Coroner explains morgue body Feb 15, 2008
Ouray John Doe came into the Montrose morgue more than 20 years ago after having been found at a small campsite near the Golden Crystal mining claim outside Ouray. Though foul play was not suspected, no ID was located. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
Sister's four-year search for brother's killer Feb 9, 2008
" Mr Murray's badly decomposed body was discovered, six weeks after he disappeared by former homicide detective Ron Allsop, who happened to be holidaying in the area and came across the site by accident while out shooting. The spot, about two kilometres from Mr Murray's mining claim on the Wyoming Opal Field, was later described as a harsh scrubland pocket choked with spike-covered galvanised burr. He was barefoot and naked. A towel, which had apparently been wrapped around his waist was left... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Scenic drive:Parker to Lake Havasu Feb 2, 2008
Nellie E Saloon (aka the Desert Bar): When the Nellie E, named after an old mining claim, first opened in 1983, it was little more than a three-sided shack. Today, hundreds of customers enjoy music and libations at the much-expanded, solar-powered saloon. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Ranchers say they're being squeezed out Jan 30, 2008
George M. wrote on Jan 29, 2008 1:03 PM:" Dear Independent, The public lands are, for the most part, lands which came to the United States via (for most of Wyoming) the Louisiana Purchase and have not subsequently been transfered to state or private ownership through the Wyoming statehood act, grants to the railroads, mining claim patents, and the various homestead acts. Essentially, they are the "left overs" that no one else wanted. Almost all land titles in Wyoming originally derive from the... (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Mining ventures see potential in Southwest Jan 7, 2008
3 million exploring these mining claims in 2007 ... In three years, the Terra exploration project drilled about 8,000 meters of core samples in a block of mining claims stretching across more than 28,000 acres in a remote region of the Alaska Range ... Liberty Star Uranium and Metals Corp. owns 707 mining claims in an area covering 177 square miles of copper. (Anchorage Daily News)
RX Exploration Inc. Nets $2,054,010 From First Tranche of Financing Dec 24, 2007
The Company entered into an option and joint venture agreement with Wabassi River Resources Inc. to acquire an undivided 50% interest in 108 unpatented mining claim units. The First Nation entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Geotechnical Business Solutions Inc. ("GBS") to assist the First Nation in the exploration and development of mineral deposits both on the First Nation land and adjacent to it. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Measure offers cleanup of mines Dec 2, 2007
And the filing of mining claims by companies and individuals has risen sharply as prices have soared for copper, gold and uranium ... Of the 53,000 acres in mining claims controlled by Tucson's Asarco LLC, fewer than 1,000 are on public lands ... Prohibits patents or land title from being issued for mining claims or millsites. (AZCentral -- News)
Growth in mining claims stirs debate Oct 19, 2007
The number of mining claims near publicly protected lands such as Yosemite National Park and the Emigrant Wilderness has increased, a new study shows, fueling criticism from environmentalists of a 135-year-old law that allows mining on public forests ... It would also establish new environmental restrictions, allow officials to deny mining claims in favor of other land uses such as conservation, and block sensitive areas from being mined ... "Public values will be best met if individual mining... (The Union Democrat)
Mustang Minerals Exploration Update Sep 25, 2007
Mineral rights were acquired through staking of unpatented mining claims with the exception of one mining claim. Two areas were targeted. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Former Comet resident recalls a calm little town’ Sep 9, 2007
After fighting in World War II, Harold returned to live in Boulder and later worked an open-pit mining claim in Comet. He found that more enjoyable. (Helena Independent Record)
Telski's newest run is ‘Black Iron' Sep 6, 2007
But now it's officially open, with an official name, taken from the Black Iron mining claim around there, Telski said. Patrolling the terrain will cost money. (Telluride Daily Planet, CO)
WESTERN MONTANA LIVES - Myrtle McLaughlin, 96, leaves behind legacy of family Aug 28, 2007
They even staked a little mining claim, up on Grasshopper Creek. He was a retired science teacher, an amateur geologist, and she a lifelong student of what the world offered. (Missoulian, MT)
Inspiration Mining Corporation: Corporate Update on Drill and Exploration Programs Aug 25, 2007
The Cleaver Property consists of 13 mining claims containing 192 mining claim units and is located in the northeastern portion of Cleaver Township, the southeastern portion of Fallon Township, the southwestern portion of Fasken Township and the northwestern portion of McNeil Township ... The Douglas Property consists of 1 mining claim containing 16 mining claim units and is located in the southeast corner of Douglas Township, Porcupine Mining Division, Ontario. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Fight over State Street still with court Aug 4, 2007
