The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-08-10
NEW MINING LhW
SOMETHING EVERY MINER
SHOULD READ.

Mining Matters ocatiou uueh
More DthicuI, han Under the ,,,d
Law-Impo, ,ans { hanSes.
There is no chapter Of the new
codes that affects a great portion of
our people more than that relating to
the location and holding Of mining
claims, and We publish the law this
week, substantially as it affects those
who locate and possess such claims.
Under the new law the location of
both placer and quartz claims is made
a much more Difficult: and exacting OBJ
GRAFTON than formerly. aud locators
must take very great pains. or they
will overlook provision which
may render their attempted location a
mere nudity. If the claim is worth
locating, it is worth while to comply
with the law. and this, irrespective as
to whether the law is good Or bad.
Locators should bear in mind that the
fee for fling a location notice is now
81.
Any person a citizen Of the United
States. or one who has declared his IN.
tentiOns to become such, who discovers q
vein or lode, bearing gold. silver, cin-
nabar, lead. tin, copper, OF other valuable
deposits, or who discovers or locates 9
placer deposit OF gold, or other deposit Of
minerals, including building stone, lime.
stone. marble. clay, sand, or other mineral
substances having q commercial value may
locate a CLAIM upon such vein, lode Or de-
post. by defining the boundaries OF the
claim in the stated hereinafter des.
cribed, and by posting n notice OF such 10.
cation At the point Ut discovery. which
notice must contain: the name Of the load
or claim, the name OF the locator or locat-
the number OF llneal feet claimed in length
along the course of: the Vein each way from
the point OF discovery, with the width on
each side OF the center OF the vein. and the
general course OF the vein or lode rs near
Is may be; il . placer or millsite claim, the
W . OAENA 1sNbob lCC 10
Before the expiration ninety days from
the date OF posting such notice on the
claim. the locator or locasors. must sibk a
discovery shaft upon the lode or claim {mlll
site claims excepted). TO the depth OF u,
least ten feet from the lowest part OF the
rim of such shaft at the surface, or deeper,
1t necessary to show y we'll defined creylce
or valuable deposit. Its equivalent IN
work must be done upon placer claims,
A cut, y cross cut or a tunnel. which cuts
q o q at the depth OF ten feet below the
surface. or an open GU: OF ut ieas, ten feat
In length along the lode from the point
where the lode may be in any tanner dis.
covered, Is equivalent to a discovery shaft,
The locator must define the boundaries OF
the claim by marking a tree or rock In
place. or by setting a post Or stone at each
corner or angle OF the clam. When Il
post is used. it nus be at !esss four inches
square by tour teet six inches IN length.
set one foot in the ground, with a mound OF
earth or stone four teet in dlameter by two
feet in height around the post. When a
stone is used. not arock in place, 1t must
DE at least SIN inches square and eighteen
inches IN length, set TWO thirds of It's
length IN the ground which! trees, K es or
monuments must he so marked as to des.
lgna'e the corners. Within ninety DAYS of
the date OF posting the location NOTICE upon
the claim. there must be filed in the office
OF the county clerk OF the county in which
the Io0e or claim Is situated, a dec.aratory
statement, which must contain: l. the name
oil the loo or claim: ,. the name OF the ioca.
tor or localor>:3 3, the da;e OF the location.
and such a description OF the location of
said claim with reference to some utura
object or permanent monument as will
identity the claim: !, 1t q lode claim. the
OF llneal feet CLAIMED in length
along the course of the vein each way from
the point OF discovery. with the width on
each side OF the center Of the VEN. and the
general course of the lode or vein as near
as may be; ., ii a placer or mlIlsite claim,
the number Of acres or superficial feet
claimed: 6, the dimenslons and location OF
the discovery shaft, or Its equivalent, sunk
upon lode or placer cla,ms; 7. the location
and description OF each corner. Such
declaratory statement u be verified by
the oath Of one the locators.
The relocation Of Al abandoned lode or
placer claim must be made by sinking a
discovery shaft and fixing new bound.
aries in the same manner AZ If il were an