A couple of interesting posts from elsewhere:

klweddel (aka RockHopper) on SH has put together a Googlemap pinpointing a number of SFMI related sites- the mill, various tunnel sites and entrances, roads, etc. Be sure to click on satellite view. Click on each site marker for more information. If you look real hard, you might see the trucks loaded with silver and gold rolling down the mountain! (requires vivid imagination)

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UT...

Imperial Whazoo of IH posted a link and directions to a BLM site that shows the position of SFMI claims and some related documents. I've added a few comments that I hope make it clearer. Not much detail or real information, just official verification of SFMI ownership of the claims. The site is a bit quirky, and I had to start over a couple of times when I was trying to figure out how things worked.

1) go here
http://www.geocommunicator.gov/GeoCo...
and on the left pane, choose "Map-Viewer" (under "Land and Minerals"). Click on it.

2.) You will get a map of the US. go to the SW corner of Idaho.

3.) Click the map till you get the city of Murphy in the middle. Click in the mountains to the SW of Murphy

4.) To the right is a panel with a bunch of check boxes. The one that gives you a grid is PLLS. Check it.

5.) The grid will come up labeled with the Townships in the boxes in black letters. You are looking for Township 5 South, Range 3 West (in Idaho- the adjoining states are different). If the township labels don't show up, you might have to move in closer.

6.) At the top right of the map tool, there is a choice box that is demarked by a down arrow. Click on it and you get all the different catagories. Choose mining claims.

7.) Be sure Mining Claims, National Mine Land Inventory and Active Mining Claims Labels are checked. You will see a grid in brown in two blocks on the map (regular vertical and horizontal grid- the two rightmost boxes in the top of the 5S 3W square). Thats where War Eagle is. Thats where the sinker tunnel is.

8.) Click on "Identify" above the top left of the map. Click on the left-most of the two grid areas. You will get a database report in the window that opens. The 5 docs you are interested in are SINKER 1 thru SINKER 4 and SINKER TUNNEL 1. Each one is a record of the mining claim, not much more.

9.) When you view any of these, you will see a button on the page that has an icon button that will allow the doc to be converted to a PDF doc. Click on it for each doc and save the PDF to your hard drive.