The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-12-25

i w
|authosind toaadnniniabr seths shall =
70 cents.
Such affidavit, Or certified copy there's
IN case the original Is lost, shall be prina
facie evidences Of the performance Of suel
labor. The failure 70 die such affidavit
shall be considered prima Acie evidence
that such labor has notbeen done.
SEC. Z. The location of abandoned
Iclaims shall be done in the same manner
Is if the lecation were Of = new claim
but the locator may, instead Of sinking !
new discovery shaft, sink the origina
discovery shaft ten feet deeper than it VI.
at the time Of his location, or he may drive
the open cut or tunnel ten feet further
along the course Of the lead, lode or vein
and must erect new posts or monuments
SEC. g.. Medication notice shall CLAIM
more than one location, whether the loca.
ton is made By one or several locators
and if itpurport to claim more than one
location it is absolutely void.
SEC. 8. That section 8103 Of the re.
vised statutes of Idaho is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 3103. For the convenience Of
prospectors and locators, the county re-
csrders of the several counties must ap
point 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 ~
valid as if made by the deputy, and must
be entered BY the recorder US hereinafter
required: Propsded, That whenever al
any time afterwards, the recorder has ap-
pointed deputy for such district Or
place, the authority OF the person elected
by the resident miners ceases.
SEC. no.. When the right to mine is in
any case separate from the ownership or
right OF occupancy OF the surface ground,
the Owners Or righttul occupants OF the
surface ground may demand satisfactory
security from the miners, and it il be re-
fused or not given, may enjoln such miners
from working such ground until such
security is given. The court granting the
writ Of injunction shall Tx the amount
and nature of the security.
SEC. IL. Placer claims, as mentioned
IN section 1929 Of the revised statutes OF
the Uniteu States, may be- located 1or the
purpose OF mining deposits aud precious
stones after the discovery OF such de-
posts.
SIC. IL. 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 2 anu of this Act. Every
placer claim must be 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. Tie location notice thereof
must contain the date of the location, the
name OF the locator, the name and dimen-
sions OF the claim and must also give such
description OF the locality thereof by
reference to natural landmarks or ixeu
objects and contiguous claims, it any, rs
to render the situation Of the same reas-
onably certain from the letter OF the no
tice itself.
SEC. Is. That section 31O4 of the re-
vised statutes OF Idaho he amended to
read as follows:
Section 31O4. At or before the time OF
presenting location notice tor record,
whether it be Tor aquartz or placer Claim,
one Of the locators named in the same
must make and subscribe an affidavit, in
writing on or attached to the notice, SUBJ
stantislly in the following torn, to-wit:
State Of Idaho, county Of. ....... ss.
l, ....., do solemnly swear that am
citizen Of the United States Of America
Cor have declared my intentions to be.
come such) and that l 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 or
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 by
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 claims) that have opened
new grouno 10 the extent or depth Ut ten
teet as required by the laws Of idaho.
signature, -. -
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
80. day OF $500. A. ID. 49,.
Signature, -. 1890.
SEC. IA. That section 3lO5 Of the re-
vised statutes OF Idaho Is amended 20 Is
to read as follows, to-wit: