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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Aug 22 2009, 04:10 PM
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Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 4,149 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 3 |
You are very welcome English, I'm happy to help if I can.
Thanks Mike and Russ! That's what the CP club is about, helping club members learn these steps and processes for their own use anytime needed. For more details and pin downs for location claims, I think it's gonna' be a county office visit or online data if available for the county of interest. You'll need to either search by area (ie, sections etc) or by claim names/numbers if you've got them. On the patented claims (y's printed on maps) that will also be at the county if needed (different office), or you could look up the old surveys through BLM for them. As I've said previously in other threads though, the geocom system has some troubles with it's attempt to overlay claim info onto digital map representations.....it's just not as accurate as one would like it to be and can cause unneeded confusion......by showing claims oversized or over someone elses. Careful using it. CP -------------------- CP-Owner/Administrator
www.ColoradoProspector.com IF YOU USE IT, THE GROUND PRODUCED IT! MINERS MAKE "IT" HAPPEN!! |
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