The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-07-17

the fee for recording the same when th
oath is taken before any other Office
authorized to administer oaths shall b
so cents.
Such affidavit, or certified copy thereo
in case the original is lost, shall be prim
facie evidence Of the performance of sue
labor. The failure to flle such AFFIDAVIT
shall be considered prima facie evidenc
that such labor has not been done.
SEC. 7. The location of abaudone,
claims shall be done in the same name
~ if the location were of new claim
but the locator may, instead Of sinking
new discovery shaft, sink the cri9,na
discovery shatt ten feet deeper than it wa
1t the time of bis location, or he may driv,
the open cut or tuanel ten feet turtle
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 il made by one or several locators
and if it purport to claim more than one
location it is absolutely void.
SEC. 9. That section 31OS of the re-
vised statutes of Idaho is hereby
amended to read as followa;
Section 310s. 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 1t necessary, and at all places more
than 20 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 visiting 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 Is
valid IS if made by the deputy, and must
be entered by the recorder Us hereinafter
required: PROVIDED, 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 to mine is in
any case separate from the ownership or
right OF occupancy of the surface ground,
the owners or righttul 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 fix tho amount
and nature Of the security.
SEC. IL. 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.
posts.
SEC. IL. The locator of any placer
mining claim, located for the purpose
Of mining placer deposits OF precious
sAGaes, mus, at the time of making the |
location comply with all the requirements
Of sections 2 and s 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
aated, or in the office of the county re.
,order 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-
lions of the claim and must also give such
description of the locality thereof by
reference to natural landmarks or fixed
objects and contiguous claims, if any, As
o render the situation of the same reas.
'nably certain from the letter of the no.
ice itself.
Sec. IL. That section 31O4 of the re-
Used statutes of Idaho he amended to
cad as follows:
Section S1O4. At or before the time of
presenting location notice for record,
whether it be for quartz or placer claim,
ne OF the locat0rs named in the same
must make and subscribe an affidavit, in
writing on or attached to the notice, sub
in the following form, to-wit:
tate Of Idaho, county of. SIS.
I,......, do solemniy swear that l am
citizen of the United States of America
or have declared my intentions to be.
ONE sach) and that l 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
~ knowledge and belief been located f,
to the laws Of the United States
nd Of this state, or il so located, that the
anne has been abandoned or forfeited by
sason of the failure of such former To-
ators to comply in respect thereto with
le requirements OF SAID lava, and Tin
ase OF quartz claims) that ! have opened
ew ground to the extent or depth ct ten I
et rs required by the laws of Idaho.
: Signature, -.