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Claimants who wish to retain their mining claims on Bureau of Land Management federal public lands through the 2019 assessment year must pay a maintenance fee or file a maintenance fee waiver certificate on or before Tuesday, Sept. 4, to prevent the mining claim from being declared forfeit and void.
So for the waivers this year (now) filed on or before Aug 31st; the Line #1 would read beginning on Sep 1 2019 and ending on Sep1 2020....and then line 2 is owned 10 or less claims Sep 1 2019. Talk about confusing. For years I thought the mining year was Dec to Dec and when they came out with the waiver and fee structure it really woke me up because I went by the Oregon dredge season which annually ended on Sep 15th for me. It cost me dearly to say the least when I missed the Sep 1st deadline many many years ago. Evidently many others found the verbiage confusing because the BLM now sends out the new waiver forms with the dates already on them.....(sometimes I guess...but I would not count on it).
Then of course one must pay attention to the expiration dates on the 3830-2 form...as the forms often look identical but they expire and then they are a "don't count" obstacle. I done that before also. Needless to say us old farts have to really be on our toes and double check everything we do. Often the BLM takes months upon months to return and acknowledge receiving/approving the waiver forms.
Bejay
Next year's mining season for BLM is Sep 1, 2018 to Aug 30, 2019
So for the waivers this year (now) filed on or before Aug 31st; the Line #1 would read beginning on Sep 1 2019 and ending on Sep1 2020....and then line 2 is owned 10 or less claims Sep 1 2019.
Bejay
That may be their spin on the law but as stated above Congress declared that the mining year ends and begins at 12:01 am on September 1. It may be a technicality but as you can see with the Art Anderson case - technicalities can and do get your claim closed.
By the way August has 31 days. Looks like the BLM made another "little mistake" like telling you you can file on September 4th, it's all cool with them, it's just another claim they don't have to bother with.
Stick with what the law says and you will be fine. September 1 - September 1.
Heavy Pans
I think you mean Sep 1 2018 and ending on Sep1 2019 owned 10 or less claims Sep 1 2018.
Heavy Pans
But at least I have the clarity on the dog gone maintenance waiver dates now. Tks much. But I'll bet it won't hurt to post the correct dates on this forum each and every year forthcoming.
Bejay
Yep, every August 1st a new Guidelines and Flow Chart is put up on the mining forums by yours truly. I try to start a new thread each year to keep the date confusion down to a minimum.
I started doing this on August 1 because of the 2014 fee change. A lot of people filed early and thought they didn't have to pay the difference. Claims were lost. I don't want people following my chart if the BLM is going to drag their feet and change the fees in the interim.
Heavy Pans
Heck truck mileage at the IRS rate of 56.5 cents a mile to get to the claim is a cost of claim maintenance.