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mining claim

n. a description by boundaries of real property in which metal ore and/or minerals may be located. A claim on public land must be filed with the Bureau of Land Management or other federal agency, and the claim must be "worked" by being mined or prepared for mining within a specific period of time.

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He had prospered well, and Barker had first met him in California, where they had become partners in a successful mining claim at a place called Benito Canon.
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The second stage of the system--which will mark the beginning of online mining claim registration in Ontario--will go live on April 10.
Digital mineral claim-staking goes live: Stage one of new provincial system took effect Feb. 7
Summary: High Court judge Garainesu Mawadze has ordered Freda Rebecca Gold Mine (Private) Limited (Freda Rebecca) to immediately vacate a mining site in Bindura, following allegations that it had illegally invaded the mining claim.
ZIMBABWE: FREDA REBECCA TO VACATE BINDURA
Mining claim is a gift to republicans RE CROWN Estate claims rights to mine, Daily Post June 14.
Mining claim is a gift [...]; LETTERS
Even though the American landscape today is very different, the 1872 Mining Law still governs hard-rock mining.(6) When a prospector discovers valuable minerals, he marks the boundaries of the claim in the dimensions set by the 1872 Mining Law, a standard six hundred by fifteen hundred foot rectangle.(7) In addition, the miner has to comply carefully with specific state law requirements for marking and maintaining the new mining claim ("location" requirements), and perform annual labor ("assessment" work) to develop the claim.(8) This is sufficient to provide the lucky prospector with a valid mining claim on any federal land open to mining.
The 1872 mining law and the 20th century collide: a rediscovery of limits on mining rights in wilderness areas and national forests
Non-metallic minerals are acquired by mining claim or by a sale contract which is based on their chemical composition, physical properties and prospective use.
The U.S. General Mining Law of 1872 - an overview
In 1983, a 160-acre mining claim in the popular ski resort of Keystone, Colorado, was patented for $400.
Annie, get your Guccis
This Article, beginning with Part II, outlines the hurdles that hard rock miners face in developing their claims and traces the development of the federal retention-disposal policy and subsequent erosion of hard rock mining claim access rights over the past one hundred years.
Future prospects for mining and public land management: the federal 'retention-disposal' policy enters the twenty-first century
M2 EQUITYBITES-November 3, 2017-Bonanza Goldfields Acquires Columbus Mining Claim in Arizona, USA
Bonanza Goldfields Acquires Columbus Mining Claim in Arizona, USA
The company also announced it has acquired a 100 per cent interest in 42 unpatented mining claims located in Dufay Township in the province of Quebec pursuant to the terms of a mining claim acquisition agreement.
Kerr to secure $5 million, acquire quebec property
Concurrently, BSNC is in negotiations with NovaGold to purchase the Alaska Gold Co., which owns the Rock Creek mine and other assets in the Nome area, including land and gravel resources and the Big Hurrah mining claim.
Bering Straits Native Corp

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