A change in mineral surveyor will call for an amended order, but the order to the original mineral surveyor must be cancelled.
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT SECTION CORNER
NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY TRIANGULATION STATION
If the claimant sells the claims, an amended order will be required to show the new claimant.
An amended order may be used to authorize the survey of additional expenditures if the survey was approved without $500 of expenditures being made. (See Sec. 5–21)
4–8 Cancellation of the Survey Order: The most common reason for cancelling a survey order is failure of the mineral surveyor to complete the survey and file his returns. Under these circumstances, both the claimant and the mineral surveyor should be advised 30 days in advance of the action and be requested to show why the order should not be cancelled. If any reasonable explanation is given, the time should be extended. Lacking reasonable explanation the order will be cancelled, notifying both the claimant and the mineral surveyor, and any excess deposit is returned to the claimant.
Other reasons for cancelling a survey are a request to do so by the claimant, or if the claim has been declared null and void due to a contest brought by the United States.
The mineral survey number of a cancelled survey will not be used again, unless reopened as an amended survey and would then be shown with an “Am.” following the mineral survey number.