gold claims
Prospector's staked territory
Gold claims are legal rights to mine gold from a specific piece of land, whether on public or private property.
In regions with active prospecting, individuals or companies file claims to establish exclusive mining rights: He staked several gold claims along the creek.
The term evokes the gold rush era when prospectors rushed to claim promising ground before others could.
- miningExtracting earth's resources
- prospectorOne seeking valuable deposits
- stakingRisking something valuable
- nuggetSmall solid lump
- placerMineral-rich sediment accumulation
vein · panning · pay dirt · strike · strike it rich · rush · stake · lode · assay · bonanza · mineral rights · diggings · ore · sluice · Klondike · creek · motherlode · forty-niners
- Gold Rushgoldfield, prospectors, sluice, forty-niners, Sutter's Mill
- KlondikeKlondike, stampeders, sourdoughs, sourdough, prospectors
- mining historyminers, pickaxes, silver mining, prospectors, mineshafts
- YukonYukon, Yukon River, Whitehorse, Klondike, Mount Logan
- Yukon historyKlondike, Whitehorse, Yukon River, prospectors, stampeders
gold claimspublic lands
State-held natural areas
public land · open range · crown land · federal land · common land
gold claimsnature preserves
Protected ecological areas
protected wilderness · conservation areas · national parks · wildlife sanctuaries · reclaimed land
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