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This is the November 29th, 2009 Tesoro Broadcast

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Nick is going to be out of town so the November 1, 2009 Tesoro Broadcast is going up today October 31, 2009

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This is the September 27, 2009 Broadcast

Nick

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This is the September 20th, 2009 Tesoro Broadcast

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We have sold 1,414 Raffle Tickets. The drawing is going to take place at the end of this month.

Nick

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We are posting this from our site named Photos by Nick We posted it to show some of the damage that has been done to the mine site by taggers. These pictures were taken on my birthday 02/28/2009

Nick

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This is the test over the first area of the three areas that we had outlined by ropes. There also some final thoughts about the tests

Nick

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This is outside the pipe in the surrounding hole. It was through a vault in this area that I was able to get into the cavern and witness the stack of dore bars. Since then the hole has been covered up to prevent anyone else from getting into the cavern on the orders of the BLM.

Nick

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This is the second part of the omni-tron test with John Brody doing the test in the Caballo Mountains on the Tesoro Del Alma treasure site in New Mexico

Nick

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This is where I was in the hole that Fred Doltre drilled a number of years ago now. It was through this hole that Fred was able to recover three dore bars. The entrance that was used is now full of decomposed granite. The granite has filled the hole to the point that the bailer is stuck in place and can not be moved.

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This is our only means of support. Thank you for support.

Nick

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You can purchase the raffle tickets at Tesoro Del Alma Store


Nick

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OLD people have problems that you haven't even considered yet!


An 85-year-old man was required to have a sperm count as part of his physical exam..

The doctor gave the man a jar and said,'Take this jar home and bring back a semen sample tomorrow.'

The next day the 85-year-o ld man reappeared at the doctor's office and gave him the jar, which was as clean and empty as on the previous day. The doctor asked what happened and the man explained, 'Well, doc, it's like this:First I tried with my right hand, but nothing. Then I tried with my left hand,but still nothing. Then I asked my wife for help. She tried with her right hand, then with her left,still nothing. She tried with her mouth, first with the teeth in, then with her teeth out, still nothing. We even called up Arleen, the lady next door and she tried too, first with both hands, then an armpit, and she even tried squeezin' it between her knees, but still nothing.'


The doctor was shocked! 'You asked your neighbor?'

The old man replied: 'Yep, none of us could get that jar open.'

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Goto: Tesoro Del Alma Store to purchase the tickets.

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Here is some food for thought. Donald Tangwall who steals two trucks of ore out of twelve truck loads. Gordon Walters refuses to file criminal charges against Tangwall for the Theft of those two trucks. The Investors pay Gordon $60,000 to pay Tangwall for hauling the ore to Virginia City, Montana. Tangwall sues Gordon for $75,000. $60,000 for the use of his dump truck and frontend loader and $16,000 for the two truck loads of or that he stole. Tangwall through some other people is trying to sell the bags of ore that was on the two trucks for $500,000 per bag. Now Tangwall is trying to cause some real trouble because Gordon showed Tangwall some documents while they were in Roundup, Montana that Tangwall figured out that there is $1.7 trillion dollars in buried treasure in the Caballos in New Mexico. So now he is trying to get to the treasure and he trying to do it by not following the law and trying to scare everyone that he can. He needs to learn something about mining law and the rights of the active mining claim holders.

Nick

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It has come to our attention that Gordon Walters has had a group of investors at his place in Arrey, New Mexico. We are going to re post the final judgement against Gordon Walters from Montana. Anyone that invests with Gordon Walters is going to lose their money. He owes me $100,000 and he owes another investor $900,000 and has made no move to even pay it back. He has been hit with a lawsuit for about $75,000 He also has been served with a cease and desist not once but twice. He has no mining claims or even a mining permit. He is even taking what they are calling grubstake ore from a mining claim that does not belong to him. He is even trying to get the Mexicans who are working for him to over stake the claims so that he can take the so called Grubstake ore. Years ago which we have filed at the Courthouse in T or C a document which clearly states that we own 50% of the mineral rights concerning Bob Grantham's ranch.

Donald Tangwall is posting no trespass signs all over the Grantham ranch which he doe not have the authority to do. He is trying to purchase the mineral rights under Bob Grantham's ranch. He is even going around threatening valid mining claim holders that he is going to order them off their claims because he owns the claims. It is very clear that he does not know anything about the mining laws. We have posted four court orders that have gone against Donald Tangwall and no one seems to be paying attention especially the BLM on both Gordon Walters and Donald Tangwall.

