I would argue that there has been a gold rush mentality for stakes around Schaft and Mess since early Jan 2012. The prior 6 months there were some little claims showing up here and there. Mr Marko and Mott were up to a lot of it.

The dark blue areas in the GE image are a general group of Misc companies and individuals. I set out to map CUU, Galore and TCK. Most (roughly 80% IIRC), of the dark blue claims are new this year.

Mr Marko has been busy (thick orange outline) and has added more since i made this on April 4th.

I'm waiting for the paint to dry on these new lines before I go thru the hassle of mapping them LOL!

TCK wasn't the first to this little picnic in 2012 but definitely brought the biggest blanket!

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