Where is everyone sourcing their claim posts from? I'm not used to getting these on the Front Range and need a recommendation or two. I'll be staking about 350 claims in a couple of weeks, so I need a rather large number of posts.

Many thanks!

Seriously Matt! You have made 350 discoveries and are filing claims on all of them? Doesn't sound like proper claim filing to me! Claim posts can be purchased any where if one knows the proper material to use.

Seriously. Remember, I work professionally in the business. And yes, all proper Denise, but thanks for your concern. I'm just trying to avoid cutting points on these to make them work for me (soft sediments over much of this area). If I'm in Nevada, it is an easy purchase, not so much here on the Front Range. Didn't know if anyone knew of a place that might have these in stock, vs. me getting a shop to custom prep them for me.

Hi Matt!
That sounds very ambitious, what is the name of your business.... or company that you work for?

My suggestion is that GeoMatt NOT say online who he is working for professionally! Unless he is a licensed land surveyor in Colorado or working under the direct supervision of a Colorado PLS, his staking of mining claims is illegal.

Just to be clear, anyone can stake their own claim. It's always been that way.

However, staking mining claims for a third party is defined in the Colorado Revised States as providing professional land surveying services. This isn't something that I made up. It's Colorado law, but don't take my word for it. Contact the Colorado Board of Licensure for Architects, Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors and they will confirm what I have said.

Gene Kooper, PLS

I am a bit confused by the question Matt. My direct answer would be the local hardware store.

So in Nevada you have a place that stocks bulk claim posts with a pointed end and you are looking for a place on the Front Range that does the same?

You actually discovered valuable minerals in 350 different spots and only now deciding to start staking them with a timeline of a few weeks?

So bulk claim posts, 1,400 or more of them, in stock. 350 claims in a few weeks. You may want to ask your Nevada guy if he delivers.

That makes sense, I understand client confidentiality... I know it'll become public record 'after' filing. Just fishin' before the spawn.

Gene, could you please elaborate or provide a reference on the "Colorado Revised States" (when you get a chance). I was not aware that there is such a thing that overrides Federal mining law granting special rights to PLS in terms of discovery and staking Location Claims in Colorado. I am not doubting your notion, nor taking you to task... just very curious. Thank you, I appreciate your informative posts.

Yup, that's about a semi load, I was going to suggest the same thing.

Some of these comments make me chuckle. I'd post up some answers to the questions, but since no one even offered a word of encouragement or a suggestion for my query I'll pass. Looks like I'll just be calling around to survey shops this morning to see what everyone carries. I provided as much information about my activities as I'm willing to provide on a public forum such as this. I can assure you though, everything is legal, by the book, and highly ethical - I have a fiduciary responsibility to our shareholders to act and carry out business in accordance with the law. It is amazing though how my veiled accusation are in the above posts.

And Denise, if you really want to grow your site and business, making illegal claim staking accusations against posters who you don't know, and don't know anything about their situation, is probably not going to help you out.

Our comments may make you chuckle Matt but your story sounds downright ridiculous. I gave a direct answer to your question. I "source" my posts from the local hardware store. You still have not described what you are actually looking for. Are you looking for a specialized marker? Are you looking for a lumber yard that carries bulk fence posts that are pointed at one end? Describe to me what your desired markers need to be.

350 claims in a few weeks sounds ridiculous even for a big company. Your company spent all the time and money to prospect all these locations but no one bothered to work out where to get posts from until now? I'm not saying 350 claims in a few weeks is impossible but it is still ridiculous!

Despite your assertions I can't help but still be highly skeptical of your story and intent. For the rest of my comment I will give you the benefit of the doubt Matt.

Denver area lumber yards or fencing companies may have what your looking for (not sure what that is yet). I recommend calling around for pricing and details. If these companies in Denver do not have what your looking for then I seriously recommend talking to your source in Nevada.

Aside from the claim posts I also recommend waiting a few months before you embark on your staking spree. You can save your company and shareholders a lot of money by waiting for the new assessment year. 350 claims X $155 fee = $54,250 you can save your company and investors by waiting little longer.

