More Land Opening To Prospecting In Alaska

[Jim_Alaska]

https://www.federalregister.gov/documen ... -5179-5180

[Geowizard]

To get a perspective;

I uploaded a map of the area from Alaska Mapper that readers may download. The link is:

http://www.alaska-gold.com/kobuk/kobuk_map1.pdf

Kateel Meridian Origin Coordinates: (four yellow dots)

65.4454n -158.7749w

Arctic Circle 66.5667n

Number of Townships:

1 Township = 640 x 36 = 23,040 acres

9,727,730 acres returned = about 422 Full townships. Note there are many partial Townships.

Total area = about 20 townships x 20 townships.

- Geowizard

[Jim_Alaska]

Thanks Chuck, the map helps a lot.