The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-12-12
!. ''WYNz IiiSli. INNING Law.
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SECTION 1. That section 500 of the
revised statutes Of Idaho be amended to
read ~ follows:
Section 300. Mining claims hereafter
located upon veins or lodcs Of quartz, or
other, rock in place bearing any Of the
metals Or other valuable deposits men
toned IN section 1920 of the revised stat.
utes Of the United States, may extend to
800 feet on each side Of tho middle of the
vein or lode: Provided, That when the
locstors have set stakes, posts or monu
ments described in section 2 hereof, to
indicate the line Of the vein, ledge or
lode, such stakes, posts or monuments
must be taken for Cue purposes Of such
location, to mark correctly the line there
Of, and such line must not afterwards be
changed 80 - 10 affect rights acquired or
interfere with any locations made subse.
quent thereto.
SEQ. q. Section 8l01 Of the revised
ptAIuNCe VI @ueuV Dv AMSuuCu w io~u a.
follows;
Section 8101. The locator, At the time
Of making the discovery Of such vein or
| lode, must erect monument 1t such
place Of discovery, upon which he must
place his name, the name of the claim,
the date of discovery and distance claimed
along the vein each way from such mon
ument. Within three days from the date
Of discovery, he must mark the boundaries
Of bis claim by establishing at each cor
ncr thereof, and At any angle in the aide
| lines, monument marked with the name
Of the CLAIM and the corner or angle it
represents; also at the time Of so marking
bis boundaries, he must post at his dis
coyery monument his notice OF location
in which must be stated: frat, tho name
of the locator; second, the name Of the
claim; third, the date of discovery fourth,
the direction and distance claimed along
the ledge from the discovery; hfth, the
| distance claimed on each side of the mid
die Of the ledge; sixth, the distance and
direction from the discovery monument
to such natural object or permanent mon
ument. II any such there be, as will fix
aud describe In the notice itself the Ioca-
ton Of the claim and seventh, the name
of the mining district, county and state,
| When, from any cause, a monument can
not be safely planted al the true corner
or angle, 1t may be placed as near thereto
as practicable, aud so marked As to indi-
cate the place of such corner or angle,
/ Monuments may lie made Of any such
material or form rs will readily give no
tice, aud when Of posts OF trees, they mus
be hewn and marked upon the side facint
towards tho discovery, and must be a
least four inches square or in diameter.
n Monuments must be at least four fee
high above the ground, and trees mus
DO 80 bewn as 10 readily attract attention
AT the time the locator so marks III
boundaries Of his claim, be may do so il
AIRY direction that will not interfere will
rights or claims which existed prior Il
his discovery
SEQ, 3. Within sixty days after suel
location, the locator or his assigns, mus
sink shaft upon the lode TO the depth 0
At least 10 feet from the lowest part o
the rim of such shaft at the surface, An,
Of not less than l6 square feet area. An
; excavation which shall cut such vein l
feet from the lowest part Of the lin
such shaft and which shall measure 10
cubic feet In extent shall be considered
!, compliance with this provision. Any |,
: Gated claim upon which work has bee
. done in compliance with the above r.
!. quiremenis is not. unless abandoned, sui
It jeet to relocation for period Of 90 da,
ia from aud after the date of location.
II SEC. 4. Within 90 days after the loo
re ton of the claim the locator or his assigi
D. must lie for record 10 the Office Of II
7. county recorder of the county or OF Il
= deputy recorder Of the mining district
l. which the claim ID situated substaDti
I" copy of his notice Of location.
!. SIC. 8. If ut any time the locator
4 any mining claim heretofore or hereaft
n located, or his assigns, shall apprehe
"A that his original certificate was detecti'
te erroneous, or that the requirements Of {
ed law had not been complied with befe
ne tling, or shall be DESTROYS of chang
Ii the surface boundaries, or OF taking a
I'd part Of an overlapping claim which |
he been abandoned, or in case the origin
v certificate WAS made prior to the passa
ne of this law, aud he shall be DESTROYS
e. securing the benefits of this Act, such
&c Gator or his assigns may de an addition
certificate subject TO the conditions OF Il
g quired an original certificate to couta
Pforided That such amended locat
does not interfere with the existing rig
of others at the time when such amei
"a ment - made.
SEC. .. Within 60 days after any ii
il set or period allowed for the performa
he of labor, or making improvements u
lar any lode or placer claim, the person
as whose behalf such work or improvem
an is performed, or some person for
IN. must make and record an affidavit