The record-union., 1897-08-23
HOW TO TAKE UP A CLAIM.
WHAT THE NEW MINING LAW
REQUIRES.
OF Special Interest Now That Gold
Hunting Has Become So
General.


and central counties, the Record
Union" republishes the mining law
passed by the late Legislature, believing
it will prove of interest to many hun
dreds of prospectors.
The law went into effect on May 9th
last. and under its provisions, the loca-
tors of mining claims within this State
are given sixty days time in which to
perfect their locations, subject to the
following requirements:
The discoverer of any vein or lode snail
Immediately upon making a discovery
erect at the point of discovery a sub
etantial monument or mound of rocks
and post thereon a preliminary notice
which shall contain: l. The name
of the lode or claim; :. The name OF
the locator or locators; 3. The date
of the discovery; t. The number OF
linear feet claimed in length along the
course of the vein each way from the
point of discovery; >. The width
claimed on each side of the center OF
the vein; g. The general course OF
the vein or lode, as near as can be; l.
That such notice is a first or preilml-
nary notice This first or preliminary
notice must be recorded in the office
of the County Recorder in the county
I'm which the claim is situated within
twenty days after the posting thereof
Within sixty days from the date OF
discovery the discOverer must do sou
worth of work in developing his dis
covery, and distinctly mark the loca-
tion on the ground so that its bound
aries can be readily traced, and within
that time the locator must file in the
county in which the claim is situated
a certificate of location, which said
certificate shall state:
. The name of the locator or loca-
tors.
g. The date Of discovery and posting
of notice, provided for in Section OF
said Act, which shall be considered as
the date of the location.
4. A description of the claim, de-
fining the exterior boundaries as they
are marked upon the ground and
such additional description by refer
ence to some natural objects, or
permanent monument, as will identity
the claim.
;. A statement that such certificate
is final or completed notice of location,
and that he has performed the afore-
said $50 worth of labor in developing
work thereon within the aforesaid
sixty-day period, stating generally the
nature thereof. Said certificate shall
be dated and signed by or on behalf OF
the locator or locators' and verified by
them or by some one in their behalf,
and when filed for record shall be
deemed and considered as prima facie
evidence of the facts therein recited.
The performance of such labor shall
be deemed a necessary act in complet-
ing such location and a part thereof,
and no part thereof shall inure to the
benefit of any subsequent location
In the case of a placer location but
one notice or certificate of location is
required to be posted and recorded.
To make a valid placer location, the
discoverer must perform the following
acts, viz:
First-He must Immediately post in
a conspicuous place at the point of
discovery thereon a notice or certiti-
cate of location thereof containing:
(a) The name Of the claim
b) The name of the locator or Ia
Gators.
(e) The date of discovery and post
ing of the notice hereinbefore provided
for, which shall be considered as the
date of the location.
Cd A description of the claim by
reference to legal subdivisions of sec
tions, if the location is made in con-
formity with the public survey, other
wise, a description with reference to
some natural object or permanent
monument as will identify the claim,
and where such claim is located by
legal subdivisions of the public survey
the fact, be marked by the locator
such location shall, Notwithstanding
upon the ground, the same as other
locations.
Second-Within thirty days from
the date of such discovery he must
record such notice or certificate of To-
cation in the office of the County Re
corder of the county in which such
discovery is made and so distinctly
mark his location on the ground that
its boundaries can be readily traced.
Third-Within sixty days from the
date of the discovery, the discOverer
shall perform labor upon such location
or claim in developing the same to an
amount which shall be equivalent in
the aggregate to at least ten dollars
(S10) worth of such labor for each
twenty acres, or fractional part thereof,
contained in such location or claim.
Fourth-A failure to perform such
labor within said time shall cause all
rights under such location to be for
feited, and the land discovered there
by shall at once be opened to location
by qualified electors other than the
preceding locators, but shall not in
any event be open to location by such
preceding 1ocators, and any labor per-
formed by them thereon shall not in
ure to the benefit of any subsequent
locator thereof.
Fifth-Sueh locator shall, upon the
performance of such labor. file with
the Recorder of the county an affi-
davit showing such performance. and
generally the nature and kind of work
so done
The placer locator should note that
his notice of location must be record
ed within thirty days from the date of
discovery. Further, that the affidavit
of the performance of SO worth of
work upon each twenty acres or frac-
tional part thereof contained in such
location must be recorded within
sixty days from the date of discovery.
There is no reason why the notice and
affidavit may not be recorded at the
same time. provided the said work is
done within the first thirty days. Lo-
Gators should also take notice that no
record Of a mining claim or mill site
Is of any effect if not recorded in the
proper county records, as the State law
practically does away with mining re-
Gorders.
Further than this. work required by
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