The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-12

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direction from the discovery monument
10 such natural object or permanent mon
umsnt.. if any such -4hsrs be, . will III
and describe in tho Aotics 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 It the true corael
or angle, it may be placed - near thereto
as practicable, and 90 marked q to indi-
cate the place Of such corner Or angle
Monuments may be made Of any such
material or form rs will readily give no
tlce, and when of posts or trees, they must
be hewn and marked upon the side facing
towards the discovery, and must be al
least four inches square or in diameter.
Monuments must be at least four feet
high above the ground, and trees must
be SO hewn as TO readily attract attention
At the time the locator SO marks the
boundaries of his claim, he may do 80 in
any direction that will not interfere with
rights or claims which existed prior to
his discovery.
SEC. 8. Within sixty days after such
location, the locator or his assigns, must
sink shaft upon the lode to the depth Of
ut least ~ feet from the lowest part OF
the rim Of such shaft at the surface, and
Of not less than l6square feet area. ANY
excavation which shall cut such vein ~
feet from the lowest part of the rim oil
such shaft and which shall. measure 1910
cubic feet in extent shall be considered u
compliance with this provision. Any 10.
Gated claim upon which work has been
done in compliance with the above re-
quiremeats is not. unless abandoned, sub
)ect to relocation for period of 80 days
from and alter the date of location.
SEC. 4. Within 80 days after the loca-
ton Of the claim the locator or his assigns
must file for record in the Office of the
county recorder OF the county or OF the
deputy recorder of the mining district in
which the claim is situated substantial
copy Of his notice Of location.
SEC. 5. II ut any time the locator oil
any mining claim heretofore or hereafter
located, or his assigns, shall apprehend
that his original certificate was detective,
erroneous, or that the requirements of the
law had not been complied with before
thing, or shall be DESTROYS of changing
the surface boundaries, or of taking any
part Ut an overlapping claim which has
been abandoned, or in case the original
certificate was made prior to the passage
Of this law, aud he shall be DESTROYS Oi
securing the benefits OF this Act, such To-
Gator or his assigns may dle an additional
certificate subject to the conditions of this
Act aud to contain all that this Act re-
CURED an original certificate to contain
Provided, That such amended location
does not interfere with the existing rights
of others at the time when such amend.
ment Is made.
SEC. &. Within so days after any time
set or period allowed for the performance
of labor, or making Improvements upon
any lode or placer claim, the person in
whose behalf such work or improvement
is performed, or some person for him
must make and record AN affidavit IN
substance as follows:
State of Idaho, county of. So.
Before me, the subscribed personally y,
appeared -......., who beng first duly
sworn, says that at least $500. dollars
worth OF work or improvements were per-
formed or made upon -. claim, situate
in. mining district, county Of .....,
state OF Idaho; that such expenditure al
made by, for, Or at the expense of $3.50.
owners OF said claim, for the purpose OF
holding said claim.
Signature, 80. ..
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this. day OF. -, 169..
The fee for administering the oath and
recording the foregoing affidavit, when
taken before the county recorder or dep
uty mining recorder, shall be 50 cents
the foe for recording the the same when
oath is taken before any other officer
authorized TO administer oaths shall be
50 cents
Such affidavit, or certified copy thereof
in case the original is lost, shall Ue prima
tacie evidence of the performance of such
labor. The failure to file such affidavit
shall be considered prima facie evidence
that such labor has not been done.
SEC. z. The location of abandoned
claims shall be done in the same manner
as if the location were of a new claim ;
but the locator may, instead Of sinking q
new discovery shaft, sink the original
discovery shaft ten feet deeper than it was
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. 9. No location notice shall claim
more than one location, whether the loca
ton is made by one or several iocators,
and If it purport to claim more than one
location 1t is absolutely void.