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I am overjoyed to announce that the Third Appellate Court
of California has formally published its recent Decision in
the Brandon Rinehart case. The Decision clearly confirms that
the State does not have the authority to impose restrictions
which materially interfere with the commercial viability of
mining on the public lands. I personally see this as the most
important legal development in support of California mining in
the modern age.  I suggest that the legal ramifications will
find their way to other States, as well.

I want to voice my sincerest thank you to all of you who
responded to my appeal last week to write letters to the Third
Appellate Court.  Our Webmaster says it was the largest response
we ever generated. Our attorney said he has a stack of service
notices that is 2-inches thick!  It must mean something that the
Court published its Decision a full 6 days before the deadline!

How's that for people power? 

Let's all pause for a moment and allow ourselves to enjoy a
huge win for our side; the biggest ever!

Of particular note, I thought you might like to see the support
on our behalf by Siskiyou County:

http://www.goldgold.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/R_Robie-People-v-Rinehart.pdf

Our industry has been held down by unreasonable over-regulation
for so long, it is going to take some time to absorb how far-reaching
the implications are by this published Decision.  If you have not
seen it, look right here:

http://www.goldgold.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/opinion-9-23-14.pdf

Watch for more on this next week in our October newsletter.

Dave Mack

The New 49'ers Legal Fund

The New 49er's, 27 Davis Road, Happy Camp, California 96039, USA