I'm doing what little I can to get the rules changed to make mining in Alaska more friendly to Alaskans. Foreign mining interests surrounded my 20 placer claims, and those of many other Alaskans, with hundreds of square miles of claims which they won't work until it suits them. As a direct result, I couldn't work the rich benches just a few feet further up the hillside. Nor could I find enough room to build a water-recycling pond. We need to put a limit on how long they can hold the claims with only being required to perform "annual-labor"