Swordfish Mining Virgin Valley Opal
Virgin Valley Opal Mining Claims, Stones, specials & specimens in Humboldtt Co, Nevada. Black Opals, Opal in Wood, White & Jelly Opals, Gem Silica & Chrysocolla
The new regulations made official last year FORBID any non claim owners picking up petrified woods. I have precious opalized wood unpatented claims starting at 200$ for the “sales seminar” and then you do all the work. Ive been here 30 years and know whats what.
AND https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eclipses/2023/oct-14-annular/where-when/
I will be allowing free rockhounding (wood is the big game here & opal is the exception in/on it) as always where Im not mining. ie normal land use laws.
In Nevada you are required to file your paperwork at the county, but BLM is taking Intent to Hold fees without ever seeing if the paperwork was filed. Would this be logical? Would it not be required they check instead of sending the owners to lawfare in civil courts for them not doing their jobs and declaring the claims invalid?