Nick

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It has come to our attention that the BLM office in Las Cruces has a lot less people working for them than they have in the past. So people like Gordon and Tangwall can get away with a lot more illegal activity then was possible in the past. The BLM is allowing Gordon to take load and haul ore that does not belong to him to Las Cruces or El Paso without a mining permit and he does not even have a mining claim. But yet if I want to do something there in the Caballos they make me take them to court so they can stipulate out. We are getting ready to file the NOI and we are going to see if the BLM will come up with some excuse to deny the NOI which they would grant for anyone else. I will say this that all the paperwork is ready to file against the BLM if they refuse to grant the NOI. We will see what they have to say to a Federal Court Judge.

Nick

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We have more information to post about the Gordon Walters and Donald Tangwall saga but I have not been given the ok to publish it just yet.

We have posted some new photos on http://photos-by-nick.com

Nick

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We will be leaving Albuquerque, NM about 8 a.m. Had a good visit with my son but we have to get back to Bakersfield. We are also going to be announcing that the 50 millionth person that visits this site will be given a special invitation to something that will be happening very soon.

Nick

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The above picture is of the new line of gold and silver leaf necklaces. They are for sale on the tesoro-del-alma-store.com they are $15 each oor two for $25.

Nick

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The Hard Rock Mining Bill H.R. 699 is still in committee and may just die there. But there are some items that is contained in the bill that the BLM is already putting into practice. There is one thing that we know from our dealings with the BLM and that is that they do just what they want to do because they believe that they can get away with it. They hold meetings between themselves with no one keeping a record and they make decisions that are based upon those meetings. When you try to find out what took place they can't tell you because they have no record. It kinda of reminds me of what is called a cirle jerk. They spend a lot of time in misdirection and are never straight forward. That is why in most cases that you have to take them to Federal Court. I have been told more than once that a Writ of Mandate is no good by the BLM. But I am being told that by a clerk that knows nothing about the law and is repeating something that they have been told to discourage people. But I do know for a fact that if a writ is issued the BLM willl do as they are instructed. I know because we have done it. We are making progress and we are a lot closer than we were 15 years ago when we got started.

Nick

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It is becoming very clear that Sonny Riggs has introduced Alma Grantham to a very dangerous person named Don Tangewall. Don Tangewall may be trying to do some estate planning for Alma since her husband has passed away. Donald Tangwall like Richard Sandars aka Robert Snyder is a person that likes to make threats. Donald Tangwall has been know to make threats about shooting people if they don't go along with him. Here is a guy that has been accused and arrested for rape on two different occassions (run Donald Tangwall in the search engine and they will be there). His rap sheet is over two pages. The FBI has stated that Donald Tangwall is a person of interest. Now Donald Tangwall is running around with Sonny Riggs and trespassing on mining claims that are not under Sonny's control. They have hired security to do what is uncertain. Sonny's mining permit has been pulled so he only is leasing Franklin #1 and #2. He can not mine the claims because he does not have a mining permit. The permit that he did have only allowed him to remove 250 tons. Now he can't even do that. Gordon Walters was working under that same permit. Only Gordon has moved about 400 tons to various refinerys. So if Sonny does not have a active mining permit at this time then Gordon who was working under that permit can not remove any ore at all. Plus Gordon does not have a mining claim or mining permit. So how is it that Gordon is being allowed to have the five mexicans working for him to remove ore, let alone put a shovel in the ground with out a mining claim or mining permit.

Nick

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We have just added a gold vial necklace to the tesoro del alma store. It can be purchased for $15.00 or two for $25.00. They can be purchased at http://tesoro-del-alma-store.com

Nick

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We have been getting email from people that have been seeing a truck and armed guards running around the Caballo's. It turns out that the armed guards are part of a security company that was hired by Don Tangwall. Don Tangwall has been running around with Sonny Riggs. Since Bob Grantham has passed away Sonny Riggs and Don Tangwall have been running around like they own the mountains. They have been trespassing on other people's claims and they are being very open about what they are trying to do. Sonny Riggs mining permit has been pulled for failure to file a mining plan as well as moving mining monuments. Tangwall does not have a mining claim anywhere in the Caballos nor does he have a mining permit or mining plan. His sole purpose for being in the Caballos is to steal treasure from any ones claim that he thinks he can get into without doing the proper work.

From the looks of it Alma Grantham is allowing Sonny Riggs and Don Tangwall just to do anything that they want. So Sonny Riggs no longer has a mining permit, Don Tangwall does not have a mining claim or a mining permit, Gordon Walters does not have a mining claim or a mining permit. Yet they are all digging without what they are required to have by law.

