"As far as there being a valid claim at mineral bar, I haven't ever seen a claim marker nor any signs indicating such." ".FWIW, if I don't see any indication of a claim, (signs/markers) I'm gonna feel free to do my thing, because maintaining a valid claim includes keeping the boundaries well marked. I know of nobody who encourages "mineral tresspass"..." In California it is not required to mark a claim's boudaries, even when they do get marked, many of them are taken down or destroyed (Very much against the law). By the second statement I have quoted in your response, it is you that is certai