The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-09-18

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Section 800. Mining claims hereafter
located ppon .xeins Or lodes Of quarts or
other rock in place bearing any Of the
metals or other valuable deposits men.
toned in usctlbn $3.50 Of tho fevissa Sta
utes a the United ftatsu, may eztssd 70
500 feet on each side Of the middle Of the
vein or lode: Provided, Thst whom tho
locators have Get stakes, posts or monu-
ments described in section 2 hereof, 70
indicate the line Of the vein, ledge or
lode, such stdkss, posts or monuments
must be taken for the purposes OF such
location, to mark correctly thelins there
Of, and such line must not Afterwards b
changed % a. to affect rights acquired or
interfere with any locationssuade subse-
quent thereto.
sIc. 3. Section 8101 Of the revised
statutes Of Idaho be amended to read -
follow:
Section 8101. The locator, At the time
of making the discovery Of such vein or
lode. must erect . monument at SUCH
place Of discovery, upon which he must
place his 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, he 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 apd the corner or angle It
represents; also At the time of 80 marking
his boundaries, he must post at his dis
covery monument his notice OF location
in which must be stated: First, tho 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, the distance and
direction from the dlscovery monument
to such natural object or permanent mon
ument. if any such there be, a will hx
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 at the true corner
or angle, it may be placed - near thereto
a. practicable, and 80 marked a. to indi-
cate the place of such corner or angle.
Monuments may be made of any such
material or form Is will readily give me-
tice, and when of posts OF trees, they must
be hewn and marked upon the side facing
towards the discovery, and must b q
least four inches square or in diameter.
Monuments must be at least four feet
high above the ground, and trees must
be 30 hewn a. to readily attract attention
At the time the locator 10 marks the
boundaries of his claim, b may do 70 IN
any direction that will not interfere with
rights or claims which existed prior T.
his discovery.
SEC. 8. Within sixty days after such
location, the locator or bis assigns, must
sink q shaft upon the lode to the depth o.
at least 10 feet from the lowest part o.
the rim of such shaft at the surface, and
of not less than 16 square fest area. All
excavation which shall cut such vein Il
feet from the lowest part Of the rim O
such shaft and which shall measure 16(
cubic feet in extent shall b conGidered ,
compliance with this provisioa. Any 10
Gated claim upon which work has bee,
done in compliance With The above ~
quiremeuts il not, unleas abandoned, sub
ject to relocation for period Of % day
from and after the date of location.
SEC. 4. Within 90 days after tho loca
| ton Of the claim the locator q his assign
must file for record in tho Office Of th
county recorder of the county or Of h
deputy recorder of the mining district il
which the claim il situated . substsntia
copy of his notice Of locatioa.
SIC. s. If at any tims the locator Q
any mining claim heretofore or hereafte
located, or his assigns, shall apprehen'
that his original certificate vas defective
erroneous, or that the requirements Of Oh
law had not been complied with befor
fling, or shall b DESTROYS Of changin
the surface boundariss. or Of taking an
part Of an overlapping claim Which hs
been abandoned, OF In case the origin,
certificate was made prior to the passag
Of this law, and he shall DO desirOus 9
securing the benefits Of this Act, such ID
Gator or his assigns may die IN additions
certificate subject = H. oaditioas Of thl
Act and to contain oil that this Act n
quired IN original certificate to contail
PROVIDED, That such Amendad locAtip
does not interfere with the existing right
Of others ct the time when such amend
ment u made.
/ SEC. 6. Within 20 days after any tim