Interesting state of affairs.

Nick

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We were advised that there were some individuals that were trying to highjack the news. We do know that there are some people that do not care for what is being said here in this part of the website. We have Richard Sanders aka Robert Snyder and Gordon Walters. We have laid out the case against Gordon Walters and the scam he has been pulling on individuals that he has gotten to put money up for his scam project. If you have any questions as to the what Gordon Walters is doing please contact FBI Agent Sandra Klein in Billings Montana phone: 406-248-8487 or 406-443-3617 As far as the $1.3 million dollar judgment against Gordon Walters and his wife contact the Assistant Attorney General Roberta Cross Guns in Helena, Montana Phone 406-248-8489

Nick

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There are some things that treasure hunters have to understand. If a cache is found and you try to dig it up and get caught you will run into all types of problems. The big one is treasure hunting without a permit. To get a permit can be a rather long process or it can be a short process. By that I mean that after you have ran all of your tests and the test results shows you that there is metal then the BLM will go in and conduct tests as well. If there is something there then that is when the problems begin. If the Government runs test and they come up with nothing then they will issue a permit and let you dig to your hearts content. But it they find that there is something there then they will do everything within there power to prevent you from getting the permit.

In order to dig you must also have a mining claim. Once you have a mining claim there are certain things that you would be allowed to do according to the mining laws. So you have to do your homework you have to find out if where you believe something is. You have to search the mining records to find out who owns the claim. You can file a lode claim and a lode claim takes precedent over a placer claim.

If you do not have a mining claim and you are digging then you can go to jail. Take for example Gordon Walters there in the Caballo Mountains in New Mexico. He owns no mining claims, has no permit to dig, does not even have a mining permit. The permit that he was working under belongs to Sonny Riggs. Sonny Riggs mining permit is in the process of being pulled for various reasons. A check with the BLM will clearly show that Gordon Walters can not do anything in the Caballos except drive around. So how is he getting away with what he is doing it is because the BLM is failing to do their job. The BLM will come after you and I, but they will let a CROOK DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.

Nick

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We hope that you find this helpful Nick

IB89130: Mining on Federal Lands

Marc Humphries and Carol Hardy Vincent

Resources, Science, and Industry Division

May 3, 2001

CONTENTS

SUMMARY
MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
Background
The Claim-Patent System
Major Mining Legislation After the 1872 Mining Law
Analysis
Claim-Patent System: Pros and Cons
Past Amendment Proposals
The Clinton Administration's Call to Eliminate Subsidies
Fair Market Value
Environmental Protection
Federal Land Withdrawals
Legislative Activity
The Mill Site Debate
Surface Impacts of Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands
Patent Moratorium
Reform Proposals
Footnotes
SUMMARY

The General Mining Law of 1872 is one of the major statutes that direct the federal government's land management policy. The law grants free access to individuals and corporations to prospect for minerals in public domain lands, and allows them, upon making a discovery, to stake (or "locate") a claim on that deposit. A claim gives the holder the right to develop the minerals and may be "patented" to convey full title to the claimant. A continuing issue is whether this law should be reformed, and if so, how to balance mineral development with competing land uses.

The right to enter the public domain and freely prospect for and develop minerals is the feature of the claim-patent system that draws the most vigorous support from the mining industry. Critics consider the claim-patent system a giveaway of publicly owned resources because of the small amounts paid to maintain a claim and to obtain a patent.

In addition to the general issue of whether to reform the General Mining Law, two recent issues also have been controversial and might be addressed by the 107th Congress. One involves mining millsites. At issue is whether the General Mining Law limits claimants to one millsite of no more than five acres per mining claim, or whether multiple millsites are allowed. In 1997, the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior ruled that only one millsite of no more than five acres is allowed per claim. The 106th Congress provided a two-year exemption from the Solicitor's opinion for mines with approved plans of operation, operations with plans submitted prior to the Solicitor's opinion, and patent applications grandfathered as part of the 1995 mining patent moratorium (P.L. 106-113).

A second issue involves the Clinton Administration's revisions to the regulations governing hardrock mining operations on federal lands (43 CFR 3809), which took effect January 20, 2001. The new regulations authorize BLM to deny mining operations if they would result in "substantial irreparable harm" to significant resources that cannot be mitigated, and make mining operators more responsible for reclaiming mined land. On March 23, 2001, the Bush Administration proposed suspending the new regulations and reinstating the previous ones, until a review of the new rules is completed and a decision is made regarding them. The suspension is intended to allow BLM to address legal and policy concerns that have been raised before implementing a new regulatory program. The BLM has requested public comment on its proposal through May 7, 2001, and anticipates publishing a final rule in July. The current regulations remain in effect until the Bush Administration publishes a final rule.

