The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-03-20

the fee for recording the sanlA when the
oath is taken before any other officer
authorized p aAmiaistsr o&ths shalI be
80 cents.
Such affidavit, or certified copy thereof
in case the original is lost, shall be prfma
|-facie evidence of the Performance of such
labor. The failure to f1ie such affidavit
shall be considered prima facie evidence
that such labor has not been done.
I gSEc. Z. The location Of abandoned
claims SHAH be done in the same manner
a if the iocation were Of new claim
but the locator msy, instead Of sinking a
new discovery shaft, sink the original
discovery di,sft tes fset deeper than il was
at the timeof his location, or he may drive
the open cut or tunnel ten fest farther
along the course of the lead, lode or vein,
and must erect new posts or monuments
SEC. s. No location notice shall clam
more than one location, whether the loca-
ton 10 made By one or several locators,
and if it purport to claim more than one
location it is absolutely void.
SEC. 9. That section 3103 of the re.
[vised statutes of Idaho il hereby
amended to read as follows: =,
Section 81O3. For the convenience of
prospectors and locators, the county re
csrders of the several counties must APP
point q deputy at any place where he may
deem it necessary, and at ali places more
than 20 miles distant from IN existing
Office whenever ten or more mining loca-
tors interested, petition for the appoint-
ment of deputy. Upon failure Of any
recorder to appoint deputy for ten days
after the petitioa 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 40 if made by the deputy, and must
be entered by the recorder as hereinafter
required: Prop,ded, That whenever at
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. 10. When the right to mine is in
any case separate from the ownership or
right OF occupancy of the surface ground,
the owners or rightful occupants of the
surface ground may demand satisfactory
security from the miners, and if it be re-
fused or not given, may epjoip such miners
from working such ground until such
security is given. The court granting the
writ of injunction shall tix the amount
and nature of the security.
SEC. IL. Placer claims, as mentioned
in section 1929 of the revised statutes of
the United States, may he located for the
purpose of mining deposits and precious
stones after the discovery of such de-
posits. .....
SEC. 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 and 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 ia
situated. The location notice thereof
n,nst contain the date of the location, the
name of the locator, the name and dimen-
siens Of the claim and must also give such
a description of the locality thereof by
reference to natural landmarks or Fixed
objects and contiguous claims, if any, as
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: & e@lsaaaE
Section 8104. At or before the time Of
presenting q location notice for record,
whether it be for quartz 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
stantially in the following form, to- wit:
State OF Idaho, county Of. ......ss.
-. -, do solemnly swear that am
= citizen of the United States of America
Tor 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 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 if 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 ground to the extent or depth Ut ten
ieet % required by the laws of Idaho.
signature, -. 49,.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
IN