Call your local BLM and obtain their manual on Claiming Property on BLM administered lands. The process,examples,laws forms and everything is there. Being a federal agency you'd think the rules would be the same from state to state(no way) and east a the rockies is really buggered up. Your local county tax acessor and redorder are your best bet. When you think you have a site,you can(in some states)order info over the phone and pay with a CC or drive to your home office,in Calif. it's in Sacramento. Educate and prosper. MANY things to learn and buying a claim is the absolute worst. I've helped dozens try to get their $$ back from claim hustlers,paper claimers. My own claims have been sold by 1 crook over a dozen times. He now walks kinda funny and stays outta the county.Tons a au 2 u 2-John