Claim Jumpers, Altering Patented Mining Claim Boundaries Options

[Gold Hill Miner]

I have thwarted a claim jumper and an adverse possession. I am in possession of 6 survey plats showing the accurate location of my claim and 1 inaccurate setback line by an inexperienced surveyor and an incorrect Cadastral Survey/ meets and bounds survey from the BLM. I have been able to prove my claim jumper has rotated his claim 75' disrupting several mountain communities and 10 immediate adjoining parcels. I found what I needed buried in BLM case files that were missing listed documents/photos and also hidden in inaccurate case files. I am the 4th land owner since 2010 to have my claim locations fixed in my area. 4 other immediate land owners are next since I have completed my investigation. I am filing a lawsuit against this claim jumper. I have contacted the local authorities and I have contacted the BLM. I thought this was the BLM's fault. It was not.

What I am struggling with, is protection from the crazed claim jumper. I have also found there have been many land disputes over the mining claims in my area because of this ripple effect. The claim jumper claim is at the top of our mountain section. This has rippled into multiple mountain areas because the claim jumper altered his claim lines to encompass trespass issues on government land. The BLM, the County and the sheriffs department are not showing any accountability with this. All of us in the immediate area are filing the BLM letter to the claim jumper (ordering removal of trespass issue) and a recent survey showing the movement of many claims in our area by BLM to be inaccurate with the county planning department and with our deeds.

Who will finally arrest the claim jumper. His lawyer sent a letter wanting to settle out of court. Since I received the letter, the claim jumper has become more aggressive, destroys marked boundary lines and threatens my family continuously. Who will let the rest of our adjoining mountain communities know about this. I do have a TPO and will hopefully get a permanent one soon. My lawyer will be filing our lawsuit in July to recoup some of the damages caused by the claim jumper. I followed advise from a previous thread, took my land back, posted no trespassing signs and called the sheriff. Any of the remaining property in trespass on my land is mine now. How do I get this guy removed off the mountain. I can not believe the lack of accountability with the BLM, the County and the Division of Mine Reclamation. The Forest Service did help help me in 2011 and 2012 with survey equipment and we found every original stone corner monument for three of my parcels. No metal monuments unless they were thrown in mine shafts. We could see them. The forest service also proved all my GPS coordinates were a match to our county coordinates at the time. I have wasted a lot of time and money proving the same thing over and over again. No one wants to deal with this guy. I am afraid the claim jumper will cause serious damage with his bulldozer as he has in the past. Anyone remember Heemeyer in Granby or Kremmling?
On a good note, I have found my first gold flakes. At the rate I'm going it might be 10-20 years before I have an ounce. I am finding silver and gold in specific stones that have what I believe could be fluoride? It looks dark red and seems lucid or almost crystal like?

[CP]

Hi Gold Hill Miner, glad you're making some headway on that re-establishment of your patented claim boundaries. GOOD WORK!
I'm not aware of a "patent law" that says what you asked about. However as I was explained it by our surveyor on the private survey crew I worked with.......... It is more than difficult to move or even alter any established survey markers in the field.....most especially any BLM or USGS established monuments... as a private surveyor that was the last thing he even wanted to think about was ever altering any government survey monuments. Yes it could be done but that private surveyor sure better have his ducks all in a row for reasons and records filed of such alterations!

I know the BLM law enforcement person told you this but I believe they are mistaken on that since they are trained for law enforcement and not surveying. That would be understandable why enforcement might be mistaken.
Again, I was merely a worker on the survey party and not the certified surveyor, but I was led to believe altering or moving monuments was a no no in general without proper field procedures, steps and re-recording/filing. All very old and well established laws for surveyors as some of the oldest in use.

Gene being an actual surveyor can shed more light on this sometime when gets back in the forum I"m sure.

Didn't this situation with a bordering private land holder neighboring your claims also have a residential well site involved that was of a "questionable" location with regards to the borders in question?