The Elk Mountain pilot., 1882-05-25
TUNNEL SITES.

tunnel sites from Wilson's Manual O1
Mining law, which we consider the
best treatise extant for the Use of the
miner and prospector throughout this
section:
STATUTEs.-Where a tunnel is run
for the development of a vein or lode,
or for the discovery of mines, the
owners of such tunnel shall have the
right of possession of all veins or lodes
within the line thereof, not previous
ly known to exist, discovered IN such
tunnel, to the same extent as if dis
covered from the surface and loca-
tlons on the line of such tunnel, OF
veins or lodes not appearing on the
surface, made by other parties after
the commencement of the tunnel, and
while the same is being prosecuted
with reasonable diligence, shall be in
valid but failure to prosecute the
work on the tunnel for SIX months
shall be considered as an abandon
ment of the right to all undiscovered
veins on the line of such tunnel.
CONSTRUCTION BY LAND OFFICE.
The effect of this is simply to give
the proprietors OF mining tunnel,
run in good faith, the possessory right
to 1900 feet of any blind lodcs, cut,
discovered or intersected by such tun-
mel, which were not previously known
to exist, within 5000 feet from the
surface or point OF commencement OF
such tunnel, and to prohibit othe.
parties, after the commencement OF
the tunnel, from prospecting ior and
making locations of lodes on the line
thereof, and within such distance OF
5000 feet, unless such lodes appear
upon the surface, Or were previously
known to exist.-Land Office Rules,
2I.
WIDTH.
The line OF a tunnel is the width
thereof, and no more, this line mus,
be marked cn. the surface by stakes
placed along the same, from the COM
mencement to the terminus OF the
tunnel, in the manner applicable to
to the location of veins or lodes.
No patent can issue for a vein or
lode without surface ground.
The survey of vein or lode discov-
cred in j tunnel cannot properly be
made until the apex thereof has Deen
ascertained' by sinking a shaft, or by
following it from the point of dis
covery.
LOCATION.
The proprietors Of a mining tunnel
are required to give proper notice OF
their tunnel location, by erecting
substantial post, board or monument
at the face or point ofcommencement
thereof, upon which should be posted
a notice in substantially the following
form:
THE - TUNNEL SITE.
Located by --; date, --
course, -. 5000 feet, to blazed
pine tree (or other land-mark); height
of tunnel, - feet; width,
feet.
RECORD.
A certificate signed BY the locators,
and specifying the place of commence
ment and terminatian, should be re-
corded at the same time.
CANNOT BE PATENTED.
Tunnel locations cannot be patent
ed, but lodeS discovered in running a
tunnel may be.
LOCATION OF VEINS CUT.
When in running the tunnel lode
is struck, the surface ground that un-
derlies the apex must be ascertalned
and the claim then duly located, as If
discovered from the surface.
JUDICIAL CONSTRUCTION.
1.-The line of a tunnel Is the width
thereof and no more /; and upon this
line only is prospecting for blind
lodes prohibited, while the working
of the tunnel IS in progress and the
right is granted to the tunnel owners
to 1900 feet of which blind lode, not
previously known to exist, which may
be discovered in such tunnel, but
other parties are in no way debarred