tabdog;
Like I said, all you have to do is select your cell or cells, online, and pay the recording fee, on line. There is NOT a single stake anywhere, it IS defined by NAD83 GPS! But you have NO guarantee of the exact boundary!
Used to be, you went out, set up 2 cairns, with 4x4 posts (4 inch faces on a pieces of log,) put your claim tags on the post, and went and registered it. You had to do a sketch and relate the location to another known object, like a bridge, another claim or?? The problem with that, was there were claims on claims on claims, like patches on patches because all these fanatic fools could not research or even look for claim posts and tags.... whoever got there first, and registered it, had the best claim to the ground. All THAT has changed, except for legacy claims and crown grants (a hang over from the early 1900s.,) now, you dont have to leave home to stake.
Another thing, one can stake mineral cell claims right on top of placer cell claims, and vice versa... this can lead to problems, but usually, agreements are made, because the hard rock miners can not, legally, wash gravel without owning the placer claim, too. They cant mine, if it will disturb the placer claim. Its tricky.
I have 5 mineral claims, for gem materia,l and they are right on top of several placer claims, including one of my own placer claims. The gem material is soapstone and obsidian.
The placer claim, I could have had in 1981, when I discovered it, I did not claim it, then things went haywire with nuts claiming everything! I have waited for them to clear out, since then, as they NEVER found the gold, and could not legally work it, with machinery, because it is right beside the water.... BC wants to protect the fish, you see. But I can hand work it.
In 1981, I got 10 grains per pan, every where on the bar, worth around 20$ per pan, now, and then too. Unfortunately, I have to locate the shore boundaries by GPS, on the S. shore of an E/W flowing river.... sometimes I cant get a lock, because of trees, and a mountain to the south.
With my van, I can camp, on one of my mineral claims, and walk about 1/4 mi to hand work the claim. One thing I found, about this river, since 1981... gold is NOT where it is supposed to be, on THIS river... its very fast and throws off the whole set of theories.
I could use some accurate surveying!
Brian AKA goldigger
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