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

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be fee for recording the same when the
'ath 10 taken before any other officer
to administer oaths shall be
10 cents.
Such affidavit, or certified copy thereof
n case the original is lost, shall be prima
acie evidence of the performance of such
abor. The failure to file such affidavit
hall be considered prima facie evidence
hat such labor has not been done.
SEC. Z. The location Of abandoned
claims shall be done in the same manner
as if the location were Of new claim
but the locator may, instead of Hnking a
new discovery shaft, siuk tho original
discovery shaft ten feet deeper than it was
At the time of bis location, or be may drive
the open cut or tunnel ten feet further
along the course Of the lead, lode or vein.
and must erect new posts or monuments.
SEC. 8. No location notice shall clam
more than one location, whether the loca
ton II made BY one or several iocators,
and If it purport to claim more than one
location it is absolutely soid.
SEC. Q. That section 31O3 of the re
vised statutes Of Idaho IL hereby
amended to read - folIows:
Section 3lO3. For the convenience of
prospectors and locators, the county re
csvdsrs Of the several ooantiss muss sP-
point deputy 1t any place where he may
deem 1t necessary, and At all places more
than 30 miles distant from an existing
Office whenever ten or more mining loca.
tors interested, petition for the appoint
ment Of 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 as the recorder
for the district, whose record shall be rs
valid as if made by the deputy, and must
be entered by the recorder as hereinafter
required: Propsded, That whenever at
any time afterwards, the recorder has APP
pointed deputy for such district or
place, the authority of the person elected
BY the resident miners ceases.
SEC TO- When the right to mine Is 10
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 1t 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 1899 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
SIC. 10. The locator of any place.
mining claim, located for the purpose
of mining placer deposits or precious
stones, must at the time of making tn
location comply with all the requirement
Of sections 2 aud Of this Act. Ever,
placer claim must be recorded within B,
days from the time of the location thereof
in the district in which the same is sit
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uated, or in the office of the county re
corder Of the county wherein the claim i
situated. The location notice thereo
must contain the date of the location, til
name of the locator, the name and dimen
sious of the claim ard must also give sue
a description of the locality thereof b
reference to natural landmarks or IKE
objects and contiguous claims, if any, Q
TO render the situation of the same rea.
onably certain from the letter of the nc
tce itself.
SEC. ID. That section 3t04 Of the r.
vised statutes of Idaho be amended ,
read rs follows;
Section 3104 AT or before the time
presenting a location notice for recor
whether II be for aquar,z or placer clair
one of the locators named in the san
= must make and subscribe an affidavit,
writing on or attached to the notice, sui
= stantially in the following form, to-wi
= State Of Idaho, county of....... IS.
l, 1850, do solemniy swear that a
u a citizen of the United States of Ameri
Y Cor have declared my intentions to
d come such) and that am acquaint'
., with the mining ground described in I'll
% notice of location, and herewith called Il
. .... ledge, lode or claim; that Il
g ground aud claim therein described
y any part thereof has not to the best
rs my knowledge and belief been locat
Al according to the laws of the United Stat
re and of this state, or II so located, that I
II same has been abandoned or forfeited
J. reason Of the failure of such former
Al Gators to comply in respect thereto wi
Il the requirements of sad laws, and {
a. case OF quartz claims) that have open
new ground TO the extent or depth vi t
u feet as required by the laws of Idaho.
ID Signature, -.
Is Subscribed and sworn to before me Il
A. -. day of $3.50. A, ID. 1850.
Signature, -. ...
SEC. Ia. That section 3l05 of the
ne vised statutes at Idaho is amended so
ce to read as follows, to wit:
an Section 3l05. The location notice he
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