Navigating Annual Claim Maintenance

Navigating Annual Claim Maintenance

It’s almost September 1st again and time to make sure you have covered your annual claim maintenance requirements. Navigating the annual claim maintenance process can be a bit tricky. We have created this handy chart to help, we recommend printing it out for...
Stake a claim: It’s your right!

Stake a claim: It’s your right!

The West was built on the backs of prospectors and mules. These brave men, and even a few women, risked everything to scour the hills and streams of the Western U.S. in search of fortune. At the time, gold, silver, and copper rushes were the best opportunity to really...
What are locatable minerals?

What are locatable minerals?

 Locatable minerals are claimable under the General Mining Act of 1872. Metals, including placer and lode gold, are locatable under the General Mining Act of 1872 What are locatable minerals? The General Mining Law of 1872, as amended, opened the public lands of the...