A 1993 Nevada law prohibited installation of deadly, uncapped or uncrimped pipes for marking the boundaries of mining claims that typically include such minerals as gold, silver, lead, copper, and zinc. However, the law did not require old pipes to be removed. A subsequent 2009 Nevada law made any claim still marked with open-ended pipe no longer valid. The legislature also included a citizen provision that became effective November 1 of this year, which allows anyone to pull up open pipe markers and lay them on the ground nearby.

Below are a few of Mining claim markers that I found while hiking in Nevada of 2012.  Pipe#1 - 2 birds, #2- 2 birds, # 3- 14 birds.

Note   the 3 PVC pipes were found in different locations in Nevada.

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