The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-01-08

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SECTION I. That section 300 Of th
revised statutes Of Idaho be amended 4
read as follows:
Section 800. Mining claims hereafte
located upon veins or lodes Of quartz, o
other rock in place bearing any of th'
metals or other vxlnable deposits men
toned in section 1890 Of the revised stat
utes Of the United States, may extend t
300 feet on each side of the middle of tn,
vein or lode: Provided, That when th,
locators have set stakes, posts or monu
ments described in section 2 hereof, t
indicate the line of the vein, ledge o.
lode. such stakes, posts or monument
must be taken for the purposes of suct
location, to mark correctly the line there
of, and such line must not afterwards b.
changed so as to affect rights acquired Of
interfere with any locations made subse
quent thereto.
SEC. 2. Section 81O1 of the revised
statutes of Idaho be amended to read al
follows:
Section 9101. The locator, at the time
of making the discovery of such vein OF
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, a monument marked with the name
of the CLAIM and the corner or angle it
represents; also at the time of 80 marking
his boundaries, he must post at his dis
covery monument his notice of location
in which must be stated: First, 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 be, as will fix
and 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 corner
Or angle, it may be placed As near thereto
IS practicable, and 80 marked a. to indi-
cate the place of such corner or angle.
may be made of any such
or form as will readily give me-
ice, and when of posts or trees, they must
be hewn and marked upon the side facing
towards the discovery, and must be at
east four inches square or in diameter.
Monuments must ba 1t least four feet
high above the ground, and trees must
De SO hewn as to readily attract attention
1t the time the locator 80 marks the
boundaries of his claim, he may do so in
my direction that will not interfere with
lights or claims which existed prior to
lis discovery.
SEC. 8. Within sixty days after such
ocation, the locator or his assigns, must
ink shaft upon the lode to the depth of
It least 10 feet from the lowest part of
he rim of such shaft at the surface, and
# not less than l6 square feet area. ANY
which shall cut such vein 10
eet from the lowest part of the rim of
UGH shaft and which shall measure 100
ubic feet in extent shall be considered q |
compliance with this provision. Any To-
ated claim upon which work has been
lone in compliance with the above re-
luirements is not, unless abandoned, sub
ect to relocation for . period Of 30 days
rom and after the date of location.
SEC. 4. Within 80 days after the loca-
ion of the claim the locator or bis assigns |
must file for record in the Office of the |
ounty recorder of the county or Of the
eputy recorder Of the mining district in |
which the claim is situated substantial !
opy Of his notice Of location.
SEC. 5. If at any time the locator of
ny mining claim heretofore or hereafter |
ocated, OF his assigns, shall apprehend
bat his original certificate was defective,
rroneous, or that the requirements of che
Nv had not been complied with before
ling, or shall be DESTROYS of changing |
be surface boundaries, or of taking any !
art Of an overlapping Claim which has
cen abandoned, or in case the original
ertifcate was made prior to the passage
this law, and he shall be DESTROYS Of |
ecuring the benefits of this Act, such To-
ator or his assigns may file an additional
erti6cate subject to the conditions of this
ct and to contain oil that this Act re-
uired an original certificate to contain.
'rooided, That such amended location
oes not interiors with the existing rights
f others At the time when such amend
lent IL made.
Sec. s. Within 60 days after any time
It or period allowed for the performance