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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Jan 23 2017, 09:08 PM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 563 Joined: 13-June 15 From: South of Gunnison in Gold Basin, Saguache County Member No.: 120,659 |
I'm a newbie also and I don't mean to spread misinformation so don't crucify me if I'm wrong. I'm in the process of learning all this as well and there is much to learn.
From what I gather an unpatented lode or placer claim is staked as 20 acres. I think that a single person can hold multiple claims, as many as ten maybe? Big placer operations might take up more than 20 acres for a huge deposit and lode claims would need room for mill sites and blacksmith shops and tailings and all that. Plus there were often placers down stream from the sources so they'd want that gold too, if it was rich enough. There is alot more to it than that but maybe it's a generic answer. Many here are claim holders and they are the real experts. -------------------- Level 2 member -12/25/16
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