Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1895-03-29
wYwANS MINING Law
IN Important Act Passed by the
Legislature at It's Recent
Session Printed la Full.

Session Printed la Full.
SECTION l.. That section 300 Of
fhc revised statutes of Idaho be
amended to read as follows;
SEC si00 Mining claims hereafter located
upon veins or lodes of quartz. or ether rock In
nable deposits mentioned In section 40 of the
revised statutes of the United Sta es, may tx
und to 60 feet on each SIDE OF the middlc VI
<he vein or lode: Provided. That when the 10
gators have set stakes, posts or monuments de
scribcd In section j. hereof. to Indicate the line
oft vein, ledge or lode, snch stakes, posts or
monuments must be tax en- Tor the purposes OF
such location to mark correctly the line there
OF, and such line must not after ards be
changed So Ms to affect rights acquired or inter
iere with any location made subsequent there
Sec. 2. Section 3l0l of the re-
vised statutes of Idaho be amended
to read az follows:
sE.. slul. The locator at the time of making
the discovery OF such vein or lode, must erect
monument at such place OF discovery. upon
which he nuht place his name, the name OF
The claim, the Gate Of discovery and distance
claimed along the vein each way from such
monument. Within three Gays IRON the date
If discovery he must mark the boundaries OF
his claim by establishing at ench corner there
OF, and vt any angle In the side lines. monu-
ment marked with the name OF the claim and
the corner or angle II represents; also at the
time OF 30 marking MS 0DuuudTlet, ne must
port Mt his discovery monument his notice of
location in which must be stated: First, tho
name Of the locator; second the name OF the
claim: third, the date ofdiscovery; fourth. the
direction and distance claimed along the ledge
from the discovery; fifth, the distance clai med
Un each side o the middle Of the ledge; sixth.
the distance and direction from the discovery
monument to such natural object or permanent
snonument, II any such there be, NJ viii fix and
escribe In the notice Itself, the location OF tho
claim; and seventh. the name OF the mining
Al IT Al lnt
cause n monument cannot be safely planted At
the true corner or angle. it may be placed no
near thereto as PRACTICABLE and 40 marked as
70 indicate the place OF such corner or angle
Monuments may be made Of any such material
Or form as will readily give notice, and when
Of posts or trees. they must be tewn and
marked upon the ide facing towards the dis
,eOvery, and must be at Ieas. inches square or
IN diameter Monuments must be at least
10 hewn ~ to readily attract attention. At the
time the locator so marks the boundaries Of his
claim. he may DO 80 In any direction that wiz
lated prior to his discovery.
Sec. 3. Within 60 days after
such location, tho locator or his as
signs must sink shaft upon the
lode to a depth of at least 10 feet
from the lowest part of the rim of
such shaft at the. surface, and of
not less than Is square feet area.
Any excavation which shall cut
such vein 10 feet from the lowest
part of the rim of such shaft and
which shall measure 100 cubic feet
in extent shall be considered
compliance with this provision.
Any located claim upon which
work has been done in compliance
witch the above requirements is not,
unless abandoned, subject to relo-
cation for a period of 80 days from
and after the date of location.
Sec. 4. Within 90 days after the
location Of the claim the locator or
his assigns must file for record in
the Office of the county recorder of
the county or Of the deputy re-
.cordcr of the mining district in
which the claim is situated sub
stantial copy of his notice of loca-
1ion.
SEC. 5. liza any time the loca-
tor of any mining claim hereto
fore or hereafter located, or his as
signs, shall apprehend that his or
iginal certificate was defective, err
roneous, or that the requirements
of the law had not been complied
with before filing, or shall be de-
sirous of changing tho surface
boundaries, or Of taking any part
Of an overlapping claim which has
been abandoned, or in case the Or
iginal certificate was made prior to
the passage Of this law, and he
shall be DESTROYS of securing the
benefits of this act, such locator or
his assigns, may file an additional
certificate subject to the conditions
of this act and to contain all that
this act required an original certif-
cate to contain. Provided, that
such amended location does not in
terfere with the existing rights of
Others at the time when such
is made.
SEC. 8. Within 60 days after
any time set or period allowed for
the performance of labor, or max
ing improvementsupo any lode or
placer claim, the person in whose
behalf such work of improvement
is performed, or some person for
him must make and record an aft
tlavit in substance rs follows:
State Of Idah y county OF sc.
Before me. the subscribed personally appear.
cd who, being first duly sworn says
that At least dollars worth Of work or
improvements were performed or made upon
trict. comfy Of 80. State Of liaho, that
such expenditures were made by, for or at the
expense OF owners OF said claim.
Signature $50. ....
subscribed and sworn to before me this 49,.
day OF .. si lss
The fee for administering the
oath and recording the foregoing
affidavit, when taken before the
county recorder or deputy mining
recorder shall be 80 cents; the fee
for recording the same when the
oath is taken before any other Of
ficer authorized to administer
.oaths shall be SO cents.
Such affidavit. or certified copy
thereof in case the original is lost,
shall be prima facie evidence of the
performance of such labor. The
failure to file such affidavit shall
DO considered prima facie evidence
that s,ch labor has M. f<aan dana