GoldenGringo
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My mom is a pendulum dowser for yes/no questions only, so I know this stuff is real even though I’m perfectly fine with not understanding how it works.
I recently acquired a large mining claim on the West slope of Rich Hill next to Stanton, AZ in the Weaver Mountains and mining district. This claim was owned by the Lost Dutchman’s Mining Association since 1983 and they never developed it for mineral production. They just let their members, the majority of them elderly, walk the claim with metal detectors. But I am told that LDMA members hardly ever accessed the entire claim because of the steep topography of the southern 1/2 of the 120 acres. There have also been multiple failed attempts by others to stake lode claims over the main placer claim in the hopes of locating quartz veins of gold ore. No operational permits for lode mining have ever been issued by the BLM and the staked lode claims would all be abandoned after their initial year.
I’d like to have dow sets check some photos of the claim as well as Google Earth maps via gps coordinates I will provide below. I have recently found and read a 1988 geological survey and mining feasibility report for the 40 acres of patented mining claims that intersect the northern 1/2 of my claim. I’ll save the details of that report for later after you’ve dowsed the area for large nuggets and ore veins.
Let me know if you need any additional details or screenshots! thank you!
Roughly the center of my claim: 34.1763°N 112.7235°W
I recently acquired a large mining claim on the West slope of Rich Hill next to Stanton, AZ in the Weaver Mountains and mining district. This claim was owned by the Lost Dutchman’s Mining Association since 1983 and they never developed it for mineral production. They just let their members, the majority of them elderly, walk the claim with metal detectors. But I am told that LDMA members hardly ever accessed the entire claim because of the steep topography of the southern 1/2 of the 120 acres. There have also been multiple failed attempts by others to stake lode claims over the main placer claim in the hopes of locating quartz veins of gold ore. No operational permits for lode mining have ever been issued by the BLM and the staked lode claims would all be abandoned after their initial year.
I’d like to have dow sets check some photos of the claim as well as Google Earth maps via gps coordinates I will provide below. I have recently found and read a 1988 geological survey and mining feasibility report for the 40 acres of patented mining claims that intersect the northern 1/2 of my claim. I’ll save the details of that report for later after you’ve dowsed the area for large nuggets and ore veins.
Let me know if you need any additional details or screenshots! thank you!
Roughly the center of my claim: 34.1763°N 112.7235°W
