The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-07-24
WYMAH's MINING Law.
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SECTION l.. That section 310O If n
revised statutes Of Idaho be amended /
read a. follows:
Section 300. Mining claims hereafte
located upon veins or lodes of quartz, o
other rock in place bearing any of tn
metals or other valuable deposits men
toned in section 1920 of the revised stat
utes of the United States, may extend t
300 feet on each side of the middle of th
vein or lode: PROVIDED, That when til,
locstors have set stakes, posts or monu
ments described in section hereof, t,
indicate the line of the vein, ledge O
lode, such stakes, posts or. monument
must be taken for the purposes of sue.
location, to mark correctly the line there
of, and such line must not afterwards b,
changed 30 as to affect rights acquired o.
interfere with any locations made subse
quent thereto.
SEC. 3. Section 8101 Of the revised
statutes Of Idaho be amended to read q.
follows: "a
Section s101. The locator, at the time
Of making the discovery of such vein o,
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, 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 claim and the corner or angle it
represents; also at the time Of 50 marking
his boundaries, he must post 1t his dis
covery monument his notice of location
in which must be stated: First, 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, the distance aud
direction from the discovery monument
10 such natural object or permanent mon
lment. if any such there be, as will fix
Ind describe in the notice itself the loca-
ion of the claim; and seventh, the name
# the mining district, county and state.
When, from any cause, monument can
lot be safely planted at the true corner
II angle, it may be placed as near thereto
. practicable, and so marked as to indi.
ate the place of such corner or angle.
documents may be made of any such
Material or form as will readily give me-
ice, and when of posts or trees, they must
70 hewn and marked upon the side facing
owards the discovery, and must be at
EAST four inches square or in diameter.
Monuments must be ut least four feet
Ugh above the ground, and trees must
Q SO hewn as to readily attract attention.
t the time the locator so marks the
oundaries of his claim, be may do so in
ny direction that will not interfere with
ghts or claims which existed prior to
is discovery. -
SEC. 8. Within sixty days after such
cation, the locator or his assigns, must
nix shaft upon the lode to the depth of
least 10 feet from the lowest part of
Re rim of such shaft at the surface, and
not less than Is square feet area. Any
'cavatlon which shall cut such vein 10
ct from the lowest part of the rim of ,
ch shaft and which shall measure 100
bic feet in extent shall be considered
mplisnce with this provision. Any 10. ,
ted claim upon which work has been
me in compliance with the above re- ,
'irements is not, unless abandoned, SUBJ ,
It to relocation for period Of 90 days
pm aud after the date of location. +,
SEC. 4. Within 30 days after tie loca. ,
IN Of the claim the locator or his assigns q
ust file for record in the Office of the ,
unity recorder of the county or of the y
putty recorder of the mining district in
'ich the claim is situated substantial $
py of bis notice of location. .~
SEC. s. If at any time the locator of =
, mining claim heretofore or hereafter {
'ated, or his assigns, shall apprehend c
It his original certificate was defective, '
oneous, or that the requirements of the n
had not been complied with before /.
ng, or shall be DESTROYS of changing &
surface boundaries, or of taking any "
It Of an overlapping claim which has n
n abandoned, or in case the original "
tiicate was made prior to the passage a
this law, and he shall he dcsirous of >,
uring the benefits of this Act, such To- n
or or his assigns may file an additional c.
tificate subject to the conditions Of this Il
and to contain all that this Act re. "
red an original certificate to contain. ie
'vided, That such amended location
g not interfere with tue existing rights
others at the time when such amend =
ut Is made.
&c. 8. Within 60 days after any time vi
or ,oor;n1 llou1oI f0r %b~ ~co~.r..~n. RI