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Just breaking in and taking it is probably way less labor-intensive than applying for it. They could probably do that 100 times before being caught. Finding o
by notch898a 4y ago
Just breaking in and taking it is probably way less labor-intensive than applying for it. They could probably do that 100 times before being caught. Finding out some random people in the middle of the night in bumfuck abandoned nowhere is probably harder to catch than a DUI and even that is done like 100 times on average before being caught.
At the end of the day they got away with a misdemeanor and a few hundred in fines. It's basically no sweat and they'll be back at it somewhere else for another 100 goes without getting caught.
- LinuxBender 4y agoYou're right, the claims would eat into their costs if doing this once. But with a claim [1] they could mine 24/7/365 and even bring cheap labor along assuming they know what they are doing. Another advantage of working a claim is that one does not have to rush or cut corners further increasing risk. Some of those have partially covered multi-level stopes. One wrong step can send someone several hundred feet down jagged rocks. [1] - https://www.blm.gov/programs/energy-and-minerals/mining-and-minerals/locatable-minerals/mining-claims/fees https://www.blm.gov/programs/energy-and-minerals/mining-and-...