I stand by saying it doesn't sound like proper filing to me. I'm looking to do more than just grow my business and site Matt, it's more about bringing awareness and teaching folks about proper research and claim staking and filing. I guess you should have explained more about what kind of claims (locatable or leasable) instead of just boasting about filing 350 claims in a few weeks throwing up red flags for all to see.

I had some of the same thoughts as others have posted here Matt. Sounds like an enormous undertaking to stake corners on that many claims.
Also I didn't see any actual accusations towards you….only questions about your statement. Not sure why you feel that's an accusation with the material we teach hear. Obviously many readers are saying the same thing…..WOW THAT'S A LOT OF CLAIM STAKING AND MONUMENTING WORK!

I've often wondered how large companies claim such vast tracts as well when it comes to making discoveries and marking corners properly with such a large number of claims to stake on the slate!


Are these claims concerning "leasable minerals"? If so then that's a different category of claims.

If these are for locatable minerals such as precious metals, then I agree with the questions…..Have you (or the company) made actual discoveries on these 350 parcels or is this all on "suspected deposits" from geologic data (paper)?

Just questions that pop into my mind as well as others as we see in these replies, nothing wrong with asking questions that won't violate your companies agreement.

With all the scammers out there trying to paper file loads of claims to sell off ….we tend to ask questions when we see something out of the ordinary. Individual claim staking is well defined and we are very aware of what it takes to accomplish that for just one claim around here. You're stating to do the process on 350 parcels of land all at the same time……sounds like "out of the ordinary" to us all here.

Back onto the thread topic directly too…… Are you looking for actual claim "corner posts" or maybe you're asking about sources for "survey stakes"? Just wondering as you keep referring to surveying these new claims and calling a survey shop for the posts you desire. Having done some work on survey parties myself, those survey stakes are much smaller, cheaper and would only fill a pick up truck bed for the amount you'll need. Still think the hardware store would be the source to start with for pre cut ones. Or maybe as you said, a survey supply that carries "posts" precut vs the little stakes.

I'll also add that if you're using "survey stakes", then those DO NOT QUALIFY as claim "corner posts" under BLM claim marking/monuments requirements…….maybe we have some terminology confusion on stakes and posts here?

I'm going to ignore most of the above, as most of it questions my activities, and doesn't really address my question... Where to find bulk claim posts on the Front Range?

For anyone interested in that query - I have determined that the most 2" x 2" x 4', cut tip posts available on the front range from any vendor (in stock) is ~175. Wylaco has them, but they are pretty old and moldy - I'm sure they will cut a deal if you want them. Some other vendors can get them in, but with a longer lead time, and the mark-up for ordering non-stock material makes them a little costly.

Best source for me was from a regular supplier out of Elko, NV. Carlin Trend Mining Supplies and Services has a few thousand claim posts at anyone time in there warehouse there.

As I've said before, nothing here is a scam, illegal, or of questionable ethics. All of it is above board, legal and ethical claim staking. Just a larger scale operation than most of you have probably experienced. I was looking for claim posts on the Front Range as it was convenient for me to pick up here before heading outside of Colorado to stake, and really didn't want to deal with shipping if I didn't have to. Never bought any here before, so I was looking for any supplier referrals. I figured it was a pretty innocent question though and per chance someone might have a great lead.

Maybe I'll post up some pictures of my "ridiculous" activities sometime in the future.....

I was going to say welcome to the club, but see you've been here as long as I have. Frankly this is more geared to the small scale prospector than a large commercial operation.

I work with suppliers for widgets to make other things, and supply timeline is a constant concern even in professional manufacturing (we metric on time delivery as well as lot acceptance rates). Since these are pretty simple, if you throw enough money at the problem, you could have someone make them for you overnight. Cheap, fast or good....pick 2.

Have you tried alibaba, or a local fence company? Looks like Diversified Lumber Products there in Evergreen might be able to help. I highly doubt anyone here has had to source so many claim posts as to make this even close to a problem. I haven't, but you're on the right path shaking the trees like you're doing. Something will fall out.

This smacks of humble bragging, but I hope not. Regardless I hope everything works out. Seems like if you've got the knowledge and skills to claim this many that fast, I think it would be awesome to share more of your knowledge. What value(s) are you pursuing?

Did you get your claim posts sorted out and everything filed?