The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-12-26


tAe So qfdleg H. = ~ 81.
oath i taken before asy p9her q1,oel
authorized q sdministSf oaths apsi1 -
| 90 cent?. s = 8. :. Is ssss "
sseA atRdavit, Or ! certified copy thersot
! IN eass tho original i lost, slah - prima
facie evisiepes Of tho psrtornasee Of sseal
labor. The failure 70 ale such alldayit
shsll b considered prima fncie svidence
that such labor has not been done.
+ SIC. Z. The location Of abandoned
claims shall b done in the same manner
- II the location were Of = new claim
bat the locator may, instead Of Slnking {
new discovery shaft, sink the original
discovery shaft ten feet deeper than It was
At the time Of his location, or he may drive
the open cut or tuniel ten feet further
along the course Of the lead. lode Or veia,
and must erect new posts or monuments.
SIC. 8. No location notice shall CLAIM
more than one location, whether the locs-
ttion 10 made b. one or several locatoo,
land if it purport to c'sim moro than one
Iiocation it - absolutely void.
6po. Q. That section 310s Of the r.
vised statutes Of Idaho il hereby
amended to read ~ follows:
Section 81O8. For the convenience of
prospecton and locators, the county re
csrders of the several counties must ap-
point deputy at any pisce where he may
deem it necessary, and at ali places more
than 30 miles distant from An existing
Office whenever ten or more mining loca-
torn interested, petition for the appoint
ment Of q deputy. Upon failure Of any
recorder to appoint deputy for ten days
after the petition in writing has been
presented to him, the resident miners in
such district may appoint temporarily.
one of their number to act Is the recorder
for the district, whose record shall be as
valid ~ if made by the deputy, and must
be entered by the recorder as hereinafter
required: Propsded, That whenever u
any time afterwards, the recorder has ap
pointed deputy for such district or
place, the authority of the person elected
by the resident miners ceases.
SEC 10. When the right to mine is in
any case separate from the ownership or
right OF occupancy of the surface ground,
the owners or rightful occupants of the
surface ground may demand satisfactory
security from the miners, and if it be re-
fused or not given, may enjoin such miners
from working such ground until such
security is given. The court granting the
writ Of injunction shall fix the amount
and nature Of the security.
SEC. II. Placer claims. as mentioned
in section 1929 of the revised statutes Of
the United States, may be located for the
purpose Of mining deposits and precious
stones after the discovery of such de
posits.
SEC. IL. The locator of any placer
mining claim, located for the purpose
Of mining placer deposits OF preciou.
stones, must at toe time Of making the
location comply with all the requirements
Of sections and 3 Of this Act. Every
placer claim must be recorded within 80
days from the time Of the location thereof,
in the district in which the same is sit
uated, or in the Office of the county re-
corder of the county wherein the claim is
situated. The location notice thereof
must contain the date of the location, the
name of the locator, the name and dimen-
sions of the claim AID must also give such
a description of the locality thereof by
reference to natural landmarks or 6xei
objects and contiguous claims, if any, rs
to render the situation of the same reas
onably certain from the letter of the no.
tice itself.
SEC. IS. That section 3104 Of the re-
vised statutes of Idaho he amepded to
read Is follows:
Section 3104. AT or before the time of
presenting location notice for record,
whether it be for quartz or placer claim,
one of the locators named in the same
must make and subscribe an affidavit, in
writing on or attached to the notice, sub
stantially in the following form, to- wit:
State Of Idaho, county of....
/, ......, do solemnly swear that am
. citizen Of the United States of America
Cor have declared my intentions to be.
come snch) and that l am acquainted
with the mining ground described in this
notice Of location, and herewith called the
........ ledge, lode or claim; that the
ground and claim therein described or
any part thereof has not to the best Of
my knowledge and belief been located
according to the laws Of the United States
and of this state, or if SO located, that the
same has been abandoned or forfeited by
reason Of the failure OF such former To-
Gators to comply in respect thereto with
the requirements Of said laws, and lin
case OF quartz claims) thst have opened