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Show file fliat eloiiD or loco if! All mining claims located after October 21, 197G must be filed with BLM no later '::' than 90 days after location. The law establishes for the first time a central registry of claims on fed-eral fed-eral lands in each state which :t;:.; will help preserve valid ex-sting ex-sting rights and speed up act-ions act-ions to clear title on dor- :-mant :-mant mining claims. Since enactment of the law ".":' more than 100,000 claims have been recorded in the -:; BLM Utah State Office. Mi-ners Mi-ners are urged to file immediately and not wait until October. : Miners may get more in-formation in-formation on filing require-ments require-ments by calling the BLM in Salt Lake City at 524- ::. 5330. Time is getting short for miners operating on federal public lands in Utah to file copies of location notices on claims located before October Octo-ber 21, 1976. According to William G. Leavell, BLM Utah Associ-' ate State Director, the deadline dead-line for filing claims in the BLM State Office InSalt Lake City is October 22, 1979. He said failure to meet this deadline will result in claims being considered abandoned. The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 requires that all claims located lo-cated before October 21, 1976 must be recorded with the BLM within three years, in addition to being recorded with the county recorder in the country where the claim is located. |