TerryC
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Here is a real quick way to use the LR2000 page AND Yavapai county AZ webpage for researching a claim. Say, you are cruising around and see one of those yellow claim markers. On the placard is the owner's name, Jack Tucker. The claim name is Devil's Hideout. You want to contact the owner and see if you can get permission to look for gold on his claim. You also want to check out the claim to see if the claim is active or closed. If closed, it is possible that you may claim it as your own! Let's try it. Jack and Lisa Tucker are the caretakers at the Stanton, AZ LDMA camp. They were the owners of the Miner's Creek prospecting shop in Wickenberg, AZ. It is now under new management. We will now use the name Jack Tucker to search the PUBLIC RECORDS of Yavapai county and then the BLM LR2000 page to learn the names and locations of Mr.Tucker's claims. He has MANY. First, this yellow claim marker is in section 36, just north of the Stanton camp. That will also be in Township 10N and Range 5W. Go to Google. Put "Yavapai" in the search box and you will get choices that include Yavapai county recorder. It will say "disclaimer" somewhere in the discription. Click on that site. Bookmark it, you will probably use it again. On the disclaimer site, click "I acknowledge" at the bottom. You will be directed to the "search document" site. On the right side of the page "UNCLICK" search all types box. Choices will show up. Scroll down and click on "notice of location". Now, find the date range on the page and change the "1876" to something like 1960 or so. Then go to GRANTOR (not grantee) box and enter "TUCKER,JACK". No spaces. Hit search. You will get MANY results listed for Jack. Scroll down the list until you find the claim named "Devil's hideout". You will know you are at the right claim because in that space you will see it is in section 36, and township 10N and Range 5W. At the very right top of that space are the words "view image". Click on that. You will be sent to the actual photostat copies of the two pages Jack filed with the county (plus other info). On page two will be the diagram that he drew up showing the exact location of the claim in the section (36). You will have to click on that little "minus" sign to get the pages to fit on the screen. You can now use the Section, Town, and Range (and claim name) to see if Jack is up-to-date on his maintainance fees. In other words, is he current or "delinquent". If delinquent, you MAY be able to OWN this claim. Digest and try this info so far and I'll get to the LR2000 page next. These websites are PUBLIC INFO. Use them to your delight! TimC can do MANY things on these webpages! The above suggested research info is only one of many tools you can try out. (NOTE: This write-up is NOT permission to prospect on Jack's claim, just instruction on how to research a claim name.) TTC
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