Introduction to Filing a Gold Mine or Gold Panning Claim

If you have “gold fever” you chose the right time, because gold prices keep going up and up, and there still is plenty of gold in “them thar hills.”  Whether you want to actually work a gold mine or prefer to pan and sluice for gold in a stream, if you’re serious and want to turn it into a business, you’re going to want to stake a claim (or buy one from someone else). 

Over the next few days, I’m going to show you how to locate a gold mining claim or gold prospecting claim, how to file a claim and protect it, and what you can and can’t do with it.  All it takes is a little knowledge and effort.  I am going to provide you with the knowledge and links to the resources you need to file a gold claim.  Are you ready?

First it’s important to become familiar with some basic terms:  mining claim; locatable minerals; lode claim; placer claim; unpatented claim; patented claim; Prudent Man Rule; Marketability Test

 

What is a mining claim?

A mining claim is the right to explore for and extract “locatable minerals” from a tract of federal public land in the United States. 

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