How Do I Avoid Claim Jumping?, Seeking the best techniques for prospecting "open" land |
How Do I Avoid Claim Jumping?, Seeking the best techniques for prospecting "open" land |
Jul 18 2009, 04:11 PM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 4-December 08 Member No.: 6,821 |
Hi everybody.
HELP! What's the easiest and most accurate way to view or to plot active mining claims? My goal is to preview claims from a birds-eye-view on a map so that while I'm prospecting I will not trespass on mineral rights. Geocommunicator.com is not accurate, title master platts don't show un-patented claims and LR2000 provides serial numbers that when entered into Geocommunicator.com gives all coordinates (each corner of the claim) in "decimal" format (not degree, minutes and seconds). The area I'm prospecting shows a claim density of 50 - 100 claims and I KNOW there has to be an easier way to identify/view claim bounderies without me: 1) Converting decimal coordinated to degrees, minutes and seconds (for EACH corner of EACH claim). 2) Ploting those coordinates on a topographical map. In other words... What's the best technique for prospecting while at the same time avoid trespassing? THANKS! |
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Nov 14 2009, 10:03 AM
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Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 112 Joined: 20-September 08 Member No.: 6,591 |
Rember that it is your responsibility to know the status of land. The private property does not have to have posted signs for you to be charged. You can be charged with misdemenor or felony. Check the county your interested in for a public tax map on the internet. Some counties have GIS sites that will give you parcel ownership information. This will show you where private land is. Unfortunately, not all counties have a GIS site.
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