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5430 Exchanges Prescott National Forest

Showlow Airport Land Exchange

Case Name: -

Forest & District:

Showlow Airport

Prescott National Forest Verde Ranger District

Type of Case: Land Exchange

Non-Federal Land: Parcel Nos. I through VII; according to the Commitment for Title Insurance, Schedule A, First American Title Insurance Company; Commitment No. 251-000- 312199 - UPDATED/CORRECTED, Effective date: May 17,2000. The legal descriptions have been rewritten from the standard private methods to conform with the standard BLM form. The integrity of the original description has been preserved. This revision is accounted for when "X"ing the acceptance box below.

This documents that the attached legal descriptions for the case referenced above have been reviewed for technical sufficiency and acceptability for deed purposes and practicability of the boundaries for compliance with program purposes.

1) Parcel No. I: Gold Ring, M.S. 941 and Potomac M.S. 942

The legal description is acceptable as presented and conforms with the standards in BLM's "Specifications for Descriptions of Tracts of Land, 1979."

The legal description has potential problems as noted below and should not be used in a conveyance, acquisition or area designation. Please note recommendations.

Comments/Considerations:

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a) The title commitment erroneously lists the Gold Ring Lode as being Mineral Survey No. 940. It is actually M.S. 941. Revised description follows.

b) GLO/BLM Plats reviewed for record area comparison. 1) Original survey of M.S. 941 Approved December 11, 1890. Record area is 20.66 acres. 2) Original survey of M.S.

942 Approved December 11, 1890. Record area is 20.66 acres.

c) No private surveys were found on record.

For purposes of acquisition/conveyance and appraisal, the recommended acreage is 41.32 record acres, more or less.

2) Parcel II & Parcel VI: Ida Lode, M.S. 940.

~ The legal description is acceptable as presented and conforms with the standards in BLM's "Specifications for Descriptions of Tracts of Land, 1979."

The legal description has potential problems as noted below and should not be used in a conveyance, acquisition or area designation. Please note recommendations and rewritten description that follows.

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Comments/Considerations:

a) Parcel I is the southerly one-fourth; Parcel VI is the northerly three-fourths.

b) GLO/BLM Plats reviewed for record area comparison: Mineral Survey No. 940.

record area is 15.90 acres.

c) No private surveys were found on record.

d) Yavapai County assessor's plat indicates the area ofMS 940 to be 20.66 acres. Forest Service status records agree with information from the original plat. The configuration of the GLO record Ida Lode shows a conflict with the Potomac Lode, the Ida Lode being senior. Because ofthis conflict MS 942 does not lend itself to a legal description such as "the northerly three-fourths." It is irregular. The block of claims, MS 940, MS 941 and MS 942 are owned by the same individual and all are being exchanged so the discrepancy can be overlooked.

For purposes of acquisition/conveyance and appraisal, the recommended acreage is 15.90 record acres.

3) Parcel No. III: Sitting Bull Lode, M.S. 939

~ The legal description is acceptable as presented and conforms with the standards in BLM's "Specifications for Descriptions of Tracts of Land, 1979."

The legal description has potential problems as noted below and should not be used in a conveyance, acquisition or area designation. Please note recommendations.

Comments/Considerations:

a) GLO/BLM Plats reviewed for record area comparison. Original survey of Mineral Survey No. 939, Approved December 11, 1890.

b) No private surveys were found on record.

Forpurposesof acquisition/conveyanceandappraisal,therecommendedacreageis 20.66record acres, more or less.

4) Parcel No. IV Gulch Lode, M.S. 1227

X- The legal description is acceptable as presented and conforms with the standards in BLM's "Specifications for Descriptions of Tracts of Land, 1979."

The legal description has potential problems as noted below and should not be used in a conveyance, acquisition or area designation. Please note recommendations.

Comments/Considerations:

a) GLO/BLM Plats reviewed for record area comparison. Original survey ofMS 1227, Survey Approved November 18, 1896. Record area is 18.27 acres.

b) No private surveys were found on record.

For purposes of acquisition/conveyance and appraisal, the recommended acreage is 18.27 record acres, more or less.

Showlow Airport Land Exchange - Legal Description and Area Verification

5) Parcel No. V and Parcel VII Cross Cut Lode, M.S. 1226

~ The legal description is acceptable as presented and conforms with the standards in BLM's "Specifications for Descriptions of Tracts of Land, 1979."

The legal description has potential problems as noted below and should not be used in a conveyance, acquisition or area designation. Please note recommendations.

Comments/Considerations:

a) Parcel V is the westerly two-thirds; Parcel VII is the easterly one-third.

b) GLO/BLM Plats reviewed for record area comparison. Original survey of Mineral Survey No. 1226, approved November 17, 1896. Record area is 20.66 acres.

c) No private surveys were found on record.

For purposes of acquisition/conveyance and appraisal, the recommended acreage is 20.66 record acres, more or less.

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Showlow Airport Land Exchange-Legal Description and Area Verification

Showlow Airport Land Exchange Non-FederalLand

PRESCOTT NATIONAL FOREST

Verde Ranger District

GILA AND SALT RIVER MERIDIAN, Yavapai County, Arizona T.14N..R.3E.

Mineral Survey No. 939 (within secs. 5 and 6) (Described as the patented Sitting Bull Lode Mining Claim, Cherry Creek Mining District, as granted by United States Patent recorded in Book 78 of Deeds, Page 200, records of Yavapai County, Arizona.

Mineral Survey No. 940 (within secs. 9 and 10) (Described as the Ida Lode Mining Claim, Cherry Creek Mining District, as granted by United States Patent recorded in Book 78 of Deeds, Page 208, records of Yavapai County, Arizona.)

Mineral Survey No. 941 (within sec. 10) (Described as the Gold Ring Lode Mining Claim, Cherry Creek Mining District, as granted by United States Patent recorded in Book 78 of Deeds, Page 204, records of Yavapai County, Arizona.)

Mineral Survey No. 942 (within sec. 10) (Described as the Potomac Lode Mining Claims in the Cherry Creek Mining District, as granted by United States Patent recorded in Book 78 of Deeds, Page 196, records of Yavapai County, Arizona.)

Mineral Survey No. 1226 (within sec. 10) (Described as the Cross Cut Lode Mining Claim, Cherry Creek Mining District, as granted by United States Patent recorded in Book 63 of Deeds, Page 140,records of Yavapai County, Arizona.

Mineral Survey No. 1227 (within secs. 10 and 15) (Described as the Gulch Lode Mining Claim, Cherry Creek Mining District, as granted by United States Patent recorded in Book 63, of Deeds, Page 144, records of Yavapai County, Arizona.

The described areas aggregate 116.81 record acres, more or less.

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