The Coconino weekly sun., 1892-09-08
IMPORTANT TO MINING MEN.
Concerning the Location and Survey
 of Lode Claims.

of Lode Claims.
 The following circular relating to tho location of lode claims and the sur- vey of the same for patent has been is- sued to mine owners of the territory from the office of the United States surveyor general, Tucson. The circu. lar quotes the sections of the revised statutes and land office laws relating to these matters, and gives notification that strict observance of these pro- visions will be insisted upon. There are also accompanying explanations of features of the law perhaps not thor oughly understood.
 Section 232O, U. s. Revised Statutes, is as follows:
 ''Mining claims upon veins or lodes of quartz, or other rock in place, bear ing gold, silver, cinnabar, lead, tin, copper or other valuable deposits, here tofore located, shall be governed as to length along the vein or lode by the customs, regulations and laws in force at the date of their location. A mining claim located after the 10th day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy two Qs72), whether located by one or more persons. may equal, but shall not exceed, one thousand five hundred feet in length along the vein or lode; but no location of mining claim shall be made until the discovery of the vein or lode within the limits of the claim To- cated. No claim shall extend more than three hundred feet. on each side of the middle of the vein at the sur face, nor shall any claim be limited by any mining regulation to less than twenty-five feet on each side of the middle of the vein at the surface, ex- cept where adverse rights existing on the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, render such limitation necessary. The end lines of each claim shall be parallel to each other" And Section 10 of the Land Oflia4 regulations reads:
 "With regard to the extent of sur- face ground adjoining vein or lode, and claimed for the convenient work ing thereof, the Revised Statutes pro- vide that the lateral extent of locations of veins or lodes made after May 10, 1872, shall in no case exceed three hundred feet on each side of the middle 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, ex- cept where adverse rights existing on the 10th of May, 1872, may render such limitations necessary; the end lines of such claims to be in all cases l Pii to tiSu cdiu latNt di measurements cannot extend beyond i .'-'--- h....s'..ad feet an either side of the middle 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 200 on the other. If, however, 800 feet on each side arc allowed, and by reason of prior claims but 100 feet can be taken on one side, the locator will not be re- stricted to less than 800 feet on the other side; and when the locator does not determine by exploration where the middle of the vein at the surface is, his discovery shaft must be assumed to mark such point"
 The General Land Office requires strict observance of its construction of the law as given in Section 10 already quoted, and the rule is binding no less upon this office than upon all claim ants to mineral lands.