I took a short walk out in the desert this morning with Penny, who is feeling much better now. We were parked only about a quarter mile from pavement but were the only campers in sight in any direction.
Along the way, my eyes caught sight of something that didn’t quite fit: a white pole coming out of the ground. I walked over to take a look.
A neat white stake near the intersection of two gravel roads out in the desert.
My first thought was “mining claim.” But this one was unusually neat and had a weird, enclosed container on the top.
Someone had made a neat little container and fastened it to the top of the stake.
It was obvious that the container was designed to be opened. So I twisted off the cap. Inside, was a rolled up, folded piece of paper.
Inside the container was a copy of the mining claim form.
As I suspected, the paper was related to a mining claim. It was an actual copy of the claim form the described the claim in detail and provided the name of the claim owner. I had never seen such a document at a claim site before.
I put the paper back into its neat container and capped it tightly.
I picked up a discarded plastic water bottle in our way back to camp.
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Fascinating.
That looks quite recent. Did you take a photo of the claim itself? I would be interested to see how a claim is described, the sort of language used. If it is gold they are after, it does not seem to be an obvious site.
I looked at it but didn’t take a photo. It was a standard form. Apparently, they’re looking for all kinds of precious and base metals: gold, silver, copper, etc. These metals are all over AZ.