The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-10-27
LA1ENNISG DECISIONS.

1872, authorizes claim to be located
1900 feet in length along the vein,
and in the absence of any local rule
or custom, the width of such claim
may be extended 900 feet on each
side of the middle of the vein; but
said act Of Congress, by implication,
authorizes the miner to limit the width
Of such claim to IS feet on each, side
of the middle of the vein.
No rights can be acquired under the
Statute by location before the discov-
cry Of the vein or load within the
limits Of the claim located.
A location is made valid by the
discovery of a vein or lode at any
time after the location, provided that
such discovery is made before any
rights are acquired in the same claim
by other persons.
20 A vein or lode authorized to be To-
Gated in a seam or fssure in the
earth's crust, filled with quartz or
some other kind of rock in place, fill
ed with gold, silver, or other valuable
mineral deposits named in the Statute.
1t may be very thin or many feet
thick, or irregular in thickness, and
it may be rich or poor, provided it
contains any Of the metals named in
the statute. But it must be more than
detached pieces CT quartz, or mere
punches of quartz not in place.
A location Of a mining claim must
be definitely marked on the ground SO
that its boundaries can be readily
traced; but the. law does not define
or prescribe what kind of marks should
be made, or upon what part of the
ground or claim they shall be placed.
marking on the ground claimed
by stakes, mounds and written notices
whereby the boundaries can be readily
traced. is sufficient.
Ehs-law~ ~otgG rec. xrex nossas
cord Of mining claim, except in
obediance to valid local rules or Gus
toms of miners but when such local
rules or customs require a record, it
must contain the names of the locators,
the date oflocation, and such des-
cription oftlle claim by reference to
some natural object or permanent
mQnuments'as will identify the claim,
but such natural objects or permanent
monuments are not required to be On
the ground located, although they may
be; and the natural object may CON
sist Of any fixed natural object sand
such permanent monument may con
slst ofa prominent post or stake firm
ly planted in the ground, or shaft
sunk IN the ground. If, by reference
to any such natural object or perma-
nent monument, the claim recorded
can be identified with any reasonable
certainty, therecord will be sufficient
in this particular otherwise not.
When one person or company owns
several contiguous claims, capable Of
being advantageously worked togcth-
er, one general system may be adopt
ed to work such claims; and work
done accordingt to such system for the
purpose of prospecting or working all
such contiguous claims, although done
on only one of such claims, or even
outside ofall of them, is available to
hold all such cont guous claims in
tended to be worked or prospected by
such general system. oH 'al
The Statute requires }1oo worth Of
work on each claim located after May
10, 1872, in each year, and in default
thereof, authorizes the claim to be
relocated by other parties, provided
the first locator has not resumed work
upon it. But if the first locator re-
sumes work at any time after the ex-
piration of the year, and before any
relocation is made, he thereby pre-
serves his claim; the statute nowhere
authorizes a trespns upon, ,oor a relo-
cation of a claim before located by
another. however direlict in perform
ing the required work the first locator
may have been, provided he has re-
turned and resumed work; and is act
uaflv engaged in deyeloninc his claim