The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-11-13
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Section 800. Mining claims hereafts,
located upon veins q lodes Of quartz, o.
other rock in place bearing any Of the
metals o. other valuable deposits mon
toned In section 1890 Of the revised stat.
utes Of the United States, may extend Ia
500 feet on each side Of the middle u the
vein or lode: Provided, That when the
locatofs have Get stakes, posts or monu-
ments described in section 2 hereof, to
isdicats the line Of the vein, ledge OF
lode. auch stakes, posts Or monuments
must be taken for the purposes Of such
location, to mark correctly the line there
of, and such line must not afterwards be
changed 90 a. to affect rights acquired OF
interfere with any locations made subse-
quent thereto.
SEC. .. Section 3101 Of the revised
statutes Of Idaho be amended to read aa
follows:
Section 8101. The locator, at tho time
Of making the discovery of such vein or
lode, must erect monument at such
place of discovery, upon which he must
place bis name, the name of the claim,
the date of discovery and distance claimed
along the vein each way from such mon
ument. Within three days from the date
of discovery, be must mark the boundaries
Of bis claim by establishing At each cor
ner thereof, aud at any angle in the side
lines, monument marked with the name
of the clam and the corner or angle it
represents; also At the time of 20 marking
his boundaries, be must post at his dis
covery monument his notice of location
in which must be stated: Frat, the name
of the locator; second, the name Of the
claim; third, the date Of discovery; fourth,
the direction and distance claimed along
the ledge from the discovery; fifth, the
distance claimed on each side of the mid
die of the ledge; sixth, tho distance and
direction from the discovery monument
TO such natural object or permanent mon
ument. if any such there be, a. will fix
and describe in the notice itself the loca-
ton of the claim; and seventh, the name
Of the mining district, county and state.
When, from any cause, monument can
not be safely planted 1t the true corner
or angle, it may be placed - near thereto
as practicable, and 80 marked as to indi-
cate the place Of such corner or angle.
Monuments may be made of any such
material or form As will readily give no
tice, and when Of posts or trees, they must
be hewn and marked upon the side facing
towards the discovery, and must be at
least four inches square or in diameter.
Monuments must be at least four feet
high above the ground, and trees must
be SO hswn a. to readily attract attention.
At the time the locator 90 marks the
boundaries of his claim, he may do SO in
any direction that will not interfere with
rights or claims which existed prior to
his discovery.
SEC. s. Within sixty days after such
location, the locator or his assigns, must
sink shaft upon the lode to the depth OF
at least 10 feet from the lowest part Of
the rim of such shaft at the surface, and
of not less than 16 square feet area. ANY
excavation which shall cut such vein ~
feet from the lowest part of the rim of
such shaft and which shall measure 100
cubic feet in extent shall be considered q
compliance with this provision. Any To-
Gated claim upon which work has been
done in compliance with the above re-
quirements is not, unless abandoned, sub
ject to relocation for period of 30 days
from and after the date of location.
SEc. 4. Within 90 days after the loca.
ton Of the claim the locator or his assigns
must Ale for record in the Office of the
county recorder of the county or of the
deputy recorder of the mining district in
which the claim 10 situated substantial
copy Of his notice of location.
SEC. s. If at any time the locator of
any mining claim heretofore or hereafter
located, or his assigns, shall apprehend
that his original certificate was defective,
erroneous, or that the requirements Of the
law had not been complied with before
filing, or shall be DESTROYS Of changing
the surface boundaries, or Of taking any
part of IN overlapping claim which has
been abandoned, or in case the original
certificate was made prior to the passage
Of this Law, and he shall be DESTROYS Of
securing the benefits of this Act, such To-
Gator or his assigns may file an additional
certificate subject to the conditions of this
Act and to contain all that this Act re-
quired IN original certificate to contain.
PT0cidsd, That such amended location
does not interfere with the existing rights
of others 1t the time when such amend
ment u made.
SEC. 8. Within 60 days after any time