Mining Claims – Western Mining History
The claims analysis on this page will focus on Lode and Placer claim types. Distribution of Active Mining Claims. The 560,000+ mining claims active at the start of 2020 are distributed across twelve western states in the following totals: Arizona 64,466 (Lode 54,017 – Placer 5,699) California 31,129 (Lode 14,565 – …