Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-29

COruer snail mean the oHlclal appointed
by the gold commissioner to record appli-
cations and grant entries for claims IN the
mining divisions into which the commits
sioner may divide the Yukon district.
Free Miners and Their Privileges.
"a free miners certificate shall not be
transferable. This certificate may be grant
ed for one year to run from the date there
of or from the expiration of the applicants
| then existing certificate, upon the payment
thereof of the sum of SO, unless the certifi-
cate is to be issued in favor of a joint
stock company. in which case the fee shall
be $50 Tor company having nominal cap
having nominal capital exceeding 100000
the fee shall be 800. Only one person or
Joint stock company shall be named in a
certificate. This certificate shall also grant
the holder the privilege of fishing and
shooting, subject to the provisions of law;
the privilege of cutting timber for actual
necessities. for building houses, boats, and
for general mining operations; for the ex-
elusive use of the miner himself, but such
permission shall not extend to timber which
may have been granted to other persons
tanned by applicants in person at the de-
partment Of the interior, Ottawa, or from
Manitoba: Calgary. Edmonton. Prince AL
bert, in the Northwest Territories; kam-
loops and New Westminster, in the prov
ince of British Columbia: at Dawson, in
the Yukon district; also from agents Of the
government at Vancouver and Victoria,
B; G.
"If any free miners certificate be acci-
dentally destroyed or lost, the owner there
of may, on payment of fee of 81, have
true copy: No person or joint stock COM
pany will be recognized as having any
right or interest in or to any claim unless
he or it and every person in his or its en-
ployment shall have free miners certifi-
cate unexpired. And on the expiration of
free miners certificate the owner there
of shall absolutely forfeit all his rights and
interest, unless he shall. on or before the
day following the expiration of such GER
tiiicate, obtain a new free miners certiti-
cate. Nevertheless, should any co-owner
fail to keep up his free miners certificate
act as an abandonment of the claim; but
the interest of such co-owner SHALL ipso
facto, be and become vested in his CO.
owners, pro rata, according to their for
mer interests; provided, nevertheless, that
shareholder in a joint stock company
need not be free miner.
Rights Under Mining Certificates.
Every free miner shall, during the con-
tinuance of his certificate, have the right
to enter. locate prospect and mine for gold
and other minerals upon any lands In the
Yukon district, whether vested in the crown
or otherwise, except upon government res
erVations for townsites, land which is oc-
cupied by any building, land falling within
lawfully occupied for placer mining pur-
poses, and also Indian reservations. Pre-
vious to entry upon lands lawfully occupied
such free miner shall give adequate secur-
ity.- to the satisfaction of the mining re-
corder, for any loss or damage which may
be caused by such entry.
"a creek or gulch claim shall be 25O feet
long, measured in the general direction of
the creek or gulch. The boundaries of the
the creek or gulch shall be lines along bed
or rim rock three feet higher than the rim
or edge Of the creek, or the lowest general
drawn or marked aS to be at every point
three feet above the rim or edge of the
guich opposite to it at right angles to the
general direction of the claim for it's
length; but such boundaries shall not in
any case exceed 1000 feet on each side of
the center of the stream or gulch. If the
boundaries be less than 100 feet apart horl-
or rim rock 100 feet apart horizontally; fol-
Lowing as nearly as practicable the direc-
ton of the valley for the length of the
on one side of the river. and shall not eX-
ceed 80 feet in length, measured in the
dirsetSn re of the n riTer The m other her
general direction of the river shall be lines
alcng bed. or rim rock three feet higher
claim SO drawn or marked as 10 be at every
point three feet above the rim or edge of
the river opposite to it at right angles 10
the general direction of the claim for its
length; but such boundaries shall not in
my case be less than go feet or exceed Il
distance of 1000 feet from low-water mark
OF the river A hill claim shall not exceed
80 feet in length, drawn parallel TO the
main direction of the stream or ravine on
shall not exceed LOCO feet. All other placer
claims shall be 80 feet square.
Stalking on Claims.
Every placer claim shall be as nearly a
possible rectangular In form, and marked
by two legal posts firmly fixed in the
ground. The line between the two. posts
shall be we'll cut out, so that one post may.
II the nature of the surface VIII permit, be
seen from the other. The tlatted side of
each post shall face the claim, and on each
POST shall be written. on the side facing the
claim legible notice stating the name or
nIm9er t., OF the the claim, or both If possible its
the full Christian or surname of the To-
Gator. Every alternate ten claims shall be
That is to say. when claim is located. the
d:scoverer,s claim and nine additional
claims adjoining. each other and numbered
consecutively will be open for registration.
Then the next ten claims of $50 feet each
Will be reserved for the government, and so
on. The penalty for trespassing, upon
claim reserved for the crown shall be i'm
| mediate cancellation of any entry or en-
tries 0h3 which the TT mtrespas;sing may
or purchase. for mining claim, and the
refusal of the acceptance of any applica-
tion which the person trespassng may at
any time make for claim.
IF any free miner or party of free min
ers discover new mine and such dis
covery shall be established to the salts
faction OF the mining recorder, creek. river
or hill claims of the following size shall
be allowed: To one discoverer, one claim,
800 feet in length: to a party of two dis
coverers. two claims, amounting together
tn 10G0 feet in length: to each member of
a party beyond two in number, a claim
OF the ordinary size only.
"A claim shall be recorded with the min
ing recorder in whose district it is situ-
ated. within ten days after the location
thereof, if it is located within ten miles of
the mining recorders office. One extra
day shall be allowed for every additional
ten miles or fraction thereof. In the event
of the claim being more than 100 miles
from a recorders office and situated where
other claims are being located, the free.
miners. not less than five IN number. are
authorized to meet and appoint one of
their number a free miners RECORDER
| who shall act in that capacity until a min
ing recorder is appointed by the gold COM