Ask The Experts
Ask The Experts - Do I have any grandfathered rights that post FLPMA claim holders do not have?
September 2011 by Chris Ralph
Q: Does a claim holder of a claim that has been under constant, active status since 1932 have any rights that owners of newer claims do not have? In other words, do I have any grandfathered rights that post FLPMA claim holders do not have?Ask The Experts
• Is this a good time to invest in gold and silver?
Ask the Experts
• Sweep speed and sensitivity settings for a GPX-4500
Ask the Experts
How do sluicing and drywashing compare in effciency?
Ask the Experts
Why are there no maps of the so-called mining districts?
The Portable XRF Gun
While there is no metal detector that will see only gold, there is a device that can reliably distinguish gold from lead, copper, iron or other metals. It is an X-Ray fluorescence tester, sometimes called an XRF gun.
Ask The Experts: Is this BLM demand legitimate?
Q: The Arizona BLM state office has started sending out registered letters to association placer claim holders...
Subscription Required:
The Bawl Mill
• Our Readers Say
• Ask The Experts - Could I stake out a 20-acre claim with a waterway running through it just as I would a lode claim?
• Q&A With Detector Designer Dave Johnson
• Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Dredging Tips From The Golden Rogue
• Understanding and Prospecting Benches
• Gold in the Slate Creek Basin
• Deductions: Get 'Em While You Can
• Endurance Is Golden
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes & Mineral and Metal Prices
• The Preacher of Sheeps**t Flats







