Bobby Joe- Thanks for the information. Good to hear from you. I assume that at least some of the claim owners were known, since someone obviously had been keeping them current or they would have lapsed. But are all of the owners known? I always thought that was the problem, that there was at least some part of the claims owned by people whose descendants couldn't be traced. I thought that was where the 29% ownership came from- known descendants who owned 29%, while 71% was owners who were either unknown or who hadn't sold.

BTW, have you been out to the mountain lately? I was wondering if there had been any progress on the mill expansion and smelter building. Also, is enough of the snow pack gone so they can drill on top?