He said it may be taking longer for the final opinion because of the complexity of the matter, which reaches into laws in the 1800s and century-old documents of the Cobban Placer Mining Claim. Ed Smith, clerk of the state Supreme Court, said that the case was filed in July 2005 and was classified in November 2005. (Montana Standard, MT)
Fireside Chats digs deep into Telluride’s mining boom Aug 2, 2007
The first mining claim in Telluride was staked by John Fallon in 1875 and mining throughout the San Juans prospered for the next 100 years. The Town of Telluride boomed at the turn of the last century as it supported the needs of the various mines throughout the high country. (Telluride Daily Planet, CO)
Grand Central Silver Mines, Inc. Names Lehman Brothers as Exclusive Financial Advisor Jul 19, 2007
The Company's holdings include four non contiguous patented mining claim exploration properties, some of which were past producers of gold, silver, and other metals (84 patented claims, 877 total acres). Grand Central also owns 162 acres of additional patented mining claims in five mining districts in Utah. (Canada Newswire)
Mustang Minerals Corp.: Fox Property Acquisition Announcement Jul 12, 2007
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(CCNMatthews - July 12, 2007) - Mustang Minerals Corp. (TSX VENTURE: - ; FRANKFURT: - ) today announced it has purchased the mineral rights to mining claim FOX for $50,000 and the issuance of 50,000 common shares of the Company subject to regulatory approvals ... The mining claim consists of 256 hectares located in the Rice Lake Greenstone Belt of southeastern Manitoba, in the Bissett area. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
After the boom, a new gold mine Jun 28, 2007
The federal government invalidated their mining claim in 1980, and the Millers fought successfully to get it reinstated and secure their right to mine a claim that lies within protected wilderness. The Millers claim lies inside the Uncompahgre National Forest, which was closed to mining in 1984. (Telluride Daily Planet, CO)
Reader's Alley Jun 3, 2007
Their latest escapade was an attempt to keep a small sapphire miner from getting to his legal mining claim by putting a 3/4 steel cable across the road. Hydraulic cable cutters quickly made that steel cable a pile of scrap. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Montana’s last WWI vet, missing since 1950, to be buried May 26, 2007
The skeleton of Elmer Mikus was found on a remote mining claim about two miles south of Bannack last fall ... The owner of the mining claim found Mikus skull. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Preserving rights of way Apr 2, 2007
The rights of way could have been a trail once used by American Indians or built to access a mining claim. Over the years the government transferred land to private owners, grants to the railroads, the states and homesteaders and in 1946, the Bureau of Land Management took over management of all federal lands in the West. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Baucus, Tester secure funding for Iron Mask parcel Mar 31, 2007
The Elkhorn Mountains are a 300,000-acre island mountain range, jutting 9,000 feet into the air, and the Iron Mask parcel so named for an old mining claim includes flatlands that swell toward the sky until the open range becomes a mountainside dotted with aspens, then darkened with Douglas fir and ponderosa pine. This was land that the former owner considered subdividing into pricy lots, even though it already is home to about 300 elk, as well as bighorn sheep, pronghorn antelope and a... (Helena Independent Record)
Vibrant local man will be missed Mar 18, 2007
"Used to be, most everybody had a mining claim, but they'd have a milk cow or two. They'd also have a garden.". Local residents traded produce with each other and were there to lend a hand when needed, he said. (Mail Tribune, OR)
Judge leaves NT mining claim case Feb 9, 2007
Last Update: Friday, February 9, 2007. A Northern Territory Supreme Court judge has disqualified himself from considering a mining entrepreneur's claim over lucrative uranium deposits in central Australia. (ABC News Online, Australia -- Australia/Local)
Hale pleads no contest to assault, incest Dec 28, 2006
Hale propelled himself into headlines first by bulldozing a road through Wrangell St. Elias National Park lands to get access to the mining claim he'd bought. Cloaking himself with the moniker Papa Pilgrim, he remained the focus of media attention as the patriarch of a musical family. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Simple REMINDER Dec 11, 2006
He built it in 1956 on a patented 4-acre mining claim on the southern edge of La Plata City ... He came to the La Platas on a picnic and found a patented mining claim for sale ... Once, John loaned the cabin to an itinerant miner who needed shelter to work his mining claim down by the river. (Durango Herald)
Firm to develop mine claim Nov 16, 2006
The project would be about a mile west of Sturgis Road/S.D. Highway 79, north of Rapid City, on a federal mining claim owned by Pete Lien of Rapid City. Nearby residents worry about how the operation might affect their property, but Dave Slepnikoff of the Mystic Ranger District said the Forest Service could not stop the mining, which would be on an isolated parcel of Black Hills National Forest. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
