Mohave County miner., 1889-08-24
Proposed New Mining Law.

uiii tHcn lutIuuuStu HAS DNtI faitlNits
re-drafted, and will be again intr0daeei
IN the next session Of the Senate, Subject
to such modification as 1t may be deemed
necessary to make Senator Stewart he
anxious to have the provisions of the bill
fully understood and criticised by all i,,-
terested in mining. The telt of the bill
is given in full below. and all persons ts"
terested are requested to write thsir views
in regard to ii 10 Senator Stewart, WASH
ington, ID. c., and to offer any Suggestion
they may zee fit. = ~ >i:. + z e. :, r. r. :
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives OF the United States
O! America in Congress assemhlea. Thag
section twenty-tbree hundred and aIits'
teen Of the Revised Statutes be aaacnGiesa
by adding thereto the following: H.
"But no person shall acquire by ioca.
tion more than fifteen hundred fest in
length on the same: vein, nor shall any
person relocate q claim which hs has
previously located y I'd e.. j: j i. q.
SEC. 2. That section twensysttres ha#'
dred and twenty-four Of theReYised stat-
utes be amended 50 a. to rssti:,, - >s.,.,,. '.
"sEc. 1924. The miners af each iain-
ing district may make regulations, BOT iE
conflict with the laws Of the UHltesi
States, or with the: laws Of the Stale O.
Territory in which the district Is Situated.
governing the location, manner ed feessd-
ing, amount Of work necessary to ho!i
possession Of mining elaini, subject 10
the following requirements: The location
must be distinctly marked On tbs sroana
by posts or monuments so that its besaa3-
aries can be readily traced ysi regorjs
Of mining claims hereafter made shall
contain the maine or names al the 10
Gators, the date Of the location, and sncir
a description Of the claim or eiasHs 30
Gated as will identify the claim. Ou each
claim located after the tenth day 0i May.
eighteen hundred: and sevsnty.t%'o, asll
until payment Of the purchase taouay alld
a certificate Of entry has kasaa issaesi
therefor, not less than ons hundred &oi-
lars worth OF labor shall be parf9ruaeA o'
improvements made during each year
On all claims located prior 10 the ieath
day OF May, eighteen hsadsed ard
seventy-two, ten dollars sofsiy o. laaot
shall be performed or improvements
made during each year for each oae hun
dred feet in length along the vein until
payment OF the purchase i1Daley and
certificate Of entry has been Issued there
for; and for each tweaty :assea Of p2aeeT
claims, and for each Subdivision fheseoI
less than twenty acres, twesty.dEn dollar
worth Of labor shall be performed or im
proyements made daring each yar until
payment Of the purchase notley Gtsd a
certificate Of entry shall be Issued siera-
for. But where sesefai adjoi.siHg cialms,
not exceediB. Ave, whsther the s4rae h:
lode or placer claims, Owned or beid hs
the same person, association, or eorpora-
tion, and tbs srla Of ase Thousand noiiafs
or more 10 expended Ia any one year in
good faith for the .deyelopsnent 0! all oi
the claims 10 owned Or held, itnt excsed.
ing FIVE, there shaii be no requirement
for separate labor or Improvements 70 he
performed or made on the several claims
20 owned or held during such scar. Thc
year within %whirh the annual labor or
improvements required 10 b. performed
or made by this seetlaa shall commence
at twelve O'Clock meridian on the frst
day Of October of each year: fRoyiDED,
That upon claims located rseVions to tire
first day Of Mach in any year tire annual
labor or improvements shall bs performed
or made On sueb claim for that year pTIos
10 twelve O'Clock meridian ai the frst day
Of October next saceeeainss and upon
claims located after the last day Of Feb
ruary aud prior 10 twelve O'Clock merid'
ian of the first day of October Ia any
,aas the annual labor or improvements
required shall hs performed or made prior
10 twelve O'Clock meridian 81 the tifst day
Of the next following October: AsD Pr"
vIpfD FURTHER, That only ons'half Of the
annual labor or Improvements required
by this act shall be necessary 10 be per-
formed Or made prior to twelve o'clock
meridian On the Erst day si October, in
the year eightsen hundred aad eighty
nine. on claims upon which the annual
labor or improvements wers performed
or made in the year eighteen hundred
and eishty.eight; but after the FIRST day
Of October. 10 the year eighteen hundred
and eighty.nine, the fnil annoant OF labor
or improvements required by this act
shall bs performed Of mado upon such
claims ;as In all other cases during each
year prior to twelve o'clock meridian Of
the first day Of October. In ease the first
day Of October falls on a Sunday OF any
holiday the following secular day shall be
construed 40 the first day Of October
within the meaning Of this act. When
The labor required by this AZ: {: @hali hsTe
have been performed or the improve
ments maids an affidavit shall te flied
within thirty days after the time limited
for persoiming such labor or making such
Improvements with the recorder Of the
mining district In which such claims are