, 1883-12-01
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"SEc. 2l2L The miners Of each mining dis
trict may make regulations not in conflict
with the laws of the United States, Twith the
laws Of the state or Territory in which the
district Is situated, governing the location,
manner OF recording, amount OF work ncccs-
suTy TO hold possession Of n mining claim,
subject to the following requirements The
location must he distinctly marked on the
ground so that It's boundaries can be readily
traced. All records OF mining claims here
akeT made shall contain the name or names
Of the lOcators, the date Of the location, and
such description Of the claim or claims lo-
eated by reference to some natural object or
permanent monument as will identify the
claim. on each claim lOca' ed after the tenth
day OF May, eighteen hundred and seventy
two, and until patent has been issued there
for, not less than one hundred dollars worth
of labor shall be performed or improvements
made during each year. On all claims located
prior to the tenth day Of May, eighteen hund-
red and seventy-twO, ten dollars worth OF la
Dor shall be performed or improvements
made by the tenth day Of June, eighteen
hundred and seventy-four, and each year
thereafter, for each one hundred feet in length
along the vein until a patent has been issued
therefor but where such claims are held in
common, such expenditure may be made up
on any one claim and upon failure to com
ply with these conditions, the claim or mine
upon which which such failure occurred shall
he open to relocation in the same manner as
II no location Of the same had ever been made,
provided that the original lOcatOrs their heirs
assigns, or legal representatives, have not re-
Sumed work upon the claim after failure and
one OF several co-Owners to contribute his
proportion Of the expenditures required here
by, the co-Owners who have performed the la
Dor or made the improvements may, at the
expiration OF the year, give such delinquent
cO-Owner personal notice In writing, or notice
by publication in the newspaper published
nearest the claim, for at least once a week for
ninety days, and II at the expiration OF ninety
days after such notice In Writing or by publi-
cation such delinquent should fail or refuse
n contribute his proportion Of the expcndl-
ture required by this section, his interest IN
the claim shall become the property Of his CO.
workers who have made the required eNpen-
ditures."
"SEc. 2lll. Where placer claims arc upon
surveyed lands and conform 10 legal subdi-
Visions, no further survey or plat shall be re-
quired, and all placer mining claims located
after the tenth day Of May, eighteen hundred
and seventy-two, shall conform as near as
practicable with the United States system Of
public land surveys, and the rectangular sub
divisions Of such surveys, and no such lOca-
lion shall include more than twenty acre. for
each individual claimant; but where placer
claims cannot be cOnfOrmed to legal subdivi-
siOns, survey and plat shall be made as on
unsurveyed lands; and where by the segre-
CATION OF mineral lands In any legal subIi-
vision a quantity Of agricultural land less
than forty acres remains, such fractional pOr-
ton OF agricultural land may be entered by
amy party qualified by law, for homestead or
prc-cmptiOn purposes"
"6l. By section 23O It Is declared that no
location Of q placer claim, made after July y,
1870 shall exceed one hundred and sixty acres
for any one person or association OF persons,
which location shall conform to the United
States surveys.
seq Section 2}3l provides that all placer
mining claims located after May 10, 1871 2ghall
conform as nearly as practicable with the
Un.t'd States system Of public surveys and
the subdivisions Of such surveys, and no such
locations shall include more than twenty
acres for each individual cluimeni.
49, The foregoing provisions Of law are
construed To mean that after the 9Th day Of
July, 1870, no location OF a placer claim can be
made to exceed one hundred and sixty acres,
WnatcNcr be the number Of lOcRtOrs assOciat-
ed together. or whatever the local regulations
Of the district may allow: and that from and
ader May 10, 1877, no location made by an In
dividunt can exceed twenty acres, and no iO-
cation made by an association Of individuals
can exceed one hundred and sixty acres,
which location Of one hundred and sixty
eight bona hde lOcatOrs; and no local laws or
mining regulations can restrict a placer lo-
cation TO less than twenty acres, although the
lOcatOr Is not com mpelled TO tu Ike so much"