The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-09-04

the fee for recording the same when ID.
oath is taken before any other Office
authorized to administer oaths shall b,
so cents.
Such affidavit, or certified copy thereo
lin case the original il Lost, shall be prim,
1facie evidence Of the performances of sucl
labor. The failure to die such affidavit
shall be considered prima facie evidence
that such labor has not been done.
SEC. z. The location of abandoned
claims shall be done in the same manne
a. if the location we're Of new claim
but the locator may, instead Of sinking /
new discovery shaft. sink the orig,na
discovery shaft ten feet deeper than it wa
at the time of his locstion, or he may driv,
the open cut or tunnel ten feet furthe
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 on.
location it is absolutely void.
SEC. 8. That section 3103 of the re-
vised statutes Of Idaho is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 31O3. For the convenience o.
prospectors and locators, the county re
csrders of the several counties must ap
point a deputy at any place where he may
deem it necessary, and at all places more
than 30 miles distant from an existing
Office whenever ten or more mining loca.
tors interested, petition for the appoint
ment of q deputy. Upon failure of any
recorder to appoint deputy for ten days
after the petition in writing 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- a
valid As if made by the deputy, and mus,
be entered by the recorder as hereinafter
required: Pror,ded, That whenever al
any time afterwards, the recorder has ap.
pointed deputy for. such district OF
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 OF
right OF occupancy Of the surface ground,
the owners or rightful occupants of the
surface ground may demand satisfactory
security from the miners, and it 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 Tx the amour,
and nature of the security.
SEC. IL. Placer claims, as mentioned
in section 1899 Ut the revised statutes OF
tue United States, may be located for the
purpose OF mining deposits and precious
stones after the discovery Of such de.
posits.
SEC. 10. The locator of any placer
mining claim, located for the purpose
of mining placer deposits or precious
stones, must At the time OF making the
location comply with all the requirements
of sections Q and 3 of this Act. Every
placer claim must he recorded within 81
days from the time of the location thereof
in the district in which the same is sit.
uated, or in the office of the county re.
corder of the county wherein the claim is
situated. The location notice thereof
must contain the date of the location, the
name OF the locator, the name and dimen.
sions OF the claim AID must also give such
description OF the locality thereof by
reference to natural landmarks or fixed
objects and contiguous claims. it any, az
10 render the situation Of the same reas
onabiy certain from the letter of the no.
tice itself.
SEC. IL. That section 31O4 of the re.
vised statutes of Idaho he amended t.
read a. follows:
Section 3104. At or before the time Of
presenting location notice for record
whether it be for quartz or placer claim
one OF the lOcat0rs named in the same
must make and subscribe an affidavit, in
writing on or attached to the notice, sub.
stantia!ly in the following form, to- wit
State OF Idaho, county of........ss.
l, ....., do solemnly swear that am
q citizen of the United States of Americs
(or have declared my intentions to be-
come sach) and that am acquainted
with the mining ground described in this
notice of location, and herewith called the
........ ledge, lode or claim; that the
ground and claim therein described OF
any part thereof has not to the best OF
my knowledge and belief been located
according to the laws Of the United States
and Of this state, or it so located, that the
same has been abandoned or forfeited Nv
reason Of the failure of such former To-
Gators to comply IN respect thereto with
the requirements OF said laws, and lin
case OF quartz clalms) that have opened
new ground to the extent or depth Of ten
teet NJ required by the laws Of Idaho.
Signature,
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
-. day OF ...... A. u. l89.