unsurveyed areas (no corner post to locate, or tie your claim), you must locate your claim in
reference to some natural land mark. A natural land mark being a mountain top, intersection
of a river and a stream, etc.
9.4.a Using Bearing & Distance
Figure 38 shows a claim tied to Blue
Mountain Peak by an azimuth of 81°,
and a distance to Blue Mountain Peak
of 7,000 feet from a corner monument.
9.4.b Using Two Bearings
The claim in figure 39 is tied to two
azimuth readings from a corner monument. Using this method, distance is not required, since
the intersection of both azimuth lines deter-
mine the location.
9.4.c Using Five Bearings
For a more complete description of your
claim, determine the direction of its sides. The
angles are found by standing on corner #1 and
taking an azimuth to corner #2. Then standing
on corner #2 and taking an azimuth to corner
#3. Finally, from #3 to #4 and from #4 back to
#1, thus completing the description. (Fig. 40)
set in concrete. The brass is marked with let-
ters and figures that give the section, township
and range. It is marked so that it must be read
while standing on the south side of the monu-
ment. The south side of the monument is
marked with the date of the monument.
(Fig 36)
9.3 Sample Claim Location Map
Figure 37 shows the location monument with claim extending 300 feet to each side of the vein
center line and 1,500 feet long. The claim is tied or located to a section corner post by show-
ing the bearing to the corner post, the number of feet to the post and the section, township
and range.
Obtain a bearing selecting one of your claim corners as your tie point, and sighting from the
tie point to the section corner post. The azimuth to the South East corner of Section 32, T22S,
R22E was found to be 110°. (Fig 37) Note, the distance to the section corner must also be
provided.
9.4 Location On Unsurveyed Land
Not all of the U.S. has been surveyed.
As of 1970, about 500,000,000 acres
were still unsurveyed. Most of the
unsurveyed land is located in mountain-
ous sections of the country. Since then,
however, more has been surveyed.
Check with the Federal Land office, or
the U.S. Bureau of Land Management
of your state.
If your claim is located in one of the
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Figure 37
Figure 38
Figure 39
Figure 36
Figure 40
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