The 106th Congress prohibited the Secretary of the Interior from using funds to revise hardrock mining regulations except to make changes "not inconsistent with" law and a report of the National Research Council (P.L. 106-113, P.L. 106-291). The Clinton Administration asserted that the revisions were "not inconsistent" with the report, but that interpretation has been controversial.

The 107th Congress also may consider extending the moratorium on the issuance of mining patents, whereby new mining patents generally will not be issued, but grandfathered applications will be processed. Most recently, Congress retained the mining patent moratorium for one year (P.L. 106-291).

MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

On March 23, 2001, the Bush Administration proposed suspending the regulations governing hardrock mining operations on federal lands (43 CFR 3809) that took effect on January 20, 2001, and reinstating the old rule. The suspension is intended to allow BLM to address legal and policy concerns that have been raised before implementing a new regulatory program. The Bush Administration anticipates publishing a final rule in July.

On March 15, 2001, a bill was introduced (H.R. 1085) to make permanent provisions of law requiring an annual maintenance fee of $100, and a one-time location fee of $25, for each unpatented mining claim, mill or tunnel site located under the general mining laws. The measure also makes permanent provisions of law establishing a moratorium on mining patents (to take title to public lands) for mining or mill site claims except those filed by September 30, 1994, and meeting certain requirements. On January 22, 2001, a bill was reintroduced (S. 115) to disallow the percentage depletion allowance for hardrock mines located on lands covered by the general mining laws or patented under these laws.

Another issue that remains controversial stems from the 1997 ruling by the Department of the Interior's Solicitor limiting each mining claim to one 5-acre millsite. Congress enacted language (P.L. 106-113) to provide a two-year exemption for mines with approved plans of operation, operations with plans submitted prior to the Solicitor's opinion, and patent applications grandfathered as part of the 1995 mining patent moratorium.

BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS

Background

The purposes of the 1872 Mining Law were to promote mineral exploration and development on federal lands in the western United States, offer an opportunity to obtain a clear title to mines already being worked, and help settle the West. The Mining Law granted free access to individuals and corporations to prospect for minerals on open public domain lands, and allowed them, upon making a discovery, to stake (or "locate") a claim on the deposit. A valid claim entitles the holder to develop the minerals. The 1872 Mining Law originally applied to all minerals except coal.

Public domain lands are those retained under federal ownership since their original acquisition by treaty, cession, or purchase as part of the general territory of the United States, including lands that passed out of but reverted back to federal ownership. "Acquired" lands -- those obtained from a state or a private owner through purchase, gift, or condemnation for particular federal purposes rather than as general territory of the United States -- are not covered by the 1872 Law. Some public lands may be withdrawn or closed to mineral entry.

The 1872 Mining Law was one of the primary forces behind the development of mineral resources in the West, along with the industries and services that supported mineral production. Major hardrock minerals developed in the West include copper, silver, gold, lead, molybdenum, and uranium. During the 19th century, major mining districts for silver and gold were developed under the Mining Law in Colorado, California, and Nevada. Early in the 20th century, there were major developments of porphyry copper in Arizona. Large molybdenum and tungsten deposits in Colorado were also developed. The Mining Law continues to provide the structure for much of the Western mineral development on public domain lands. Western mining, although not as extensive as it once was, is still a major economic activity, and a high percentage of hardrock mining is on public lands.

The Claim-Patent System

After a prospector has conducted exploration work on public domain land, he or she may locate a claim to an area believed to contain a valuable mineral. Under legislation initially enacted by the 102nd Congress (P.L. 102-381), claimants must pay an annual maintenance fee of $100 per claim to hold a claim on public land. This superseded a previous requirement that $100 of annual development work be conducted per claim. Most recently, the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY1999 (P.L. 105-277) extended the maintenance fee through FY2001 at $100 per claim or site. There is also a $25 location fee for first-time locators to locate and record a claim, as initially required by P.L. 103-66 and subsequently extended through FY2001.

For FY2000, the maintenance and location fees generated an estimated $23.9 million in revenue, according to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). This reflects a significant decrease from $30.7 million for FY1995, the first year that both fees were collected. It is a more sizeable drop from the peak of $35.9 million for FY1997, largely due to a decline in gold and copper prices since that time.

