QUOTE (Crusty @ Dec 16 2014, 12:38 PM)
..... their info isn't up to date and you end up on someone's claim, using, "But I read it on the internet" isn't going to get you too far in court.
Absolutely correct Crusty.
It isn't gonna get them too far on my mtn either.
Both of my active claims don't even show up... yet it shows Gold there. My claims have been active for years and they pop up fine on the LR2000. Some of the other claims didn't even appear either. My neighbor's claim appears but the boundaries are wildly out of place. This work is flawed in addition to the inaccuracies. They are drawing information from the BLM and painting it in a prettier format. The BLM site is rarely up to date and certainly not on a daily basis. The Clerk and Recorder are up to date on a daily basis but not much of that information is offered online. It isn't by my Clerk/Recorder, that requires a visit. Gonna be interesting to greet the goobers waving treasure maps, I'm ready to break their hearts and educate them.
Anyone boasting
accurate claim boundary mapping for every claim is truly absurd. Boundaries, ownerships, land status', and more
change on a daily basis... it is very fluid. The BLM scrapped geocommunicator because it had the fatal flaws I just described. They could not keep up with the daily changes and were running into legal liabilities, even with the disclaimer.
Clerk and recorder still must be done as a follow-up prior to any unknown prospecting adventure. Must check for potential C.O.L. filings made within the last 90 days that are not yet recorded with the BLM. That would be claimed land which isn't even recorded by the BLM yet, and not required by law according to the grace period. That 90 day period and inaccurate boundary and claim information will come back to bite someone using that "resource" without double-checking the Clerk/Recorder records for recent C.O.L. filings and accurate existing claim boundaries the day before or the day of using, I can guarantee that.
There are a lot of Larks out there. Beware.