... it would be interesting to veiw this dvd, but im not in a position to buy a claim

Paying $11.95 to get what Dan gives for free....
Hmmm.....

I've not seen the teaser or the dvd myself but it sounds like it's good from the reviews.

CP

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Site Users/Visitors are advised that the graphical display of land and mineral parcels and mining claims are NOT a substitute for official BLM records. Many of the data themes contained herein are obtained from other agencies. The USDOI does not control the relevance, timeliness, or accuracy of information contained herein whether generated by BLM or provided by other agencies, and therefore, provides no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of GeoCommunicator site content.

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In the fall of 2009 the BLM decided to begin the retirement of the NILS system and proceed with the development of a replacement system. GeoCommunicator will continue to remain operational and data will continue to be updated and supported until a suitable replacement is developed in the future.

Data Currency

There is a "Data Last Published" date on the bottom of all the GeoCommunicator Interactive Maps indicating the date when data was last published to GeoCommunicator. Note that the data in GeoCommunicator has not been verified or validated against BLM's official record systems and does not contain all the data necessary to make land status determinations.

Most of the cases from the BLM's National Integrated Land System and the BLM's Legacy Rehost LR2000 (LR2000) are displayed in GeoCommunicator, although not all. Some may contain only a graphic display of a portion of the lands that are actually authorized or applied for as we may not have the land descriptions to automatically draw the entire parcel geometry for the parcel.

These parcels have a “Y” in the “Partial Geometry” Field. Therefore, there are land and mineral records and mining claims issued or recorded by the BLM and maintained in LR2000 and other systems that occur on the land but are not in GeoCommunicator and therefore do not show up on the map viewer or when using the map or web services. Unpatented mining claims are generally 'nominally' recorded to the quarter section. The actual location of the mining claims are somewhere in the mapped area.

Please refer to the following other BLM online systems for researching and verification of BLM records:

Legacy Rehost 2000 System - LR2000 (http://www.blm.gov/lr2000) for land and mineral records, land title, withdrawals, classifications, and unpatented mining claims.
BLM State Office Master Title Plats (MTPs), Oil & Gas Plats from each BLM State Office (http://www.blm.gov). Select the appropriate state office and then the Land Records Section.
Visit or call BLM State Office Access Centers (http://www.blm.gov/lr2000/links.htm) .
Many of our map layers include data from other agencies including abandoned mines, surface management agency boundaries, USFS range allotments and regulated uses, Topo maps, imagery, lakes, rivers, streams, etc. The USDOI does not control the relevance, timeliness, or accuracy of information provided by other agencies, and therefore, provides no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability or completeness of furnished data. For additional information regarding abandoned mine activities, please contact the Land Management Agency responsible for the public lands where the mine is located.

.....Although it (geocom) can help find some information, the systems disclaimer itself states there are missing claims that may not show and it also says it's only going to "estimate" the 1/4 section described by the claim owner on their claim files. Then the disclaimer flat out tells you that the geocom system DOES NOT REPLACE the LR2000 information and that is where you'll find the actual info needed concerning the factual details used in it's attempt to "overlay the map with claims marked" through geocom.


Keep on diggin' in to that research everyone and always remember to reverify anything you can with further resources that are available.