County supervisors delay Rosemont mine resolution Nov 15, 2006
Augusta paid more than 20 million for 2,960 acres next to Forest Service land and has a grazing lease that would provide it with 12,000 acres of a mining claim. Rosemont was a small community with a post office that operated from Sept. 27, 1894, to May 31, 1910. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
1872 law allows Upper Sac claims Nov 9, 2006
Two mining claims staked out on the Upper Sacramento River have been filed by the Golden Girl Mining Company. Mining claims filed in the name of Golden Girl Mining Company on the Upper Sacramento River near the Buddha Hole area above Box Canyon dam have raised concerns as to what will be mined, what type of mining techniques will be used, and whether the mining will be subject to regulations ... Except for national parks and a few designated wilderness areas, the 1872 law provides for anyone to... (Mount Shasta News, CA)
More of this story Oct 27, 2006
A mineral mining claim, however, only includes the earth and its layers beneath the surface of the land, Hagerdon said. The Reno-based company reportedly owns a 100 percent interest in the La Jara Mesa Extension uranium property consisting of 137 unpatented mining claims (approximately 2,740 acres) in Grants Mining District in Cibola. (Grants Cibola County Beacon, NM)
In Butte-Silver Bow: Most properties move at tax sale Oct 19, 2006
The only properties that didn t sell are houses at 427 W. Iron and 620 Nevada, lots on North Wyoming and Emma streets, and a landlocked piece of mining claim north of Walkerville. The total minimum bids for these five was 36,400. (Montana Standard, MT)
Canadian firm determined to dig Oct 11, 2006
The overall Rosemont ranch, in addition to private land, consists of 14,880 acres of federal "fee and mining claim land," company officials said. The environmental questions surrounding Rosemont are and will be relevant to large proposed mines in the mountains of southeast Arizona and to many other areas where sensitive environment meets mining. (Nogales International, AZ)
Vista Gold Corp. Reports Progress on Nevada Spin-off Company Sep 23, 2006
If approved by shareholders, court and regulatory authorities, the formation of Allied Nevada will result in a company that controls or has royalty interests in approximately 190,000 acres of prospective patented and unpatented mining claims in known mineralized trends of Nevada, a war chest of funding to advance its exploration and development efforts, and income from advance minimum royalty payments ... In 1991, he became a prospector/property generator, and since that time, has become one of... (PR Newswire)
Proposal to mine in wilderness up for comment Sep 15, 2006
Officials at the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison Natonal Forest released a draft environmental impact statement earlier this month to analyze the plan of operations for the Robin Redbreast Lode mining claim, which sits about six miles south of Silver Jack Reservoir ... We re pleased to have reached this point in the evaluation and analysis of this complex mining claim, said GMUG Forest Supervisor Charlie Richmond in a news release. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
River of Gold or a Touch of Fever? Sep 11, 2006
Dorr told The Times that upon returning to the surface, he dynamited the cavern's entrance to keep others from plundering his bounty while he filed a mining claim. Within the next decade or so, cave explorers from Pasadena, curious about the tale, shimmied into a cavern and found "D-O-R-R" seared onto a wall. (Los Angeles Times)
VIN SUPRYNOWICZ: After convictions, is there really a whole lot o' shiverin' goin' on? Aug 27, 2006
Were Nevada prosecutors foiled in their pursuit by the way Herrera and Kincaid-Chauncey habitually emulated the Hole-in-the-Wall gang, hiding out somewhere high in California's Panamint range each time they finished flummoxing some Florida widow into buying a bogus mining claim. Of course not. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Opinion)
TSX Venture Exchange Daily Bulletins for August 22, 2006 Aug 23, 2006
TSX Venture Exchange has accepted for filing the documentation relating to an Option Agreement dated March 25, 2006 with certain prospectors (the "Vendors"), whereby the Company will acquire 100% of the interest of the Killala Lake South property comprised of 84 mining claim units located in the Killala Lake and Grain townships in the Province of Ontario ... TSX Venture Exchange has accepted for filing the documentation relating to an Option Agreement dated March 25, 2006 with a prospector (the... (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
56 years later, hunter’s remains are identified Aug 19, 2006
Mikus skeleton was found on a remote mining claim about two miles south of Bannack, Briggs said ... Stephen Decker, owner of the mining claim, called authorities about a week ago after finding a human skull near a trail on which he was working, Briggs said. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Hunter’s remains found Aug 19, 2006
