The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-02

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- Section 800. Mining claims hereafter
located upon ystns& Ib1ss Of qnarts. Or
other rock in place bearing any Of the
metals or other valuable deposits men
toned in section 1890 Of the revised stat.
utes of the United Htates, may extesd to
800 feet on each side Of the middle Of the
vein OF lode: fyostdsd, That when the
iocators have set stakes, posts or monu-
.meu6 described in section 3 hereof, to
Indicate the line Of the vein, ledge or
lode, such stakes, posts or monuments
must be taken for the purposes of such
location, to mark correctly the line there
Of, and such line smuat not afterwards be
changed 80 a 70 affect rights acquired or
interfere with any locations made subse-
.quent thereto.
SEC. 3. Section 81ol 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 = qaonument 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 moA-
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 SO marking
his boundaries, he must post aS 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, the distance and
direction from the discovery monument
to such natural object or permanent mon
ument, if any such there 30, as will fix
and describe in the notice itself the loca-
ton of the claim; snd seventh, the name
of the mining district, county and state.
When, from any cause, monument can
not be safely planted ct the true corner
or angle, it may be placed as near thereto
as practicable, aud 80 marked Is to indi.
cate the place of such corner or angle.
Monuments may be made Of any such
material or form Is will readily give no
tlce, and when Of posts or trees, they must
be hewn and marked upon tho 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 Che ground, and trees must
be so h6un ~ to readily attract attention.
At ths time the locator 20 marks the
boundaries of his claim, be may do SO in
any direction that will not interfere with
rights or claims which existed prior to
his discovery.
SEC. 8. 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 q the surface, and
of not less than l6 square feet area. Any
excavation which shall cut such vein 10
feet from the lowest part Of the rim Of
such shaft and which shall measure 16Q
cubic feet in extent shall be conaidered Z
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 90 days
from and after the date Of location.
SEC. 4. Within 90 days after the ioca.
tion Of the claim the locator or his assigns
must file 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 is situated substantial
copy of his notice Of location.
SEC. 8. If 1t any time the locator Of
any mining claim heretofore or hereafter
located, or his assigns, shall appsehend
that his original certificate was defective,
erroneous, or that the requirements Of the
Law had not been complied With before
fling, or shalt be DESTROYS Of changing
the surfacs boundaries, or of taking any
part of an overlapping claim which ha,
been abandoned, or in case tho original
certificate ives made prior to the passage
Of this law, aud be shall be desiroua Of
securing the benefits Of this Act, such To-
Gator or bis assigns may die an additional
certificate subject to the conditions Of thi,
Act and to contain I'll that this Act re.
quired an original certificate to contain
PROVIDED. That such amended location
does not interfere With the existing rights
of others ct the time when such amend.
ment y made.
SEC. 8. Within 90 days after any time
ct or period allowed for the performance