The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-05
IMPORTANT DECISION.
When You Post Notices, Display
Them COnspicuously.

When You Post Notices, Display
Them ConspicuOusly.
The Herald is in receipt OF a copy of
a recent decision by the secretary of
the interior involving the title to three
mining claims in Montana which will
be read with interest by mining men
all over the country, inasmuch as it
settles an important point.
The three claims are situated north
of the Big Butte, near Butte, Mont,
and are known as the Dorcas. Priscilla
ana Georgiana lodes, which are claimed
by Thomas Ferguson ct al, and Mag
nus Hansen ct al Ferguson has enter
ed a protest against the entry of Han
sen on tie ground that the law in re-
gard to posting notices had not been
fully complied with. The Helena office
susie ined the protest, and an appeal
was taken TO the commissioner. The
latter reversed the Helena office, and
then an appeal was taken to the sec
rotary of the interior. The secretary
confirms the decision of the Helena
Office. The application for patent was
filed in the Helena office November 8,
1892, by Magnus Hapsen and John c.
FaulSon for the Priscilla, Georgiana
and Dorcas lode claims. On January
Is, 1898, Thomas Ferguson ct al, claim
ants of the Happy New Year, and
Thomas 2. Byrne ct al, claimants of
the Lucky Tom, filed a protest against
the entry by Hansen. alleging prior To-
cation of their claims; that the no.
tices OF Hansen were not posted in a
conspicuous place and that the neces-
sary amount of work had not been
done. The decision of the secretary
says:
The return of the surveyor-general
shows that at the time the survey
was made, October o. 1892, the work
on these lodes was as follows: On the
Priscilla, discovery shaft XII feet,
feet deep: on the Georgiana. a. dis
covery shaft Axe feet, s feet deep: on
the Dorcas, discovery shaft SKI feet,
feet deep. and shaft No. 2, AXIS feet.
feet deep. So that it will be seen
that on each claim some work had
been done The evidence shows that
there were no windlaSses or houses or
any other improvements or conspicu-
Gus place OF places on the claims. The
ground is shown to be broken and
mountainous, with rocky hills and
many large boulders scattered
over the surface. There are two
or more Travelled roads on the land
running in different directions If is
not definite as 10 whether they traverse
each claim or not. but they are roads
that are constantly travelled in reach
ing the villages or mining camps sur
rounding Butte City. to which the land
in controversy is in close proximity.
The plats and notices required To he
posted were tackled in open Boxes
about two feet square and one foot
deep, and were put upon the ground
with rocks around them for their sup
port and on top to keep them in place.
On the Priscilla this box was placed
$50 feet northwesterly from the south
east corner. Between .he box and the
discovery shaft was a ridge about so
feet high, the discovery shaft being
about lOGo feet westerly from where
the box was placed. On the ,ieorgiana
lode the box was placed about 9e0 feet
west OF the discovery shaft, on the
south side of a rocky hill or butte,
about 30 feet from the top, which was
covered with boulders. some of them
four feet high. some of which were in
front OF the box. The hox on tile Dor
cas- was about $50 feet south If the
discovery shaft. on the side of a hin
on level ground. rising a little from
the shaft There were large rocks or
boulde-s all over the ground in this