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  2. Placer claim - Wikipedia

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    Gold mining is one of the most common uses for the staking of mining claims. In Alaska, state mining claims may be up to 160 acres (0.65 km 2), and there is no distinction between lode or placer claims. The boundaries of the claim must follow the 4 cardinal directions, with an exception being adjustments for existing valid claims.

  3. General Mining Act of 1872 - Wikipedia

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    "My claim, Sir!" A prospector defends his claim at the Comstock Lode, 1861.. Miners and prospectors in the California Gold Rush of 1849 found themselves in a legal vacuum. . Although the US federal government had laws governing the leasing of mineral land, the United States had only recently acquired California by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and had little presence in the newly acquired ...

  4. Gold mining in Alaska - Wikipedia

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    The Donlin Gold project, in the Kuskokwim Gold Belt, contains a Proven and Probable Reserve of 33.8 million ounces at a grade of 2.09 g/t (using a gold price of US$975/oz), within a Measured and Indicated Resource of 39 million ounces of gold at 2.03 g/t. [13]

  5. Trump move opens Utah to Gold Rush-style mining claims under ...

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    The law covers mining for uranium, gold, silver, copper and other precious metals, but excludes coal and petroleum. ... Kyle Kimmerle, whose family owns more than 100 uranium mining claims in Utah ...

  6. Casablanca Mining Announces Constitution of Claims on Free ...

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    Casablanca Mining Announces Constitution of Claims on Free Gold Property SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CASABLANCA MINING (OTCQX: CUAU) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Santa Teresa ...

  7. Casablanca Mining Constitutes Majority of Mining Claims at ...

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    Casablanca Mining Constitutes Majority of Mining Claims at Casuto, Its Flagship Gold Property in Chile SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CASABLANCA MINING (OTCQX: CUAU) announced today that its wholly ...

  8. Fairbanks mining district - Wikipedia

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    Gold-quartz-sulfide hydrothermal vein at the old Grant Mine, Fairbanks Mining District. The Fairbanks mining district is a gold-mining area in the U.S. state of Alaska. Placer mining began near Fairbanks in July 1902, after Felix Pedro (real name Felice Pedroni), an Italian immigrant and Tom Gilmore discovered gold in the hills north of the Tanana and Chena Rivers in 1901.

  9. Nome mining district - Wikipedia

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    The Nome mining district, also known as the Cape Nome mining district, is a gold mining district in the U.S. state of Alaska.It was discovered in 1898 when Erik Lindblom, Jafet Lindeberg and John Brynteson, the "Three Lucky Swedes", found placer gold deposits on Anvil Creek and on the Snake River few miles from the future site of Nome.