Notes Payable - Equipment (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable	$ 1,807,081	$ 1,880,775
Current portion	(842,603)	(803,388)
Long Term portion	964,478	1,077,387
Komatsu Financial, collateralized by Komatsu Telehandler lift [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable	90,096	91,080
CAT Financial, collateralized by five pieces of used mining equipment [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable	1,270,922	1,347,751
HCE Funding, collateralized by a Perkins Elmer AA machine [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable	3,974	5,472
Komatsu Financial, collateralized by a Komatsu D275 dozer [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable	369,503	388,055
Komatsu Financial, collateralized by a Komatsu PC400 Excavator [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable	4,920	9,743
Komatsu Financial, collateralized by a Komatsu PC400 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable	38,674	$ 38,674
Star Capital, LLC collateralized by a 2009 Multiquip generator [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable	$ 28,992

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