Hey there West Coasters explain to us East Coasters how (Claims) work?

[vaquero44]

so I'm always reading about claims in the mid to west coast and never exactly new how it worked or if you own a certain parcel of property or what or is it you get permission from a land owner on a certain area divide the profits or what kinda curious?

 

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[Hefty1]

Take your pick or google your own......

how to file a mining claim

how to file a mining claim in new mexico


how to file a mining claim in idaho


how to file a mining claim in colorado


how to file a mining claim in az


how to file a mining claim in oregon


how to file a mining claim in california


how to file a mining claim in wyoming

 

[2cmorau]

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/g...your-own-placer-mining-claim-about-200-a.html

 

[Hoser John]

Way more than $200 now,blm.gov has the complete claims guide with all forms,rules,regs and other asundries to mystify. THEN kalif has all their rules/regs and asundry bs filings deadlines also and "TAX" your right to mine your own federal claim as they believe,wrongly,that it's a possessery right as they now tax blue sky and bs also...sic sic sic-John

 

[Terry Soloman]

so I'm always reading about claims in the mid to west coast and never exactly new how it worked or if you own a certain parcel of property or what or is it you get permission from a land owner on a certain area divide the profits or what kinda curious?

Mining Claim Filing Instructions, Bureau of Land Management California

http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/media...N_/energy.Par.28664.File.dat/MiningClaims.pdf

 

[Goldwasher]

way more? Basic placer claim cost us $240.00 for the first year.Its when you go above 20 acres that you pay additional$125.00 per 20 acres. Small miners waiver and doing your own maintenance/assessment brings it down to down right fair and affordable.

 

[KiddoTheMiner]

better than what we got here, a lease normally costs in the $$$$ and to buy land PER ACRE is $$$$ - $$$$$

 

[SLNugget]

way more? Basic placer claim cost us $240.00 for the first year.Its when you go above 20 acres that you pay additional$125.00 per 20 acres. Small miners waiver and doing your own maintenance/assessment brings it down to down right fair and affordable.

The new maintenance fee as of 7/1/14 is $155.00. In addition there was an increase in the filling fees on the same date.

 

[TerryC]

Check with my brother here (TimC). He keeps up with these things. He will talk you through EXACTLY what it costs (in AZ....and why would you want to go elsewhere?). How much, where to send, what the markers need to be, etc , etc. I believe he is the best source here on the net. TTC

 

[Goldwasher]

good to know... still inexpensive and fair

 

[goldog]

so I'm always reading about claims in the mid to west coast and never exactly new how it worked or if you own a certain parcel of property or what or is it you get permission from a land owner on a certain area divide the profits or what kinda curious?

So here's how it works out west vaquero;

Much of the western lands are owned by us and managed by the government. Both Nat'l Forest and "BLM" land fall into this category. When you discover a "valuable mineral deposit" you may file a "claim". In order to secure your "claim" various fees are paid to various agencies as indicated above. These fees entitle the "claim-holder" to certain rights. In the past these rights were intended to insure one could extract said minerals at reasonable cost and effort using known and accepted methods.

Currently, it seems, these fees are used to feed the bureaucracy employed to inform the "claim-holder" that the valuable mineral deposit cannot be extracted by any of the known and accepted methods due to some group of individuals' (or critters') claim of harm. (It is unimportant that said "harm" be in fact harmful. It is only necessary that the harmed group or their advocate "feels" "harmed" by the activity.) For instance. In the area of my claim there are a frog, a toad and a Native American tribe who "feel" "harmed" by mining. This prevents my group from using known and accepted methods to extract valuable minerals from our claim.

I believe a majorityof our 20 years of fees went to pay for the "No Parking" and "ESA" (environmentally sensitive area) signs erected along the only access route to said claim. Some may be for the observers to sit and watch for something, I'm not sure what Maybe counting toads.

Last year, along with thousands of others, our association lost 87.5% of our claim because the bureaucrats decided to change the rules on acreage in order to collect 8 times the fees for the "claim" we haven't been able to mine in many years.

I hope this will help enhance your enjoyment of mining out west. .

 

[dredgeman]

As the United states was developed and expanded from East to West. The land was disposed of to the people in the East. So most land is private property. As the move to go West occurred, the land was disposed of to people just not all of it like it was intended. So there are open state properties with Federal Management. Until disposed of.

One unique place in the world is the Western United States. It is the only place were you can claim property in the ground as yours. Not the land but use of the land that contains valuable minerals. If there was enough minerals to last a long time, then you could buy said land and own it. The land becomes Patented or proven.

Mineral in nature property is considered Real Property. Not the land but the right to the mineral.

Plus all the other posts above.

 

[dredgeman]

In the days of old when miners were bold.

Men were Men and could not be told.

Pursued their fate to find fortune and mate.

 

[el padron]

In the days of old when miners were bold.

Men were Men and could not be told.

Pursued their fate to find fortune and mate.

But so often found so much more on their plate

In seeking that special mate for a date

once found she's a man, it's already too late