Category: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming
Mineral surveys are made to mark the legal boundaries of mineral deposits or ore-bearing formations on the public domain where the boundaries are determined by lines other than the normal subdivision of the public lands. These surveys include the usual surveying technical proc...
Mineral surveys are made to mark the legal boundaries of mineral deposits or ore-bearing formations on the public domain where the boundaries are determined by lines other than...
6. CHAPTER I=1–1= When gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill in California in 1849 no provisions had been made by the Congress of the United States for the disposition of minerals on the pub...
7. CHAPTER II=2–1= Discovery: “No lode claim shall be located until after the discovery of a vein or lode within the limits of the claim, the object of which provision is evidently to preven...
8. CHAPTER III“Pursuant to section 2334 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 39), the Director or his delegate will appoint only a sufficient number of surveyors for the survey of mining claims...
9. CHAPTER IV=4–1= Purpose: Except in special instances, such as lands selected by the Native Corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, a mining claim may be held indefinit...
10. CHAPTER V=5–1= Preliminary: The first step in the field work should be an examination of the property with the claimant or his representative, unless such an examination was made prior t...
11. Chapter VI. The remaining lines can then be reported as fixed by theIntersections and areas of conflict should then be calculated by solving triangles. Areas may be calculated using double meridian distances, but intersections should never be ca...
12. CHAPTER VI=6–1= Restoration of Lost Corners: There is no hard and fast rule for establishing missing corners of mining claims. The method should be selected that will give the best result...