# Miner Placement Claim

**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/miner-placement-claim/26927
**Category:** Ownership and Title
**Created:** [May 28, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/miner-placement-claim/26927 "2018-05-28T14:38:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![Jlr90](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/user_avatar/www.mineralrightsforum.com/jlr90/32/13106_2.png) [@Jlr90](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Jlr90)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/miner-placement-claim/26927/1 "2018-05-28T14:38:29Z")

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I have an original miner placement claim from New Mexico dated 1921. It was my great-great-grandfather’s. How would I go about checking to see if it means anything? Or can anyone tell me the difference in the “claims”?

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### Author: ![MRFAdmin\_SV](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@MRFAdmin\_SV](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/MRFAdmin_SV)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/miner-placement-claim/26927/2 "2025-01-11T19:31:03Z")

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