The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-29
NEW MINING LAW.
elIlL TEXT OF THE BILL PASSED
BY THE RECENT NEVADA
LEGISLATURE.
lnportant Additions and Restrictions
Prescribed for the Location and
Holding of Claims.

Prescribed Tor tne GOCaloH 8i'S
Holding of Claims.
approved March l6. 1877
Continued from last aeeek.
Sec. IL Whenever a co-owner or eo-oWners
shall give to a deliquent co.owner or co-own-
ers the notice in writing or notice by publica.
ton providedfor section 2S24, Revised Stat
utes of the United States, an affidavit of the
person giving such notice. stating the time,
place, manner of service and by whom and
upop whom service was made, shall be attach.
ed to true copy of such notice, aud such
notice and affidavit must L. rocorj j b. the
mining district recorder or the County
Recorder in books kept for that purpose the
mining district or county in which the min
ing claim is situated; within ninety days
after the giving of such notice, or il such
notice is given by publication in news
paper. there shall be attached to printed
COPY of such notice an affidavit of the
printer or his foreman or principal clerk OF
such paper, stating the date of the first, last
and each insertion of such notice therein,
and when and where the newspaper was
published during that time and the name OF
such newspaper. Such affidavit and notice
shall be recorded as aforesaid within one
hundred and eighty days after the frat
publication thereof. The original OF such
notice and afidavits, or a duly certified
g 10 hal ba
that the delinquent mentioned in section
1924 has failed or refused to contribute his
proportion OF the expenditure required by
that section and of the service or publica-
tior of said notice; provided, the writing or
affidavit hereinafter provided for is not OF
record. II such delinquent shall, within the
ninety days required by section 1924 afore-
said, contribute to his coowner or co own
ers his proportion OF such expenditures,
such co.owuer or co-owuers shall sign and
deliver to the delinquent or delinquents a
writing, stating that the delinquent or de-
hnquents by name, has within the time re-
quired by section 1924 of the Revised Stat.
utes OF the United States contributed his
share for the year, upon the---------
mine, and further stating therein the dis
trict, county and state where the same Is
situate, and the book and page where the
location notice is recorded; such writing
shall be recorded in the office of the County
Recorder of said county. If such eo.ownel
or co-owners shall fail to sign and deliver
such writing to the delinquent or deln
quents within twenty days after such con
trbutiou, the co.owner or co-owuers so fail
ing as aforesaid shall be liable to penalty
OF one hundred dollars to be recovered b.
any person for the use of the delinquent o.
delinquents in any court of competent Jurls
dicton. If such co owner or co-owners TAI
to deliver such writing within said twant,
days, then the delinquent with two disin
terested persons having persona! know
edge of such contribution, may make ath
davit setting forth in chat manner, tn
amount of, to whom aud upon what mine
such contribution was made. Such affidavit
or a record thereof in the Office OF the Count
Recorder OF the county in which said min
j. situate. shall be prma facie evidence
such contribution.
Sec. II. No notice of location OF loo
claim shall claim more than one Location
whether the location be made by one {
several persons. Aud il such notice purpo
to claim more than one location it shall
absolutely void except as to the first loc
ton therein described. Aud if they are d
scrbed together, or so that it canhot
tlId which location is first described, tt
notice of location shall be void as to all
Sec. l3. The locator of a placer clal
shall locate his claim in the following ma
ner: First--By posting notice OF locati
thereon containing the name of the clai'
the name of the locator or locators, the da
,H location and the number OF feet or ac1
claimed Secondly marking the boun
aries Of his claim by a post, tree or rock
place, or by setting post or stone, one
each angle of the claim located. When
post is used it must be at least four incl
square by four feet six inches in length,
one foot in the ground with mound OF sto
or earth four feet in diameter, by two feet
height around the post. Where it is prac
cally impossible on accoant OF bedrock
precipitous ground to sink such posts, tn
may be placed in pile OF stones. When
stone is used not rock in place, it must
at least six inches square and eighteen
length set two.thirds of its length in
ground, which tree, stake or monum'
must he so marked as to designate
corner of the claim located; provided, t
il the United States survey has been
tended over said land then the claim may
taken by legal subdivision, and no OF
monument, except that upon which
location notice is posted, shall be requi
than the United States corners
Sec. Ia. The locator of any placer cl
shall, within sixty days from the date OF
location of such claim have the 81
recorded by the mining district recol
and the County Recorder, in books kept
that purpose, in the mining district
county in which such claim is situa
which record must contain: First, the n
Of the claim, designating it as pl
claim; second, the name OF the locator
locators: third, the date of such locat
fourth, the number of feet or acres
claimed; fifth, description of the cl
with reference to some natural oblee
permanent monument as will identity
claim. Any record of the location
placer mining claim which shall not col