Arizona silver belt., 1884-03-22
HOW TO LOCATE CLAIMS.
Land Otncc Regulations.


 locate, record, and hold mining claim of fifteen hundred linear feet along the course of any mineral vein or lode subject to location; or an as- sociation of persons, severally quail fled as above, may make joint loca- tion of such claim of fifteen hundred feet, but in no event can a location of vein or lode made subsequent to May 10th, 1872, exceed fifteen hundred feet along the course thereof, what ever may be the number of persons composing the association.
 With regard to the extent of surface ground adjoining a vein or lode, and claimed for the convenient working thereof, the Revised Statutes provide that the lateral extent of locations of veins or lodes made after May 10th, 1872, shall in on case exceed three hundred feet on each side of the mid dle of the vein at the surface, and that no such surface rights shall be limited by any mining regulations to less than twenty-five feet on each side of the middle of the vein at the surface, except where adverse rights existing on the 10th of May, 1872, may render such limitation necessary; the end lines of such cases parallel to each other. Said lateral measure ments cannot extend beyond three hundred feet on either side of the mid dle of the vein at the surface, or such distance as is allowed by local laws. For example: 400 feet cannot be taken on one side and POO feet on the other. If, however, 800 feet on each side are allowed, and by reason of prior claims but 100 feet can be taken on one side, the locator will not be restricted to less than 300 feet on the other side; and when the locator does moi deter mine by exploration where the middle of the vein at the surface is, his dis covery shaft must be assumed to mark such point.
 By the foregoing it will be perceived that no lode claim located after the 10th of May, 1872, can exceed paral- telegram fifteen hundred feet in length by six hundred in width; but whether surface ground of that width can be taken depends upon the local regulations or State or Territory laws in force in the several mining districts; and that no such local regulations or State or Territorial laws shall limit a vein or lode claim to less than fifteen hundred feet along the course thereof, whether the location is made by one or more persons, nor can surface rights be limited to less than fifty feet in width, unless adverse claims existing on the 10th, day of May, 1872, render such lateral limitation necessary.
 It is provided by the Revised Stat utes that the miners of each district may make rules and regulations not in conflict with the laws of the United States, or of the State or Territory in which such districts arc respectively situated, governing the location, man. ner of recording, and amount of work necessary to hold possession ofa claim. They likewise require thatthe loca- tion shall be distinctly marked on the ground that its boundaries may be readily traced. This is very impor- tant matter, and locators cannot exer- else too much care in defining their locations at the outset, inasmuch as the law requires that all records of mining locations made subsequent to May 10th, 1872, shall contain the name or names of the locators, the date of location, and such description of the claim or claims located, by reference to some natural object or permanent monument, as will identify the claim.
 The statutes provide that no lode claim shall be recorded until after the discovery of a vein or lode within the limits of the ground claimed; the ob- .ject of which provision is evidently to prevent the encumbering of the dis trict mining records with useless loca- tions, before sufficient work has been done thereon, to determine whether a vein or lode has really been discovered or not.
 The claimant should therefore, prior to recording his claim, unless the vein can be traced upon the surface, sink a shaft, or run tunnel or drift, to a sufficient depth therein to discover and develop mineral bearing vein, lode, or crevice; should determine, if possi- ble, the general course of such vein in either direction from the point of the claim on the surface, and should give the course and distance as nearly as practicable from the discovery shaft on the claim to some permanent, well known points or objects, such, for in-