The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-25
FILING OF PROOFS oF LABOR.
Ruling of the County Attorney On
the New Mining Law.


In relation to the new law requiring
the fling and recording Of proofs OF
labor in the performance of annual as
sessments on mining claims, County
Attorney Van Colt has ruled that all
proofs of labor for assessments neces-
sary for 1897 must be filed with the
county recorder before the LIST of Jan
uary. 1858. although these need not
necessarily be recorded by that time IN
order TO maintain title to the property.
Mr. Van Colt holds that the privilege
of 80 days in which to file and record
the proofs of labor after the completion
of the work should be construed so as
to come within the calendar year in
which it is obligatory to perform such
labor, and that if such assessment
work is not completed until any date
in December, the proof must be filed
before the 1st of January in order to
avoid d forfeiture of title.
There are leading lawyers, however,
who do not agree with Mir. Van Colt in
this and who are of the opinion that
the claim-holder has 80 days in which
to file his proofs of labor, no matter
in which month of the year the work
was performed.
The law is certainly ambiguous and
open to numerous constructions, and
as in its tenor it is in opposition to the
United States mining laws, there is no
doubt but that it could be defeated as
unconstitutional
However. mining men who have COM
pleted their assessments, should file the
required notice, and thus run no risks
or chances.
The fee for recording is % cents I'M
til the first Of the year when the price
OF % cents will apply only to such
proofs as contain only one claim, the
law providing for an additional charge
for each additional claim embraced in
the proof in order to compensate for
the extra labor of indeXing and alb
stracting, etc.
The recorder IS preparing a special
receipt to be given for proofs of labor
specifying the claims covered
FILING OF PROOFS.
Yesterday was a busy day with
County Recorder Jensen, and during
the day the following proofs of labor
were filed:
c. W. Cook and Robert Miller. for
the Amazon. Eicking, Lyon, Granger
Leopard and Bedwin lodes. in West
Mountain district.
]. s. johnson. for the Enterprise lode
in Big Cottonwood district.
C w. Cook and Robert Miller. for the
Reindeer and Pyramid lodes in West
Mountain district.
c. w King, for the Boston, Cairo
Athens Nos. ! and 2. Marette, Grant
Makeup Jim. St. Nicholas and You
Bet lodes. in West Mountain district
Frank Baylor. for the Madeline lode
in West Mountain district.
Anthony Deilanna. for the Grab Al
lode in West Mountain district
a. Dellanna, for the Republican lodt
in West Mountain district.
Patrick McAviney, for the Badger
lode in West Mountain district.
George Thomson, for the Satellite
lode in West Mountain district
Thomas Gange. for the Republican
Shamrock and Star of the West lode'
in Draper mining district.
Edward Cleary, for the Lone Tree
Julia S. Julia West Extension, JUL;
West No. 3, Sur, Sur Extension anC
Live Oak fraction lodes in West Noun
tain district.
Charles a. Falco. for the Bulldoze
and Riqualdo lodes in West Mountain
district.
c. W. Baker and VIM. Parry, for TIL
Annie No. ] and Annie No. lodes il
Draper district.