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BLM Form 3830-2 (Maintenance Fee Payment Waiver Certification) The only "form" provided by the BLM that is required to be used by miners is the 3830-2 All other forms are just suggestions My personal suggestion is to never use a BLM form except the required 3830-2 As winners pointed out many (most) of them don't even meet the legal requirementrs If you sent in an expired 3830-2 form you still have time to submit the correct current April 2023 form
Gates blocking access on BLM land. | TreasureNet. com So I keep coming across gates blocking road access while on BLM land Most recently in an area many people target shoot (lots of old hard rock mines andprospects in the area) Whats up with that? Can they legally block access like this? This particular gate block the road a long distance from
Warning for Mining Claim Owners | TreasureNet. com If you own a mining claim in the lower 48 you may need to check the current status of your claim with the BLM On November 17th the BLM closed 28,340 mining claims On this same day last year they closed more than 20,000 mining claims Many of the mining claims closed last year were closed in
Can you take over a closed placer mine? | TreasureNet. com BLM and County don't communicate Someone at the Sacramento State BLM office told you that? Care to share a name? The Recorder will record any properly formed notice if you have the money Did you leave a 2" white space at the top? 10 point or bigger type? 1 2 inch side and bottom margin? Signed with return address? Proper Title to the Location?
Mining Claim Fees Going Up Again | TreasureNet. com A single 160 acre placer claim now has $1600 in fees due annually! Until 1993 the same placer claim was only $15 Location fees are going up as well The base location fee is now $49 plus the $25 filing fee A single mining claim location now requires a mandatory $274 fee payment to BLM (no small miner waiver in the first year of a mining claim)
How to find the Mineral Survey information from Patented mining claims . . . The BLM is under strict restrictions as to what information about the minerals in the land can be revealed Essentially the only information the BLM can share with the public is whether the land has been proven to be mineral in character at some point in time You may be thinking of a mineral exam instead of a survey (map)
Quit Claims and the BLM. | TreasureNet. com The BLM as we know will accept a COL without checking to see if it over-claims another claim However does this apply to Quit Claims? If a person tries to file a Quit Claim on a claim they don’t own will this flag with the BLM and be rejected? There’s a situation occurring on the claim next
Using heavy equipment on unpatented placer claim? - TreasureNet I've seen videos on YouTube of people using small excavaters to feed small trommel, washplants, etc and was wondering what the rules and regulations of using a small excavator backhoe on a unpatented claim are?
BLM Notice guidance? | TreasureNet. com The BLM tends to be interested in access issues and what vehicles will be on site Keep your access routes as short and non disturbing as possible Avoid using words that don't apply to notice level operations You aren't "mining"! Exploration or prospecting permits are for lease and sale minerals - not for locatable minerals
DREDGING IN ARIZONA - New Guidelines from BLM!!! Excerpt from BLM web site: PROCESSING CASUAL USE ACTIVITIES A simple example of a Casual Use activity common in Arizona is the operation of prospecting or rock collecting using a metal detector and or other hand tools while camping on public lands You cannot engage in suction dredging at a Casual Use level on BLM-administered lands in Arizona