4–4 Application for Survey: Must be made by claimant(s) or his agent on current Form 3860–5 (see appendix). Instructions are on the back of the form.
1. The name of the applicant (claimant) should be given exactly as it is to appear in the patent, together with his post office address.
2. Group name (if any). If the claims are known by a group name, it may be placed here. If they do not have a group name, it may be omitted.
3. Name(s) of claim(s) should appear exactly as they are given in the location certificate, e.g., Molly No. 1 should not be given as Molly #1. The date the claim was first located and recorded in the present chain of title must be given; the dates of amendment are only the last amendment made.
4. The location of the claims by section, township and range (stating that it is unsurveyed if based on protracted survey lines), county and state must be given. If not within a national forest, “None” should be used in the blank provided.
5a. To support the application, furnish two copies of the location notice (or last amended location with the original location and recordation date shown thereon). One copy must be certified by the custodian of the records where mining claims are locally recorded (usually the County Clerk and Recorder).
5b. The claim must be monumented on the ground so that the mineral surveyor can identify it.
6. In accordance with the instructions, a deposit in the proper amount must be made to cover the costs of the Bureau of Land Management in processing the survey.
7. The mineral surveyor designated must be one with whom prior arrangements have been made for the survey. The Bureau of Land Management may request proof, in the form of a simple letter from the mineral surveyor, that he has agreed to make the survey. The application should then be dated and signed by the applicant(s), if a corporation by the authorized officer, or by the Attorney-in-fact if by an agent acting for the applicant. Proof of authorized signature will not be required by the Bureau of Land Management at this time, but will be required at the time application for patent is made.
Several claims, generally limited to 50 in number, may be embraced in a single survey provided they are contiguous, i.e., not merely cornering; they must adjoin with common boundaries or overlap. Limiting the number of claims to be embraced in a single survey is arbitrary, but set at approximately 50 in order to facilitate processing. Two groups of claims may be embraced in a single survey if they both adjoin a group previously surveyed for patent and are owned in common.