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Show j BLM reports 17,400 j mine claims filed ; More than 17,400 mining '. claims have been recorded '. with the Bureau of Land '. Management in Utah as re- " quired by the Federal Land Policy and Management Act. According to Paul L. How- ard, BLM Utah state director, ; most of these claims are new, ; located after the Act's pas- sage on October 21, 1976. By ; law, these claims have to be I filed with the BLM State ; Office within 90 days after I location. '. Claims located before the '. Act's passage must be filed j with BLM by October 11, 1979 and Mr. Howard urged miners not to wait until the last ; minute to file. ; All Utah county recorders ; have information on filing requirements with additional information available from the BLM in the University Club Building, room 1400, 136 East South Temple, Salt Lake City, 524-5330. |