). Many manufacturers and retailers have felt the hurt!

Bejay

Not only do I agree but that is actually week #3! I have several weeks of drafts that build off the last one. I have been chatting with various retailers & manufactures (Sam your next on the list to talk with ) Week 2 is to define the scope of how many "independent miners and prospectors" this really affects

Thanks for all the support!

ratled

 

[ChuckVT]

Good idea, and I already sent mine on a different topic...the ridiculous ban of metal detectors on the National Seashore! I also did touch upon our wonderful native son metal detector companies, and we need to help them when we can. I have written to my representatives on the ban of metal detectors from the National Seashore for many years and got no where. They all acted surprised it was a law, because they didn't see the harm in it, then got back to me with something like, "Sorry, that's the way it is." Well, maybe this President can do something about it!

 

[Escape]

I asked for an autographed photo of Ivanka.

 

[bcfromfl]

Thanks so much, ratled, for keeping us informed and being an active advocate.

I might suggest reworking this paragraph:

The political ideology is that federal preemption simply does not apply on these federal lands. They contend that federal laws, regulations and rules, as well as numerous precedent setting court cases and the basic Rule of Law, are irrelevant. In some instances they are not even allowed to be entered or even considered.

If I understand correctly what you wrote, your first use of "they" is a general grouping of the States of California/Oregon, Karuks, and enviros, but the second usage of "they" is a replacement for basic Rules of Law? If so, making clarification such that the word "they" doesn't have diametrically-opposed definitions in the same paragraph might be helpful.

Bruce

 

[Laz7777]

I asked for an autographed photo of Ivanka. View attachment 1415222

are them real?

also
Dear Prez Trump,
stop worrying about Ivankas' business troubles, there's more important issues at hand.

your friend,
Laz

p.s. keep up the good work!

 

[russau]

are them real?

Lazz7777 the test to see if they are real is the "Charmin Test" Give them a squeeze!

 

[Laz7777]

the secret service might have an issue with that, russ.
but I think Dad might approve

 

[winners58]

start drafting letters to the EPA
Confirmation of Scott Pruitt - Nomination Confirmed
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/...ote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00071
http://www.npr.org/2017/02/17/51580...irmed-to-lead-environmental-protection-agency

de minimis discharge from prospecting and casual mining should not need a 404 or 402 permit

 

[ratled]

Thanks winners, made my day to hear that... now for Zinke!

ratled

 

[ratled]

start drafting letters to the EPA
Confirmation of Scott Pruitt - Nomination Confirmed
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/...ote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00071
Scott Pruitt Confirmed To Lead EPA, Environmental Protection Agency : NPR

de minimis discharge from prospecting and casual mining should not need a 404 or 402 permit

For those that would like to watch the swearing in

ratled