Kansas City daily journal., 1896-02-13
ABOUT COLORADO MINES.
HOW MINERAL LAND MAY nv Ac-
oUiRED nv THOSE WHO WANT 1T.
Something About tho laws Regulating
Mining TITLES and tho Holding of
Claims After stalking
Them on.


srecial Corresponiouce for tho Journal
have received many inquiries from
friends regarding the mode of procedure
in acquiring title 10 mining property. Sew
cral have suggested that IL would b. 50
much simpler 20 take up q homestead Of
i6l acres and then sell 1t on FOR mining
claims. That would be very simple were
81 not FOR one thing. 1t is against the
law, ana the law Is what We have TO 20
by IN mining matters. In fact seine men
who have tried 60 acquire ttle to a
claim hayc reason TO believe that there
IS more law than anything else In Eet-
ting a mine. Mineral lands are not sub
lect to pre-empfiou as homesteads. All
termed mineral lands and must be located
under one OF three classes. These classes
are lode claims. placer claims ana coal
lands. Any citizen of the United states
or any person having declared his inten-
ton Of becoming a citizen OF the United
states can locate and acquire title 70 min
\ lode claim may be located upon any
Ncln OF mineral bearing ore. enclosed be-
cation may equal, but not exceed. IN Coli
orado 1888 acres, or l,5o feet In length
lode IN Colorado the following. conditions
must be strictly compiled with vein
OF ore must be discovered. y notice must
nouncinr the same. which notice must
contain the name given TO the lode, the
name Of tho locator and the date OF dis
coVcry. Within sixty days OF the discovery
a shaft must be sunk on the vein to n
depth Of AT least ten feet from the lowest
part OF the vein OF such shaft. or deeper
IL necessary 10 show well defined crevlce.
within ninety days OF date of discovery,
the surface boundaries OF such claim must
marked on the sides toward the claim and
sunk in the ground, one at each corner
and one In the center of each side line,
and a location certificate must be filed
within ninety days with the recorder OF
the county IN which the claim Is situated.
location
name Of the lode. the name OF the locator,
the date OF the location, the number OF
feet In length claimed or each side OF the
center OF the discovery shaft and the gen
eral course OF direction OF the vein.
The first requirement for the location or
a placer claim Is that the ground be min
orul but not coal land. No discovery Is
the notice of location posted as required
for "A lode claim. The posts must be set
az each corner and the location certificate,
as required for lode claims. must be re-
corded within ninety days OF the location;
No particular shape or width Is required
for placer claims, unless the claim be
public domain, In which case the location
y ould as nearly ns practlcable conform 70
legal subdivision OF the pubhc sur
shS possessory right 20 these locations:
tsonS tthe paramount tide of the United
States excepted may Dc maintained IN
definitely by the locators, or thelr as-lghs:
mining labor or improvements on each
4. claim There j. no limit 70 the number 81
.blIlnl Placer claims may he located upon
amy lands containing any ana an FORMS
~ mineral deposit, except coal, or a VEIN
or ledge OF quartz or other rock IN place.
A pitCtr location in Colorado made by one
person, may equal but not exceed twtn$
arres but eight persons may JON TO-
r,thor and make one location not to cN.
c,ed 100 acres.
Nininr litigation a. something that brings
rray hairs to many a head ana there IL
uot a succes ful mine In the country tnat
bas not been burdenel with law suits, Ac-
cortllng to tho United states laws no pil-
ent Is issued upon claim where mere
a. a cross claim filed. until the courts
b,va sattled the rights OF the litigants.
When tho court decision Is made the gov
.rument gives the patent 10 the success
~ ,as P'''' 4 4. EDWORpS,