Start a collective on a mining claim?

[Kim Chee]

Here's the link to the above post (http://www.goldrushexpeditions.com/)
Looks like they sell/finance claims. I'm not sure if this is the best source, but I think I saw something on their website offering you the ability to make payments from what you're able to extract.

 

[hobotrucker]

I'd be interested in learning more of these endeavors should any of you guys pursue them. I was a coal miner for 3 years and have a general knowledge with skill set of what entails the process. I have always been interested in gems and diamonds. Have any of you ever stopped by the Crater Of Diamonds in Arkansas by the way?

 

[Rob Nothing]

yeah, mining. like panning for gold and digging up silver mining is still a real thing. I talked to this kid that happened to be from where I went to highschool and he was telling me about his mining experiences in oregon and in washington. it's easy attaining a license, apparently, and you really do make money.

 

[treatment]

I was thinking of minimally invasive, blah blah, ecologically minded, blah blah...unless we start finding huge ass nuggets, then we can get a bulldozer in there, do some hydraulic mining and whatever

"minimally invasive... huge ass nuggets..then..bulldozer..mining..whatever"

Woah there..

Jokes aside, that sounds pretty cool. Especially if the living situation could be finagled correctly, you could make a pretty alright setup out of a claim. Especially somewhere that building materials would be relatively available to be scrapped from the floor of the earth.
Sort of related, I've been looking into getting a job in the mines in western PA, seems like a decent opportunity to work my dick off for a few years and make out like a king.

 

[Raging Bird]

I've got an aunt who does this for a living. Pretty sure she gets shale or some other rock, nothing fancy like gold or silver. If I recall, there was also an old head on the board who owned something out west. Shoestring, HogheadBob, someone like that. Maybe a search for "mineral rights" would turn it up.

 

[Durp]

Be careful with water. I was looking into this, and a lot of the claims I looked at seemed good until the soil core samples came back from my buddy and his Universities soil lab. A lot of those places are loaded with nasty nasty stuff like mercury, lithium, arsenic, lead ect. make sure you have a soil test done before buying anything. I would hate to see someone accidentally poison themselves, or even worse, children.