It just fell into place the way it should, said Beaverhead County Coroner Ron Briggs of the discovery of 62-year-old Elmer William Mikus skeleton on a remote mining claim about 2 miles south of Bannack ... Stephen Decker, owner of the mining claim, called officials nearly a week ago after finding a human skull near a trail on which he was working, Briggs said. (Montana Standard, MT)
Copper Queen Mine creation nearing its full form Jul 31, 2006
From the change house, the tour winds through Glory Hole, the earliest mining claim and into the underground mine. For further authentic ambiance, designers from the Smithsonian recreated a crystal cave, enclosed behind glass. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Flash in a Pan Jul 27, 2006
Today it is legal to pan for precious metals on most public land as long as the area is not a mining claim. Mining claims are commonly seen while hiking in the Idaho backcountry and they are clearly marked as displayed in the adjacent photo. (Wood River Journal, ID)
Open for Business Jul 3, 2006
I said that the building s long, narrow shape fits the boundaries of the mining claim on which it sits ... In fact, the mining claims were subdivided and property lines re-drawn when the mines were played out and it was time for buildings. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Landowner submits land-use claim for caldera Jun 29, 2006
It is a former mining claim with a cabin and two small pumice quarries. The county zoned the property as open space and conservation land in 1992, a designation meant to protect scenic or natural resources while limiting development. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Passing along a piece of history Jun 25, 2006
Like many downtown buildings, its long, narrow profile fits the boundaries of the mining claim on which it sits. The Daltons recognize the importance of the building to the city s history. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
DISCLOSURE REPORTS: Details of personal finances released Jun 15, 2006
Reid and his wife Landra have wealth split between land holdings and mining claims in Nevada and Arizona, and stock and bond investments ... Barney Regan, a longtime Reid friend and co-owner of an 18-acre mining claim in Searchlight they purchased in 1979, died in March 2005. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Nevada News)
Lawmakers' Finances Come Under Scrutiny Jun 15, 2006
land holdings in Nevada, municipal bonds and mining claims. A friend who died last year left Reid and his wife, Landra, his half-interest in the 18-acre Dubuque Mining Claim in their hometown of Searchlight, Nev. (Newsmax)
China bets big oncoal-to-oil projects May 23, 2006
Shenzhen Group and Yanzhou Mining claim they have mastered the key technologies required with their own intellectual-property rights. Other firms may have to pay patent fees. (Asia Times Online)
The Midas Touch May 14, 2006
Michael Andrew Jr., 39, the son of Krafts subsistence-fishing neighbor, took a temporary job last summer cutting brush for Liberty Star, whose Big Chunk mining claim abuts Northern Dynastys. In his fathers day, when people got around on dogsleds, it was easier to do without cash, he says. (Ocnus.net)
Experts say past mining likely led to sinkhole fatality Apr 25, 2006
"What you can say is that it would not be surprising if it is proved that a mining shaft or tunnel was involved because the history of the entire Nary Red Placer mining claim is of a series of hydraulic and drift mining," said Douglas Ferrier, a forestry consultant and regional history buff. The Chellews' property falls within the 224-acre Nary Red Gold Placer Mining Claim, said Ferrier. (Barre Montpelier Times Argus)
Family speaks of son lost to sinkhole Apr 25, 2006
The Chellews' property falls within the 224-acre Nary Red Gold Placer Mining Claim, said Ferrier. His research shows it was mined from about 1860 into the 1940s. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Trina Hale is challenger in auditor's race Apr 19, 2006
In considering her decision, Hale said, she thought about her early childhood on a Siskiyou County mining claim. Her family was extremely poor and lacked even the most basic amenities, according to Hale. (Mount Shasta News, CA)
Community struggles to keep rights to land Feb 13, 2006
Earlier this month, a mining claim for 160 acres west of Wickenburg sold on eBay Inc.'s Web site for $1,439 ... Since Lacy started practicing law in the early 1970s, he said, "people (near Dragoon) have been staking mining claims and been fighting over them," he said. (AZCentral -- News)
Public land sale could involve two valley parcels Feb 11, 2006
When mining claims were patented during Aspen's silver boom, numerous small pieces were left over ... Those mining claim remnants often don't have legal descriptions, making them difficult to sell ... The sale of mining claim remnants was already authorized by a previous act, said Randy Karstaedt, director of physical resources for the Forest Service's regional office. (Aspen Times)
Lawsuit seeks more critical habitat for bull troutPosted on Jan. 6 Jan 7, 2006
If any federal action is proposed within critical habitat, such as a timber sale or approval of a mining claim on a national forest, federal biologists must be consulted on whether it will jeopardize the survival of the species. If the action would harm the species, it cannot go forward. (Missoulian, MT)
