Arizona citizen., 1878-03-08
Where should Mining Claims be
 Recorded?

EDITOR CTTIZEN:-Mr. Holmes arti- cle in reply to mine under the above caption, deserves a little attention. He seems to offer an issue then dodges it and arraigns my cOllations of the law upon the subject, calls it my opinion and then pitches into 1t with the re suits similar to Don QuixOte's exploit with the windmill. I didn't propose my opinion should figure in the mat ter at all. My main object as stated, being to refer to all the law I could find on the subject so that locators could act upon the written law itself and not be compelled to depend upon the opinions of Mir. II. or anybody else. I know there are few who still talk like MT H. as though they mod estly believed their opinions were bet ter guides for locations of mining claims than the law itself and 1 would advise such to test the question by making application for a patent for a mine which has not been recorded in the district where the district laws re- quired it, and they will find it will be rejected.
 Mir. H. says, "Iwant to know wheth- CT or not if persons locate claims un- der the National and Territorial laws and comply fully with those laws can they be deprived of their rights to the property by the district or any other rules?" Now in view of the laws which I spread before him, such a question is simply unintelligible. Ii he means to ask if they can be depriv- ed of such rights because they have not complied with the district or other rules, it's like asking if a man can do that thing which he cannot do, fol If those persons have fully complied with National and Territorial, they have also compiled with the distrlr or other rules" as it is an importan requirement. of the National law tha they shall do so especially with regard to recording. If that however, is no the horn of the dilemma upon which h' hangs. then he has gone to all thit trouble to electrify us with the start Hing announcement that he " is of tn, opinion" that persons complying witt all the laws in making their location 5 cannot be deprived of their rights bl |" district or other rules which the, have not violated, The sun, moor and stars should stand still a minute
 And quite as enigmatical and move . is his announcement of the proposi ton that. two or more constructions O law-I do not have the slightest knowl ] edge of what law he means-it IS bes
 to use the wrong one if it is best suite' to the purpose! What purpose? an'
 how can it be in any case bes: to us
 a wrong construction of law?
 stated the law-not my opInlon-
 which established the fact that ioci $ tors in Globe Mining District must r there is no choice about it-record
 the district records within thirty day'
 It IS the law as it stands today that
 am discussing, not what think of Il . merits or demerits but what 1 know C t it's requirements.
 a I never had any idea of persuadin anybody not to record in the count }. records if they wished to do so.
 only showed conclusively that ther was no law requiring it in mining dl D tricts organized since November }, '6t
 Tn conclusion I must add that NJ
 IFS statements are quite as startling l. his opinions. Since reading his art - cIe [ have examined Book 1 of Re' % ords of Globe Mining District an find it perfect in every respect wit
 its pages numbered consecutively fror II to 192. It is due to the miners
 Globe that MT. H. immediately e
 explains his statement that "of hl
 own knowledge" leaves had been tor y from Ii. c. A. oWAsEl'