Once a claimed mineral deposit is determined to be economically recoverable, and at least $500 of development work has been performed, the claim holder may file a patent application to obtain title to surface and mineral rights. A patent is not necessary to develop the minerals within a claim. Beginning January 3, 1989, a fee of $250 per application plus $50 per claim within each application has been required. If the application is approved, the claimant may purchase surface and mineral rights at a rate of $2.50 per acre for placer claims and $5 per acre for lode claims. A placer deposit is an alluvial deposit of valuable minerals usually in sand or gravel; a lode or vein deposit is of a valuable mineral consisting of quartz or other rock in place with definite boundaries. (Source: Dictionary of Mining, Mineral and Related Terms, Bureau of Mines, 1968.) A placer claim is usually limited to 20 acres but a lode claim may be slightly greater than 20 acres. While these per-acre fees were substantial when the Mining Law was enacted, claimed land and minerals now far exceeds these amounts in value.

The following provisions currently apply to claims:

There is no limit on the number of claims a person can locate.
There is no requirement that mineral production ever commence. (1)
Mineral production can take place without a patent or revenue payments to the federal government.
Claims can be held indefinitely with or without mineral production, subject to challenge if not developed.
Most of the current mining activity and mineral claims under the Mining Law are in Nevada, Arizona, California, Montana, and Wyoming. Of a total of 235,948 mining claims as of the end of FY2000, approximately 45% were in Nevada alone and another nearly 35% are in those other four states. According to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the number of claims declined from about 1.2 million claims in FY1989 to 294,678 for FY1993. Many claims were dropped as a result of provisions of law charging a $100 per-claim annual maintenance fee to hold a claim. The number of claims subsequently rose to 324,651 in FY1997, reflecting the relative strength of the gold and copper industries. The number of claims has fallen to a low of 235,948 for FY2000, reflecting a decline in the gold and copper industries and, according to a BLM representative, changes in public land policy that significantly lengthened the time it takes in practice to get permission to mine.

Only a small percentage of claims are ever patented, totaling about 3.3 million acres from 1867 through 2000. This represents approximately 1.5% of all public lands patented; most public lands have been patented under homestead entries, statehood grants, railroad grants, and other non-mineral public land laws. It is not required to patent a claim to mine a deposit, and a great deal of mining activity is currently taking place on unpatented claims. However, patenting a claim gives the holder legal title to both the surface and the minerals.

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This is Part 2 of the article that we posted yesterday.

Private Ownership of Minerals and Severance of Surface and Mineral Estates
Except in the West, most mineral rights are owned by fee (private) landowners. Even in the West, there is significant private ownership of minerals. Public land disposal statutes prior to the Stockraising Homestead Act of 1916, 43 U.S.C. § 299, provided for a reservation to the United States only of certain minerals or did not provide for a reservation of minerals at all. While one might expect that rights granted under statutes enacted in the early 1900s would have been resolved long ago, it was not until June 1999 that the United States Supreme Court determined that the reservation by the United States of coal in patents issued pursuant to statutes enacted in 1909 and 1910 did not include coalbed methane. Additionally, other minerals passed into private ownership under railroad land grant statutes. Although acquisition of mineral land except coal and iron land was prohibited, lands encompassed by railroad land grants sometimes were found later to contain minerals.
When selling railroad grant lands, railroads frequently made a practice of reserving the minerals. Severance of mineral ownership from the surface estate by other landowners through reservation in deeds is common as well. Ambiguities concerning mineral reservations has been the source of much litigation. The mineral estate is sometimes then further divided by conveyance into undivided fractional interests. Severed minerals are real property and usually are conveyed by mineral deed.


Obtaining Mining Rights on Private Land
Privately-owned minerals typically are leased by companies seeking to develop them, sometimes with an option to purchase. Mining leases tend to have quite a long term -- 20 years generally is the minimum. Some leases have a stated primary term and are extended by mining operations or production, while others have a fixed term and are renewable. There is no standard form of mining lease for fee property, and the terms and conditions of mining leases vary greatly. Provisions of particular importance in negotiation or review of a mining lease include:
Mineral(s) covered by the lease, those reserved by the lessor, and provisions relating to conflicting development;
Term of the lease;
Production royalties payable to lessor;
Minimum royalties, if any, payable to lessor, and crediting of minimum royalties against production royalties;
Restrictions on mining methods allowed; and
Provision that requires the lessor's consent in connection with assignment or sublease.

