Claim jumping is against the law and the courts have held in favor with the mining claim owner who was there first so long as their fees are paid up to date. The claim above is the oldest claim that all of these claims are claiming over and it is making a mess of things there and makes it impossible to mine until all the court actions would be settled becasue the BLM does not do their job and they feel that their job is just to collect fees.



This is the first claim that was overstaked and filed by Sonny Riggs.



This is the Second claim that was overstaked and originally filed by Adrian Castaneda for Gordon Walters as can be seen on the document Adrian Castaneda trasferred his interest to Gordon Walters.



This is the Third claim that has been overstaked and filed by Richard Moyer Sr. But when Sonny Riggs was asked about it he stated that he had filed it. Sonny Riggs stated that he had investigated the overstaking of a claim and he stated that if it did go to court that he would be the winner. If that happened it would be the first time that a court went against established law.

It was during the phone converstaion with Sonny Riggs that he stated that the BLM asked him to fill in the hole that he dug for Gordon Walters on someone elses claim and that if he filled in the hole the BLM would give him special consideration.

The BLM also talked with several people when they were there and they informed everyone that Gordon Walters plan of operation was denied. Since this is a matter of public record a copy of the denial has to be recorded.

Nick

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