The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-01-16

the fee for recording the same when tn
oath is taken before any other office
authorized to administer oaths shall b
30 cents.
Such affidavit, or certified copy thereo
in case the original is lost, shall be prim
facie evidence of the performance of sucI
labor. The failure to Gle such AFFIDAVIT
shall be considered prima facie evidence
that such labor has not been done.
SEC. Z. The location of abandoned
claims shall be done in the same name
as if the location were Of . new claim
but the locator may, instead of sinking
new discovery shaft, sink the orig,na
discovery shaft ten feet deeper than it wa
at the time of his location, or he may driv,
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 is made by one or several locators
and if it purport to claim more than one
location it is absolutely void.
SEC. 9. That section 310S Of the re.
vised statutes Of Idaho 10 hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section S1O3. For the convenience Of
prospectors and locators, the county re
csrders Of the several counties must ap.
point deputy at any place where he may
deem it 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 ~
valid as if made by the deputy, and must
be entered by the recorder u hereinafter
required: Pyovsded, That whenever at
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 10 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 tx the amount
and nature Of the security.
SEC. IL. Placer claims, as mentioned
in section 1929 Of the revised statutes of
the United States, may he located for the
purpose of mining deposits and precious
stones after the discovery Of such de-
posts.
SEC. IL. The locator of any placer
mining claim, located for the purpose
of mining placer deposits or precious
stones, must at the time of making the
location comply with all the requirements
Of sections 2 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
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 |
q description of the locality thereof BY
reference to natural landmarks or fixed
objects and contiguous claims, if any, AS
10 render the situation Of the same reas
onably certain from the letter of the no.
ice itself.
SEC. ID. That section 31O4 of the re-
1ised statutes of Idaho be amended to
read as follows:
Section 31O4. At or before the time of |
a location notice for record,
whether it lie for quartz or placer claim,
me Of the locstors named in the same
must make and subscribe an affidavit, in
writing on or attached to the notice, sub.
'tantia!ly in the following form, to-wt:
State OF Idaho, county OF. .......s IS.
l. $1,000, do s0lemnly swear that l am
citizen of the United States OF America
or have declared my intentions to be.
ome sach) and that am acquainted
With the mining ground described in this
'otlce OF location, and herewith called the
....... ledge, lode or claim; that the
round and claim therein described or
ny part thereof has not to the best of
ny knowledge and belief been located
ccording to the laws Of the United States
nd OF this state, or if so located, that the
anne has been abandoned or forfeited by
eason Of the failure of such former 10.
ators to comply IN respect thereto with
ne requirements of SAID laws, and lin
ase OF quartz claims) that bave opened
ew ground to the extent or depth Of ten {
'et as required by the laws Of Idaho,
Signature,
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
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