Asking for permission ?

[Mine Shaft]

I have a question about a claim. Has anyone had any luck asking for permission to prospect on a claim ? If yes whats the best way to contact and ask the person. Thank you.

 

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[okbasspro]

I have gotten and given permission. You can look at the county and get owners info. You never know till you ask.

 

[Mine Shaft]

Thank you okbasspro, we went up yesterday to look at a area between 2 large claims that is claimable but the 4 miles in will be to hard on my buddies ford explorer its a 4x4 no less but one mile in is on this guys claim. Thank you again, good luck in the field.

 

[goldenmojo]

I know of one person that got permission from a claim owner to prospect. He looked up the claim and owners info on the LR2000 and got permission. Easier than that you can look it up on MyLandMatters which has claim info and more.

 

[Johnnybravo300]

You can park and camp on the guys claim without permission. Like if you need to hike in to the other open spot.

 

[Mine Shaft]

You can park and camp on the guys claim without permission. Like if you need to hike in to the other open spot.

The easiest way in is to park at the trail head his claim, and go to the open spot but as mentioned its a bad road last three miles. I panned my cons today 3 hours sluicing not one spec lol. But one mile in last week 1.5 hours sluicing came up with 6 flakes and my buddy came up with 20. I will be going to a new spot next week i will post my findings.

 

[firebird]

How do you contact them, look up the info online and then send them a letter? No way to get a phone number instead?

 

[KevinInColorado]

How do you contact them, look up the info online and then send them a letter? No way to get a phone number instead?

Correct. Send a letter.

 

[goldenmojo]

The easiest way in is to park at the trail head his claim, and go to the open spot but as mentioned its a bad road last three miles. I panned my cons today 3 hours sluicing not one spec lol. But one mile in last week 1.5 hours sluicing came up with 6 flakes and my buddy came up with 20. I will be going to a new spot next week i will post my findings.

You might want to try sampling with a pan before you set up a sluice. If you find good color then it makes it worth shoveling. If not find another spot.

 

[roconnor]

When you send a letter include a stamped, self addressed envelope . It makes it that much easier for the claim holder.

 

[B H Prospector]

You can park and camp on the guys claim without permission. Like if you need to hike in to the other open spot.

While it is true you can park and camp on this guys claim, I wouldn't do it with mining gear in my possession without his permission and him knowing about it or you might be accused of claim jumping.

 

[Mine Shaft]

I went back to a spot i tried when i first started prospecting but this time i came up with 8 specs for 1 hour sluicing. This place is close to home no dirt road no claims yet, i hope to change that soon if my buddy and i come up with more color lol. We will hit the creek this Friday and see what it gives up. Thank you guy for your advice and input.

 

[Goldwasher]

Sometimes people put their phone number on their first recording at the county.

I've also looked up phone numbers by name and called. There are still white pages you know.

Anyone who is uh erm... older, Like a lot of claim owners have land lines.

I got a lease by starting with a serial number on a sign...Ended up finding the guy and his brother and father in law. listed so I called until I got an answer.

The brother gave me the number of his brother who lived closest to the claim.

 

[bug]

I had good luck with a letter to a claim owner in Nevada. Got an email back from him, to have fun and just leave a little for the next guy. We had good times there drywashing and its nice having a clear conscience digging. On your letter leave all your possible contact info and hopefully they get back to you one way or another.

 

[Johnnybravo300]

Yep happens all the time and their info is public info so that's what it's there for. I've granted access to my claim to one person and they ended up going every weekend all summer and had holes and rockpiles everywhere. It was his first time ever finding gold and he got addicted fast.
I finally had to cut him off but not a big deal. I told him it was time to go find his own spot and hes been looking ever since.
He can always join a club and go dig their gold if he doesnt want to prospect for his own.
I've always liked the prospecting part of mining, sometimes more than the mining itself.

 

[goldenmojo]

I went back to a spot i tried when i first started prospecting but this time i came up with 8 specs for 1 hour sluicing. This place is close to home no dirt road no claims yet, i hope to change that soon if my buddy and i come up with more color lol. We will hit the creek this Friday and see what it gives up. Thank you guy for your advice and input.

Thanks for the pics. Your posts cause me to have many questions. You say 8 flakes for the take, is that 8 pieces and a lot of flour gold or just 8 pieces total? Are you classifying the material before you run it in the sluice? Do you take a test pan of your tailings a few time during you outing to see if you are flushing any gold out? How many buckets of material are you running to get the 8 flakes. If classifying are you using a bucket mounted classifier? There may be a couple of things you can do to improve your take.

 

[arizau]

Thanks for the pics. Your posts cause me to have many questions. You say 8 flakes for the take, is that 8 pieces and a lot of flour gold or just 8 pieces total? Are you classifying the material before you run it in the sluice? Do you take a test pan of your tailings a few time during you outing to see if you are flushing any gold out? How many buckets of material are you running to get the 8 flakes. If classifying are you using a bucket mounted classifier? There may be a couple of things you can do to improve your take.

I agree with all the above and....it looks like that drainage has a way to go to reach bed rock by looking at the sandy bottom. Maybe look for a bed rock outcropping along the side that heads for or crosses it as a starter for getting down to bed rock.

Good luck.

 

[Mine Shaft]

Thanks for the pics. Your posts cause me to have many questions. You say 8 flakes for the take, is that 8 pieces and a lot of flour gold or just 8 pieces total? Are you classifying the material before you run it in the sluice? Do you take a test pan of your tailings a few time during you outing to see if you are flushing any gold out? How many buckets of material are you running to get the 8 flakes. If classifying are you using a bucket mounted classifier? There may be a couple of things you can do to improve your take.

Thank you for the input goldenmojo, i am new to this gold fever stuff lol but i am learning new things from a close neighbor friend down the street. I do classify my mtr'l before i run it, this time up i forgot my pan so no testing. The 8 specs were from straight gigging and in the sluice no class, i was digging 2ft off the creek near the inside bend towards the end. The answer to how many buckets for 8 specs would be 1. My buddy will be going up with on Friday and we will put in at least 5 hours this time. I will post what we find, thanks again.

 

[goldenmojo]

Thank you for the input goldenmojo, i am new to this gold fever stuff lol but i am learning new things from a close neighbor friend down the street. I do classify my mtr'l before i run it, this time up i forgot my pan so no testing. The 8 specs were from straight gigging and in the sluice no class, i was digging 2ft off the creek near the inside bend towards the end. The answer to how many buckets for 8 specs would be 1. My buddy will be going up with on Friday and we will put in at least 5 hours this time. I will post what we find, thanks again.

I forgot my pack with all my gear in it once so now I keep it in the truck all the time. Good luck on your next trip out. The more you get out the more you will learn.and find. I mine with some very knowledgeable miners and what they know always amazes me but what really amazes me is how much they have learned and the better they have become as miners in the short time I have known them. Keep moving forward and will get there too very soon.

 

[Mine Shaft]

Thank you goldenmojo, i just wish i would of got into this a long time ago. Good luck to you in the field.