Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-01-17
BOUNDARIES or MINING CLAIAs

expressly OsotC0 N"os '"S
mark his locat on by monuments.
which will Indicate TO anyone its exte
rior boundaries. Fences are not re-
onred around mining claims. the
PHYSICAL marks upon and around the
claim are sufficient to notify anyone ot
the claim Of the possess"r. Fencing
would srrve no useful purpose except
to mark it's boundaries; and any nthe.
means which will accomplish this OH
j.ct will equally answer the require
mel,ts of the law as to the ossesslon
of such claim.
A claim M npre than thu. number OF
feet allowed by law upon quartz
! claim il void for the excess, but set
ting stakes few fee. farther apart
than the limit allowed by law, does
not defeat the entire claim.
1 The 81 ject of the act Of May 10,
1872, was to give the discoverer his
lode, with surface ground adjacent
thereto, aud within certain distance
on either side of that lode, and to avoid
questions Of vein identity; To give him
lin addition, all other veins within his
surface location; hut that if the vein
originally discovered was not followed
by a survey which included such VEIN,
tie surface ground allowed to the dis
covered vein and the size veins addi
Itinnally granted. ,.cnuld not be CD strn-
ed to include the surface and the side
veins within lot of ground which did
not contain the original vein first dis
covered
Under the mining laws of the Unit
ed States, unaided by any supplement
tary miners rules, there is no way Of
locating quartz vein, except hy mark
Ii ,g out surface lines; and when these
lines have been marked, they cannn
be changed 81 as to take in grount
that has been located by others prio
, to such attempted change.
A location to C,ining claim mus
be distinctly marked on the ground. 81
that its boundaries can be readil,
traced, but the law does not define o
: pre- scribe what kind of marks s'all b
made, or upon what part of the clair
they shall be placed. Any marking c
the ground claimed by stakes, mound
or written notices, whereby the bonn
daries can be readily traced is suff
cient. II the center line of locatio
of lude drawn lengthwise be marke
on a praminent stake or monument, I
y each end thereof, upon one of which
y placed written notice, showing til;
a locator claims the length of said lii
upon the lode from stake to stake, al
a spec fed number of feet of width {
each side of said line, such location
30 marked that the boundaries may
readily traced; and. so far as the mar
| ling of the location is concerned, is
sufficient compliance with the law.
d The placing of monument in Il
center Of mining claim upon mi
el al vein and posting notice there,
- stating that "the undersigned clai
$50 feet easterlv and $50 feet wester
|. therefrom. together with 800 feet
each side of the vein. with all Its diE
jG spurs and angles" is moi a sufficie
compliance with the act of May
i 1872, which requires locators of mi
)" ing claims to distinctly mark their
"a cation IN the ground so that thu
boundaries can be easily traced.
The posting of notics upon tr
ny at each end saf mining claim is no
sufficient oo~pliauce with the law |
i qniring,thesaocaticn to be distlnct
marked. 9st
lis astimatad that the bullion OF