Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-03-01
HOW TO LOCATE CLllM<
LAND OFFICE REGULATIONS.

From and after the lOih Of May l,- any person who IS a citizen Of the U-,,.i States or who has declared bis ia's--.. to become citizen, may o.ate. -r-.- and hold a mining claim of fftaer f-. dred linear feet along the e urse .f--- mineral vein or lode suolrct to .1e.,-. or an association Of persons, sry-.-r, qualified as above. may make s-. location of such claim oi fifteen f- dred feet, but in no event can a lo,.-- of n vein or lode made sUbstlv---- May 10th, 1872, exceed fifteen hqr,.. feet along the course thereof, whs.s-. may be the number of persons conn ing the association.
 With regard to the extent ol sr.. ground adjoining a vein or .cis. r claimed for the conven,eu. vorkr, thereof, the Revised Statute. rr1v.. that the lateral extent Of lOcstil-, veiu> or lOdes made after Msy l0th ISg shall Tn no case exceed three huri,s5 feet on each side of the mid s.- est.- vein at the surface, and that ur s1.r rights shall be limited by any utair- | regulations to less than tws-- i've fasl on each side of the middcoi tle y-- at the suriace, except where alys-s- rights exsst0s on the lJ,L Ys My. Is- may render such Limitations necssssr. he enI | nes of such c.ses u,ra.. r
 each otber. Said lateral Ueg~u-e-e. cannot extend beyond tIryr Llu!-5 feet on each side OI the vvIu at tls .-.
 ace, or such distance as l- allowed
 local laws. For example. An fee, a.. not be taken on one sIie and -U '-
 on the other. If, however, 531 feet 1 each side are allow d, and Oy Iea... prior claims but loo feet c.u bs tls
 n one side, the locator wi. uotv- --
 ,tricted co less than 3l) feet ol -. nth side; anl when tha locator i-a, uot determine by exploration wle--,l- | middle of the vein at the surface J,
 discovery shaft must be assumed It1-r4 such point.
 By the foregoing 1t will be p=rye.--. ] that no lode claim located after tle l- of May, 1872. can exceed a plra.-e.0--.-
 fifteen hundred feet in length tg E hundred in width; but whether su-i- srOuud of that width can be taken -- bends upon the local reRu.ail1ls
 State or Territorial laws m force l1s ~everal mining districts; and that 9 | such local regulations or State gr Ten. torinl laws shall limit a vein OF al- claim to less than fifteen nun .-el .sa | along the course thereof whether i- | location IS made by one 6r more Qer- ' nor can surface rights he limited Go .~ than fifty fee. iD width, unless -iys'- claims existing on the 10th day o- Aa. 1872. render such lateral i-itatlHl -- essary.
 It IS provided by the Revised S,a,.- that the miners of each dlstuc, -i make rules and regulations not nr1 | dict with the laws of the United S..s | or of the State or Territory n T-- | such districts are respectively sl.ul.-- | povernmg the location, manner O. | coriIng and amount Of EOrR nccr--T | 70 hold possession of a claim. - | likewise require that the ioca,io- --. be distinctly marked on the gro--. -ii its boundaries may be readily --L | This Is a very important mafte- -- | lOcators cannot exercise too mucl -e in defining their Locations at ihe oui@- inasmuch as the law requires thni -
 records of mining locations made s--
 sequent to May 10, 1872, shall calia-
 the name or name of the locator-, .-s
 date of the location, and such a ds-,Ti-
 tion of the claim or claims located 9
 reference to some natural object or i.'
 manent monument, as wul lteli1il i--
 clam.
 The statutes provide that no lode clan
 shall be recorded until after th- lE-
 cOvery of a vein or lode within 's
 limits of the ground claimed; the ot.
 of which provision is evidently
 prevent the enCumberng 1' the --
 Trict mining records with useless l-.
 tiOus, before sufficient work has .-r-
 lone thereon, to determine vle'-i
 a vein or lode has really been di7,17s-
 or not.
 The claimant should therefore, F1-
 to recording his clam, unless t-s Yea
 c n be traced upon the surface, ,.-ii
 haft, or run a tunnel OF du.- ti
 sufficient depth therein Go dl~clger E-
 develop a mineral bearing vtiu. lode crevIce; should determine, If FH-,.-
 the general course of such vein 'u .-' direction from the Tont of the c.a,- the surfAce, and should give tlf '.l's and distance as nearly az practice
 from the discovery shaft on th- c.a1 some permanent, well known p1u-- | objects, such, for instance, a-
 monuments, blazrd trees. t.e coud.s-- ! of streams, points of intersection '' T | known gulches, raviues. or | prominent but-es. hills, etc, whIc-
 be in the immediate vicinity, aai r-
 will serve to perpetuate and fix tla of the claim, and render tt susral- of identification from the das r- thereof given in the record of local.- the district.