The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-12-11
WYNA1D MINIS 1IW.


0AsSee 49,
the Earth's Hidden Treasure.
6rcrroN /. That section 800 Of tho
revised statutes of Idaho b amended To-
read - follow:
Section a1O0. Mining claims hereafter
located upon veins Of lcdes Of quartz. g
other rock in place bearing any Of the
metals 81 other vxlusbls deposits ussn-
toned in section 1890 Of the revised stat.
utes Of the United Htates, may extend to
800 feet on each side Of the middle Of the
vein or lode: Provided, That when the
ilocators have Get stakes, posts or monu-
meots 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
al, and such line must not Afterwards be
changed so as to affect rights acquired or
interfere with any locations made subse-
quent thereto.
SEC. 2. Section 81o1 Of the revised
statutes of Idaho be amended to read as
follows:
Section 31O1. 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 and the corner or angle II
represents; also at the time Of 50 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 discovery monument
| TO such natural object or permanent mon
| ument. if any such there be, a. will dx
aud 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 coraeI
or angle, it may be placed Is near thereto
as practicable, and 90 marked = to indi-
cate the place of such corner q angle
Monuments may DO made of any sucn
material or form as will readily give ne
tlce, and when of posts or trees, they must
be hewn and marked upon the side facing
towards the discovery, and must DO a
least four inches square or in diameter.
Monuments must be at least four fee
high above the ground, and trees mus
be so hewn as to readily attract attention
at the time the locator 90 marks TIL
boundaries of his claim, be may do 80 il
any direction that will not interfere viii
rights or claims which existed prior y
his discovery.
| SEC. 8. Within sixty days after sucl
location, the locator or his assigns, mus
sink a shaft upon the lode to the depth o
ut least 10 feet from the lowest part o
the rim of such shaft At the surface, AM
of not less than Is square feet area. An
. excavation which shall cut such vein i
feet from the lowest part Of the rim
such shaft and which shall measure Is
. cubic feet in extent shall be conlidered
compliance with this provision. Any IL
Gated claim upon which work has bee
done in compliance with the above r.
: quirements il not, unleas abandoned, sui
ject to relocation for . period Of % day
from and after the date of location.
, SEC. 4. Within 90 days after the loo.
> ton Of the claim the locator or his assign
must file for record in the Office of ii
county recorder of the county or OF tt
y deputy recorder of the mining district
) which the claim 10 situated . substspti'
copy of his notice Of location.
SEC. s. If at any time the locator
: any mining claim heretofore or hereaft'
l located, or his assigns, shall apprehen
that his original certificate was defectiv
; erroneous, or that the requirements OF q
;. law had not been complied with befo
fling, or shall be desirous of changir
the surface boundaries, or of taking Al
part of an overlapping claim which b
been abandoned, or in case the origin
4 certificate was made prior to the passal
of this Law, aud he shall DO desirous
A securing the benefits of this Act, such !
i Gator or his assigns may file An addition
t, certificate subject to the conditions Of Il
II Act and to contain all that this Act :
II quired an original certificate to contai
n Prosidsd, That such amended locati
7. does not interfere with the existing rigt
J. of others ut the time when such amen
u ment u made.
u SEC. 8. Within 90 days after any til
n s.t or vor3od >llnuaA fnr the r,erforman