Surface Control
Historically, disputes between surface owners and mineral developers have been governed by the common law doctrine of "reasonable surface use." The doctrine allows a mineral owner or lessee or use a reasonable amount of the surface to develop underlying minerals, because without such access severed minerals have no value. The mineral owner's use of the surface is limited by a reasonableness standard, and does not allow damage of surface improvements through negligence or surface-intensive uses such as strip mining without compensation of the surface owner. Express provisions in the patent or deed under which the surface and mineral estates were severed may alter the mineral owner's surface use rights. Several state courts have modified the reasonable use doctrine to require that mineral developers accommodate existing surface uses, and some states have limited the common law doctrine by statute. States also have varying statutes protecting the surface owner from certain damages relating to mineral development, such as subsidence.
If a mine or related facilities are to be located on land with private surface ownership, the mineral developer typically acquires surface control by purchase or lease. Open pit operations, in particular, require use of large areas for roads, mining, stripping, disposal of waste rock, and low-grade stockpiles or heap leach operations. However, even an underground mine can require significant surface use for an ore treatment plant and other facilities needed for mine operations.


Mine Development
Mine development is a long-term, expensive undertaking, and often the company that undertakes the initial exploration is not the one that ultimately develops a mineral deposit. Following prospecting and activities such as regional reconnaissance, a spot check of promising geological situations in published literature, submittal of a proposal by a prospector or geologist, or a decision to restudy an old mine or mining district, a small area is selected for detailed exploration. A company typically seeks to secure control of mineral rights as soon as possible after an area has been selected for exploration. Various geological and geophysical exploration methods and exploration drilling then are used to determine if the ore target is present and to obtain an idea as to its size and grade.
After it becomes apparent that an ore body is present, a feasibility study (a review of costs and potential earnings of the proposed mining project) is prepared. Assuming that the feasibility study shows that an acceptable rate of return can be expected from the mine and a decision to develop the property is made, capital for the mine is generated internally by the company, obtained through outside financing, and/or obtained from another company that desires to participate in the project.

The development stage of the project typically includes further drilling to more clearly define the grade, volume and geology of the ore body. Site preparation is dependent upon the mining method to be used. Construction of a mine plant, ore treatment facilities, roads, rail spurs and other facilities needed for the particular operation also must occur before production can begin.


Mining Agreements
Many western states have statutory provisions governing the joint ownership and working of mining properties. The mining partnership, a special type of partnership, has developed in connection with mineral development. Several states establish by statute the elements of a mining partnership and the consequences of creating one. While mining partnerships often are created by written agreement, there has been substantial litigation over the creation of a mining partnership by implication.
The most common form of agreement between companies planning to jointly explore for and develop minerals is a mining joint venture -- a form of mining partnership. Such agreements provide for joint ownership by the participants of the mineral property that is the subject of the joint venture, joint operation, and an agreement to share profits and losses. Mining joint venture agreements typically are based on a model form agreement known as Form 5 (or more recently, Form 5A and Form 5A LLC) developed by the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation with substantial industry participation.


Title Examination of Mineral Properties
Most title insurance policies except minerals, and it therefore generally is not possible for a lessor or purchaser of mining property or its lender to obtain title insurance. Instead, evidence of ownership is established through an attorney's title opinion. If mining claims or federal mineral leases are involved, the title opinion is based not only on an abstract or examination of the county records where the property is located, but also the records of state office of the Bureau of Land Management.

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I told some people that I would not be mentioning Gordon Walters again. But with what is happening with this person named Robert Snyder who keeps doing Gordons bidding does not even know what the facts are, he just thinks that everyone is picking on Gordon. A few years ago I common law leaned a Federal Court Judges property. It was a last resort to try and get a judged off of a case that I felt he was being biased on. I tried everything that I could within the judicial system to get the judge off the case. Then someone told that I should common law lien his property. So I did and the next thing I knew I was in all kinds of trouble that I did not know that I would get into. Well needless to say I fought the law and the Judge won. Later on the Judge and I became friends. But we both learned a lesson, he learned how far I would go to prove a point and I learned how far he would go to prove a point.

I am only saying this because this person Robert Snyder who is doing Gordons dirty work is threatening me with something that happened over 10 years ago. They are trying to get me to take down the articles that I have written about Gordon. So Gordon is using Robert Snyder to threaten me with everything short of death. He has made vailed threats by telling me to buy a plot or I could wind up going through a wood chipper like the guy in FARGO. Gordon is trying to throw the blame for his world falling apart to everyone else except himself and in particular me. So he has friends that do not know the whole story and think that it is alright just to take peoples money and never pay them back. Gordon Walters and Robert Snyder are only thinking about themselves and they do not care about anything or anyone else.

