This project was a referral from David Manzer of Alaska Land Status, Inc. The client owned and operated several placer gold mining claims in the Nome vicinity. Dave performed a title review of the claims but advised the client to contact R&M for an evaluation of access issues to certain claims that would require travel across ANCSA Corporation lands. This case study was presented at the 2016 Alaska Surveying & Mapping short course titled "Key to the Highway". The client permitted release of this report but requested that his name be removed.
Our task was to investigate the legal access into the client's mining claims along the Cirpple River and Arctic creek locaated on the west side of the Nome - Teller highway and approximately 11 to 15 miless west of Nome. The location and patent dates for the claims go back to the early 'teens and twenties. The claims are now surrounded by lands patented to Sitnasuak Native Corporation who would have required an access permit to reach the claims. Our conclusion was that we believed that a valid existing right to cross the ANCSA lands without permit existed. However, the usability of each access option would be a question that the client would ultimately have to weigh.
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3/12/15 |
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3/16/15 |
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9/7/84 |
82 IBLA 329 Stewart, Herbert - Prior access a valid existing right under ANCSA |
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4/9/02 |
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| Research - Abandonment | |
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8/16/50 |
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| Research - Alaska Road Commission |
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1909 |
Annual Report of the Board of Road Commissioners for Alaska - (3mb) |
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1911-18 |
Annual
Report of the Board of Road Commissioners for Alaska -
Part 1 (8mb) |
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1911-18 |
Annual Report of the Board of Road Commissioners for Alaska - Part 2 (7mb) |
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1918 |
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1919 |
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1921 |
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1922 |
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1923 |
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1924 |
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1924 |
Board of Road Commisisoners for Alaska Annual Report - Including Cripple River Rte 25A |
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1925 |
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1931-32 |
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1932 |
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1934-35 |
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1935 |
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1937 |
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1938 |
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1939-40 |
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1940 |
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1953-54 |
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1954-2 |
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1954 |
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1924 |
Alaska Road Commission Annual Report - Part 1 (8mb) |
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1924 |
Alaska Road Commission Annual Report - Part 2 (7mb) |
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1934 |
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1936 |
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1937 |
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1938 |
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1939 |
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1940 |
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1905-17 |
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varies |
Federal Records Center - 65637-1 - Part 1 |
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varies |
Federal Records Center - 65637-1 - Part 2 |
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1983 |
Excerpt - Alaska Road Commission Historical Narrative - Naske |
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1983 |
Excerpt - Alaska Road Commission Historical Narrative - Naske |
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1983 |
Excerpt - Alaska Road Commission Historical Narrative - Naske |
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1921-23 |
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1923-25 |
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3/10/15 |
BLM Alaska ACRES Reports Online - Case Abstract of AKFF 023164 mineral survey application |
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3/12/15 |
Nome Claim Chronology - With documents (6mb) |
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2/7/90 |
USS 8723 with field notes - (2mb) |
| Research - DM - ANCSA Patent | |
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9/3/82 |
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9/24/08 |
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9/3/82 |
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9/24/08 |
Sitnasuak Patent 50-82-0148 - (3mb) |
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11/14/14 |
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11/14/14 |
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11/14/14 |
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11/14/14 |
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11/14/14 |
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11/14/14 |
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11/14/14 |
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11/14/14 |
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11/14/14 |
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11/14/14 |
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11/14/14 |
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11/14/14 |
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11/14/14 |
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11/14/14 |
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11/14/14 |
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11/14/14 |
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11/14/14 |
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11/14/14 |
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11/14/14 |
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| Research - DM - Recorder | |
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9/1/81 |
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1/15/82 |
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4/28/94 |
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| Research - DM - RS2477 | |
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1/13/15 |
Memo RS2477 - RS2477 and Trail Easement Research for the Cripple River Area Near Nome Alaska |
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11/21/14 |
Alaska Mapper RST170 - Penny River |
| Research DM - T10 & 11S R37W KRM | |
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10/25/05 |
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5/16/06 |
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9/29/89 |
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1/14/14 |
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4/15/93 |
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| Research - Historic Maps | |
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1923 |
Map of Nome District - Alaska Road Commission (9mb) |
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1923 |
Map of Nome District - ARC Supplemental Information |
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1901 |
Map of New Alaska Gold Fields - (14mb) |
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1/1901 |
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1/1920 |
1920_Alaska_Road_Commission - (6mb) |
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1918 |
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1918 |
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| Research - Mineral Surveys | |
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10/12/05 |
Dependent Resurvey MS 1332 - Field Note excerpt |
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n/a |
Dependent Resurvey MS 1334 - Field Note excerpt |
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1/12/14 |
MS 1102 with field notes - (3mb) |
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8/19/14 |
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9/25/15 |
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9/15/20 |
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5/29/23 |
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5/26/23 |
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5/26/23 |
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| Research - Navigability | |
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3/9/15 |
email RE: Cripple River - jfb to DNR |
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4/16/85 |
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4/16/85 |
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4/16/85 |
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4/16/85 |
BLM Cripple Creek navigability - excerpts |
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2/7/11 |
AGO Public Use of Navigable and Public Water - Letter to Fortier & Robinson |
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3/25/09 |
Spasski Creek Letter to Deitering - Letter from DNR regarding public access |
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9/8/08 |
Chuitna River Navigability - Field Trip Report |
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n/a |
Navigability Project - online page |
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n/a |
State Policy on Navigability - DNR Online |
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6/30/59 |
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10/16/51 |
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| Research - Recorder | |
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4/27/07 |
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4/28/14 |
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8/21/79 |
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4/2/91 |
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6/11/93 |
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n/a |
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4/29/96 |
Township Plat T10S R35W KRM - (4mb) |
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2/18/81 |
Township Plat T10S R36W KRM - (3mb) |
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2/18/81 |
Township Plat T11S R35W KRM - (2mb) |
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2/18/81 |
Township Plat T11S R36W KRM - (3mb) |
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2/18/81 |
Township Plat T9S R35W KRM - (4mb) |
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2/18/81 |
Township Plat T9S R36W KRM - (3mb) |
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1908 |
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1907 |
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1950 |
USGS Nome C-2 1950 - (3mb) |
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1963 |
USGS Nome C-2 1950 Rev 1963 - (3mb) |
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1973 |
USGS Nome C-2 1950 Rev 1973 - (3mb) |
| Research - Valid Existing Right | |
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8/18/83 |
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11/30/83 |
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9/7/84 |
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11/29/95 |
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n/a |
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10/20/59 |
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12/18/71 |
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7/19/63 |
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