Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites / Mining Claims

2004-03-01 Thread David Freeman
- Original Message - From: To: Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 9:08 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorites / Mining Claims > Hi List, > > I would like to know if you are allowed to hunt for meteorites on mining > claims. If one is >

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites / Mining Claims

2004-03-01 Thread thornysahuaro
2004 9:08 AMSubject: [meteorite-list] Meteorites / Mining Claims> Hi List,>> I would like to know if you are allowed to hunt for meteorites on mining> claims. If one is>> found, who owns the meteorite, The finder or the claim owner?>> Thanks,.>> Sonny>__

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites / Mining Claims

2004-03-01 Thread John K. Gwilliam
Dave, If you are aware of some policy or regulation changes concerning hunting meteorites on public lands, would you please inform us of these changes along with citations for reference? Best, John At 12:38 PM 3/1/2004 -0700, David Freeman wrote: Please understand that public land meteorite hun

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites / Mining Claims

2004-03-01 Thread David Freeman
Please understand that public land meteorite hunting in the western U.S. has undergone some changes from what it was back when the last edition of Rocks From Space was written. Sincerely, Dave Freeman Wyoming Meteorite Recovery Team Leader Ebay user ID mjwy auctions running Ron Baalke wrote:

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites / Mining Claims

2004-03-01 Thread Ron Baalke
> I wonder if the same ruling would have been applied if Barringer had been successful > in locating a large meteorite below Meteor Crater, Arizona. Maybe it's a size > thing. Barringer bought Meteor Crater in 1903. Meteor Crater is still privately owned and the Visitor Center there is run

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites / Mining Claims

2004-03-01 Thread Aubrey Whymark
Hi   Have a read of Norton's Rocks From Space (2nd Ed) p.251 on the Old Woman Meteorite.   I'm sure that you can hunt for meteorites but neither youself or the owner of the mining claim owns the meteorite.  This is because meteorites are not a 'locatable mineral'.  If the meteorite was found on pub

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites / Mining Claims

2004-03-01 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 9:08 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorites / Mining Claims > Hi List, > > I would like to know if you are allowed to hunt for meteorites on mining > claims. If one is > > found, who owns the m

[meteorite-list] Meteorites / Mining Claims

2004-03-01 Thread WAHLPERRY
 Hi List,   I would like to know if you are allowed to hunt for meteorites on mining claims. If one is   found, who owns the meteorite, The finder or the claim owner?   Thanks,.   Sonny