June 2016 marks a continued slowing in the mining claim activity on public land. Last month experienced a greater number of closed claims (516) compared to activated claims (298), a reverse of the trend in June of 2015 when 754 claims were opened and 168 claims were closed. Unlike most of the major mining states, Arizona experienced an…
May 2016 experienced a striking decrease in staked claims (102) compared to May 2015 (993). This is paired with an uptick in abandoned claims (283) to result in a month with a net decrease of 280 mining claims. Box Elder, Utah stands out with 296 abandoned claims this month—compared to 382 abandoned claims in all of the…
We are so excited by the breadth and depth of information that is publicly (all be it confusingly) available. We are looking forward to posting about interesting tidbits we expose in the course of our work.
