Posted: 3/23/2014 8:43:39 PM EDT
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was up hiking out in the middle of nowhere scouting some indian ruins and whatnot up in the woods and found this can buried under a pile of stones on top of a mountain earlier today. Contains the a mining claim deed and locations from 1960 for the area. Didn't have time to seek out the mine but it has directions to find it . Not a lot of gold in the area and it doesn't describe what they found . Ill go back up there in a couple weeks to see if I can find what they were mining. There are no trails or anything going up to this mountain so Im pretty sure the claim hasn't been used in a LONG time if at all but maybe Ill find something neat up there.  |
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Quoted: Is it a "Notice of Location"? "Affidavit of Assessment Work"? I doubt it is a deed. You should return it to where the owner posted it. this, unless the OP knows for a fact that it's outdated based on AZ law. that said, it's highly unlikely that a 1960 claim is still current, since the whole point of posting is so that miners actively work the claim instead of just keeping the claim 'off the market'. as i wrote above, in MT you have to re-post every year, and if you're even 1 day late, someone else can jump it.
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this, unless the OP knows for a fact that it's outdated based on AZ law. that said, it's highly unlikely that a 1960 claim is still current, since the whole point of posting is so that miners actively work the claim instead of just keeping the claim 'off the market'. as i wrote above, in MT you have to re-post every year, and if you're even 1 day late, someone else can jump it. Quoted:
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Is it a "Notice of Location"? "Affidavit of Assessment Work"? I doubt it is a deed. You should return it to where the owner posted it. this, unless the OP knows for a fact that it's outdated based on AZ law. that said, it's highly unlikely that a 1960 claim is still current, since the whole point of posting is so that miners actively work the claim instead of just keeping the claim 'off the market'. as i wrote above, in MT you have to re-post every year, and if you're even 1 day late, someone else can jump it. Claims no longer need to be worked, as the BLM now collects rent in lieu of annual assessment work. They have for several years now. There is a Small Miner's Exemption to the rental fees. |
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Quoted: Claims no longer need to be worked, as the BLM now collects rent in lieu of annual assessment work. They have for several years now. There is a Small Miner's Exemption to the rental fees. Quoted: Quoted: ... Claims no longer need to be worked, as the BLM now collects rent in lieu of annual assessment work. They have for several years now. There is a Small Miner's Exemption to the rental fees. ahhh...good to know.
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... Claims no longer need to be worked, as the BLM now collects rent in lieu of annual assessment work. They have for several years now. There is a Small Miner's Exemption to the rental fees. ahhh...good to know. Here's Arizona's. |
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Ill do some research on the claim before I poke around. Its on public land though. Quoted:
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Might find the wrong end of a coach gun "Best be a mosyin' right on outta here mister..." 
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: ... Claims no longer need to be worked, as the BLM now collects rent in lieu of annual assessment work. They have for several years now. There is a Small Miner's Exemption to the rental fees. ahhh...good to know. Here's Arizona's. ok, that makes the difference clear--claims near our MT land are placer only. this whole thread reminds me of being 8 years old and sitting next to a creek, thinking i was going to pan our family's way to the good life. my dad actually kept a little vial of all the pyrite i brought home, just so that i wouldn't feel bad.  |
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Quoted: in MT it's annual, and the claim has to be actively worked during that year. Quoted: Quoted: In on this!!  Is there any statute of limitations on a claim? in MT it's annual, and the claim has to be actively worked during that year. don't know anything about AZ. I would put that back, that is someones corner marker with all the legal info for their claim, regardless of how old it may be the upkeep on a claim can be paid, $200 for two years I beleive. |
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I'm into prospecting. I'm actually the Vice President of the southern gold miners association here in Ga.
You can send it to me for proper disposal. 
As for laws: if it is a verifiable claim it could still be valid. Mining laws are very strict but also very solid once a claim is filed. You can also google earth the location and there are several websites that will overlay existing or past mining claim locations. Sounds like you have a dam fine treasure hunt. And yes there is still a lot of gold in Arizona. |
