The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-26

sorry title remains in the claimant as
long as ne pays the annual fee The
same condition exists in Australia, and
IN British Columbia the regulations ere
practically the same. i was the gen
erdl opinion of the committee that TO
allow the title in fee TO remain in
the state would be TOO radical a change
and that it would be better 10 fix an
annual fee in l.eu of assessment work
at the option of the claimant to be
paid until such time as patent is
granted. The amount of this fee ls TO
be from $50 to 800 per anmuIn. Tue
committee differs somewhat on this
point Mr. Keyes thinks that an an
nual fee Of $50 would be sufficient, as it
would prevent the elaian hog from get
tgnG in his deadly work and f'eloeat-
ing the whole country side on the first
Of January of each year He thinks
that when 1T is known that $50 must be
paid every year the prospector will emily
take uD claim which he Is satisfied
wih pay for the expenditure. If ne
elects to do work on the property i'm
stead of paying the fee in cash, it was
suggested that the manner of deter
mining the value of the work done
should not be by affidavits and testi-
nony of neigRlboring miners, but by
the examination Of a competent official
deputy surveyor or special agent
WliOoG ICpOIN SflUUfQ CDNtT lHle STOullU
fully and be made under oath.
THE SIZE OF CLAIMS
Regarding tae size of the claims, MI
Keyes presented the idea SHAT ii Should
be large enough to fully protect the
miner, and offer an induceTlent for the
continuous working of his claim mas
much as The is to be confined to his
boundary lines, it was the opinion that
ioe claim should be of such size that
one claim would be sufficient for a
mime, and With a vein OF an ordinary
dip the miner would not get outside of
glis lines within tlae usual limits of min
ilg operations. 1t is Thought by most
OF those present THAI this condition
could he best secured by making che
Claim 1870 feet square, which would
include exactly 40 acres. In a claim of
thai size, If The vein is located in the
center Of the claim and has a dip of 10
degrees, this via give the owner a
depnA OF bsfween 800 and 900 fes,. on
his vein, The distance i11erea1,ng as the
dip OF The vein approaches the perpen-
dicuG3r- 1t is not proposed by the COM
mdttee, however, 10 confine a claim
ant 70 one claim. The suggestion is
made that claimants be permitted 90
take w as many claims as they can
afford to pay for The cases of Mex
leo and Australia We're c4tei. In fne
former country a pertenencia contains
IA acres. and in Australia about L
acres, and there is no limit TO the NUM-
Der of claims that may be taken up
in either question.
The question of adverses was taken
up and discussed at seine length, and
if che IDEAS of tlle connIndbtee prevail
there W4ll be no adverses in the coming
law, as When a. fling is permitted by
The local land office the questions which
have heretofore made adverses and
other forUns OF litigation possible VITA
faNa been eliminated from the situa-
ton. The tenure of the claimant de-
pending uD0n his payment of the an
nuaa fee CT thu performance of tina re-
CURED amount of work, If he fails to
comply vita the law his claim is at
once vacated and no adverse proceed
ings will be necessary.