What a lot of people don't know is a lot of the claims the gpaa sponsors are "privately"owned claims where the owners allow gpaa members to "play" on there claims.
Over the last few years gpaa has been dropping claims like crazy
If the claim no longer appears on there list they have relinquished sponsorship of the claim making it illegal to return to that claim..

I am in the process of dropping gpaa because they relinquished my claim back to me in August, not allowing me to refile. this is the way they are treating claims,,,,,no claims left in southern AZ

Yeah I'm not going to renew, I noticed a lot of the claims are public land as well or pay to dig. To top it off they keep raising the price. I'm not spending that much money for a few magazines that don't pertain to the organization or what I want to do.

If the private holder failed or opted to not refile and pay the annual fee on a particular claim then it's going to probably get removed because it's either un-claimed at current time (and open to general public) or claimed by a new owner. You could always research the current status of a claim area and, if open, file upon it yourself, or just go hunt on it if public land open to mineral exploration.

The prob is, GPAA relinquished the sponsored claims back to the private owners in such a way, (in August) that by the time the owners realized it, Gpaa says they sent snail mail notices,,,that is not true.
I am one of those claim owners, the relenquished them back with not time to pay your main fees...........persona experience

This is crap. Nevada has 7 claims in the whole State, 1 petrified wood, the rest opals, WTF???

Maybe GPAA is dead and we do not know it.

Jim

It's been that way for a while in Nevada. They use to have a claim in the in the Rye Patch area that turned out to be Tungsten Mine. A few Members tried it out and found nothing. All the claims they are showing are either Pay to dig or public land. None of the claims listed are owned by GPAA. It's getting totally ridiculous.

The mining guide is getting very skinny. No more Nevada claims for gold. They are practically giving away LDMA memberships now so wondering how much longer they'll be in business. Seems the only way to stay on top is to join private clubs. But, a lot of clubs are more for camping out and eating. I would rather dig gold and work for what I get than socialize. Coin hunts are nice for kids.