21. From 1866 until 1880, Gillet also filed eight gold mining claims . 22. Several small mining claims were in operation near the town site since that time. 23. Existing mining claims will also be honored, but new claims will not be allowed. 24. Specialists estimate that mines claim 500 victims a week, about one every 22 minutes. 25. In 1916, a suit was filed to invalidate Cameron's mining claims at Indians Gardens. 26. As the price of uranium has increased recently, mining claims have also increased in number. 27. A friend of mine claims that he proved this conjecture many years ago in college. 28. In other areas publicly held lands are open to prospecting without staking a mining claim . 29. The last Mining Claim expired about 1991, when two occupants applied for Permits to Occupy. 30. The mines claim dozens of accidental casualties every month.