Nick

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Last night I get an email from Robert Snyder threatening me for the things that have been said in the news section of this site. I would like everyone to understand that if I was doing the same thing as Gordon Walters is doing there would be so many law enforcement officers knocking on my front door and I would be under arrest for fraud and RICO violations because of the funds crossing state lines and the sell of securities that are bogus.

Gordon Walters believes that the reason for his remaining free is because the Spirits of the Mountains are protecting him. He actually believes that he is immune from any prosecution because of the spirits. He also believes that a UFO is buried in the Caballo's and that the Aliens that belong to that UFO are also protecting him as well.

In this email that came from Robert Snyder he is repeating the words of Gordon Walters and threatening me with the spirits of the mountain by stating that the spirits could cause me a heart attack just like Bob Grantham.

Nick

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It would seem that Gordon Walters got another $25,000 to $30,000 wire transferred into his bank account at T or C., New Mexico. Our understanding is that he is not going to be free much longer. We also understand that Don Tangwall is not going to be walking around free much longer as well.

Nick

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Well some very interesting things are starting to come out about the ore that Gordon Walters sent to Virginia City, Montana by Donald Tangwall and Trickle Down Trucking. The original story that was told by Gordon Walters to the investors was that when the first truck got to Roy Moen's refinery in Virginia City, Montana that within 10 days after that the investors would start seeing a return on their money. When the ten days was up Gordon Walters came up with a new story and that story was that Roy told Gordon that there had to be 250 tons on the ground before his refinery would start processing the ore. Ten trucks were sent to Roys refinery in Virginia City only to have Gordon come up with another story. He showed assays that showed 43ounces per ton. The investors put up more money, then he needed a home in Arrey, New Mexico for $200,000 which we are finding cost $175,000 for the home on two acres. Then he had to have a crusher that was to cost $60,000 located somewhere in California. Then he need $40,000 to transport the crusher to New Mexico, said the he paid Roy $25,000 to process the ore, he also gave Sonny Riggs $20,000 to purchase the claim where the ore was being mined. Then Tangwall made a deal with Sonny Riggs and Bob Grantham to dig a hole there where the Sanders Brothers blew up the tunnel but the stalls.

Now it is turning out that the ore may never have shown up in Virginia City or Roy may have switched it. The drums that are suppose to contain metal from the ore from New Mexico now contains no gold so where did it go?

Nick

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Here are the documents concerning Gordon Walters in Montana. They are very clear in what was going on and how many investors were involved. It does make for good read. It also goes to show what Gordon did to defraud people out of their money.

















Nick

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We have just learned that the Dore Bars that were in a Texas Bank in El Paso under the custody of the BLM were sold and the funds were kept by the U.S. Government. The agreement between the Government and us was that once the bars from the treasure were recovered and the assays matched then the Dore Bars were to be turned over to us. We have individuals that work for the Government who keep us advised as to what the Government is doing and they did not feel as if the Government was doing the honorable thing by living upto their word. I can only say that the Government is the biggest thief there is. The BLM is the group that could care less about any agreement that they make. If we did the same thing that Government does we would be in jail.

Nick

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There is some interesting news coming out of the Caballo's. The first is that a father and his son on Friday found a silver bar in a creek bed. They were riding their ATV's when the father ran over something and went back to check what it was and found it to be a silver bar of about 32 lbs. We would not have know about it until the son told my crew about it. It appears that they were riding around one of our people's mining claim when they found it.

The other is that there appears to be people going upto the Caballo's at about dusk and leaving about daylight. All night long the water pump can be heard. The are hiding their vehicles to keep from being seen or found. There are a couple of things that is going on here. 1. They are waiting for the weekend when they think that no one is around. 2. They are hiding their vehicles. 3. They are going in at dusk and leaving at daybreak.

This would mean that they are claim jumping or they are trying to. There are people that are looking for these jumpers now and they will be found and turned over to the authorities.

Nick

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Gold can help to keep bankers (somewhat) honest
Published: July 11 2008 03:00 | Last updated: July 11 2008 03:00

From Mr Chris Kniel.

Sir, Comparisons today with the Fed's monetary policy of 1929 (Letters, July 9) are clearly invalid. In the 1929 Depression, "money" was backed by and redeemable in gold. In the likely 2009 Depression, money is backed by nothing; it is fiat and created out of thin air by governments and central bankers. It is subject to rampant inflation.

Some argue that gold as money or as backing for paper money is out of date and that there is nothing special about gold, other than it is hard to mine and it is scarce. But that is exactly the point; because it is hard to mine and because it is scarce, governments and central bankers are constrained and forced into fiscal discipline.

