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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Feb 24 2019, 08:20 AM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 30-August 17 Member No.: 134,940 |
As an ex placer claim owner and hubs has several placer claims in Mesa/Montrose Counties: Good luck on keeping people off of claims even with all the claim markers in the world put down. We have worked with BLM to resolve this issue and its not been pleasant for those claim jumping. One fella told us he had been panning this area for 20 years and no claim is going to stop him from panning on anything he wants to get gold.
Short of having someone sit on the claim as in security guards, there is only legal reprocussions if you can take a picture of them commiting the crime. Then you have to figure out how much in gold you lost to a judge. Burden of proof is on the claim owner. Best of luck on keeping jumpers off your claims. |
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