Having something physical in the equation keeps politicians and central bankers (somewhat) honest; it makes for a sustainable system. Over thousands of years, civilisations have found physical gold and silver necessary to maintain a level playing field. That need is just as important today.

Chris Kniel,

Orinda, CA 94563, US
Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2008

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We hope that everyone had a safe and fun weekend. We want to thank everyone that have visited our website and have found it informative. We have been through a lot at the expense of a lot of ignorant government employees that work for the BLM in Las Cruces, New Mexico. They make up their own laws to cover their own ass in the hopes that they can scare people into giving up. The BLM policy is not law and has no binding effect on anyone. In the case of the BLM office in Las Cruces, New Mexico a lot of the employees there are treasure hunters themselves and would love it if we just went away or died. They manufacture a lot of misinformation in the hopes that you will just believe them because they are the government. The Mel Fisher case is the case law that is now used covering treasure. The United States Supreme Court has basically stated that the treasure belongs to the finder. Which is in line with the common law. Since there is no statutory law covering treasure the BLM has no authority to sieze any treasure so long as you have your bases covered. Once you have all the paperwork done there is nothing that the BLM can do except standby and watch. People have to get out of the idea that that the government is their friend, they are not and they will do everything that they can to prevent you from recovering your treasure which they admit they have no jurisdiction over. There is one thing that you have to remember the government does not fight you if it is not there.

Nick

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We are getting ready to start selling jackets, shirts, ball caps, cups, etc. with the Tesoro Del Alma logo on them. The funds from these items all go to the support of the treasure project. There will also be a chance to purchase gold and silver from us as well.

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Greetings to everyone. For the last few days someone from Sandia.gov which is Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM has taken a lot of time to downloan all of the information concerning the treasure project in the Caballo's. There have been visits to the website from several companies in Mexico as well as the Mexican Government. It seems that since gold has broken the 900 USD price per ounce the website activity has picked up 300%. The price of gold could very well reach 1,000 USD within the next month which should be very interesting. We are still hearing that there are people that are trying to claim jump claims in the Caballo's. Which goes to show everyone that the BLM offices in Las Cruces and Santa Fe are not doing there job.

Nick

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For those of you that have not figured out how to get to the old site. You have to go to where it states MORE INFORMATION and click on PREVIOUS SITE that will take you to where the test results, plot, lode claim, treasure trove claim, etc. We have provided this information to protect ourselves from the BLM and other government agencies. We hope that you find this information interesting and informative.

Nick

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Here it is November 11, 2007 and the year is almost over. During this time of the year we should stop and count our blessings and look forward to a new year which is not that far away. Everything slows down this time of the year because we all start thinking about our families and the family events that take place this time of the year. The first thing that I would like to have everyone know is that we are in the process of checking out the Benah Group who are in the process of over claiming various mining claims. We have heard a lot of stories from them being a black-ops division of the United States Government to members of the various government agencies that are claiming various properties so that when the Government annex's the BLM land then they will have claim because all of the mining claims will not be honored only the claims by the Benah Group will be honored. I am including an article the was email to me that I thought this group would find interesting.

GOLD%20VS%20U.S.%20CURRENCY.doc

Let me say this I am for anyone that can legally beat the Government on anything. The Government has far to much power and cares to little for you or me. If you like the above article please feel free to let me know.

Have a good and safe holiday time and as more information becomes available concerning my treasure project I will let you know.

Nick

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We have just received a notice from the BLM stating that they do not recognize treasure trove claim and that they are getting a lot of requests. What the BLM fails to state is that when we started this we did so under 40 USC 310. Then we found a inter-office memo between the BLM and the GSA which states that the GSA is to get 50% of any treasure recovered on BLM land.

What they fail to also acknowledge is that in one Federal Court action that we filed in Alb. New Mexico we presented the memo to the court and the BLM stipulated that I owned the treasure and they were not going to argue that issue any more. We have been fighting the BLM Office in Las Cruces for over 14 years and we always take them to court to get what we want. They have a big problem when they are taken to court and that is that if they object to what we are doing concerning the Treasure and how we are going to extract it, they would have to admit that they are in fact treasure hunters as well and we do know that some of the officials that work in the Las Cruces Office of the BLM are in fact treasure hunters.

Nick

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We're pleased to announce some updates to the site!

- The Evidence section now contains 14 photographs

- The Legend section now contains six pages of content and timelines

Please feel free to send us feedback.

All the best,

The Tesoro Del Alma Staff

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