The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-21
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pefaltisent monuments as shah IDENTIFY
ne. re claim, ara furnish Al accurate iescrip-
tie'I, 20 oe sfseSerfscs- 2tFet 81 the patent A.
tht. expiration % the sixty days - puAli-
{ canon ne claimant shall file Ms AFFIDAVIT.
showing mat The piar AID notice have been
posted IN a conspicuous place o. the claim
/ during such period OF publication. II 10
( adverse claim shall have been fled w57~
I The register ard the receiver Of re proper
+ land Office AZ The expiration 81 he sixty
days % publication. Z. shah - assumed
mat me applicant IS entitled 20 a DassHt
upon ne payment 10 tho proper officer %
s. yer acre. ard that no adverse claim
exists; ard thereafter no oojAction from
/ fhiFc parties 20 the ISSUANCE - Il patent
( shall ee heard. except il oe snewn that .ae
terms Of this chapter
/ ''Z227 The description OF vein or lode
claims. upon SURVEYED lands, shall d@sis-
nate the location OF the claim with refer
e2ce 20 the lines Il the public surveys. hut
neeei not conform Herewith. but where j
patent shA!. he issued Tor claims u?3n
unsurveyed lands. the surveyor general N
extending he surveys. shall adjust tie
same - the boundaries % such patented
Cain. according 70 the plat or description
thereof. but - a. III no case 10 interfere
with or change the location OF any such
patented claim"
BY act % congress Of January - ISs9
sections 1924 ard 3l25 were amended ~
adding thereto the following words. Pro
V.Ged. that where the claimant for a pat
snt IS noc residen, of Or within the land
deposit sought to be patented IS located
the application for patent ana the atfida-
Wits required 10 De made IN this section by
the claimant for such patent may &c ma &c
by his. her or its authorized agent. where
said agent is conversant with the facts
sought 10 be established by said atfidav..s:
And, provided. that This section shall APP
ply 10 ali applications now pending for
patents 20 mineral lands"
Sec. = That section 1924 OF the revised
statutes Of the United States be amended
BY adding thereto the following words:
Provided. that the period within which
the work required 10 be done annually on
all unpatented mineral claims shah corn
ulence on the first day OF January sue
caeding the date Of location OF such claim,
and this section shall apply 10 all claims
located since The 10th of May. Aano Dom
mi eighteen hundred and seventy-two."
by act of congress February Il. 1875. sec
ton 2524 VAS amended so that where IA
person or company has or may run a .un-
mel for the purpose Of developing a lode
or lodes, owned by said person or company
the money 50 expended in said tunnel shall
=, taken ami considered as expended GA
said lode or l0des. whether located prior 10
or since the passage % said act, AMI Such
person or company shall not be required
to perform work on the surface OF sdlt lode
OF lodes in order 10 hold the same a. re-
QIired by this act.
"2Saa3 Where a tunnel is run for the de-
Velopmen; OF a vein or lode. or FOR the dis
c0very of mines. tbs ownars % such tunr e
shall have the right o. possession OF al
veins or lcdes within S1p feet from the
face Of such tunnel on the Line thereof not
previously known 10 exist, discovered IN
such tNrntl 10 The same r&t'8t -. 49,
covered from the surface: and locations on
F tie line u SUCH tunnel or veins or lodes
not appearing on the surface made oy
/ other parties after the Commencement 0t
/ the tunnel and while the same IS beng
: prosecuted with reasonable diligence. shall
be invalid; hut failure 10 prosecute the
work On the tunne! cor six months shall be
. considered as an abandonment OF he right
/ 10 all undiscovered VEINS on the line OF
{ such tunnel.
Placer Claims.
''2S29. Claims usually called 'placers.'
( including all forms of deposit; excepting
shah be subject to entry and patent. IN,
der Ike circumstances and conditions. and
upon similar Pr9ceed,inIgs as are provided
lands have been previously surveyed by
the United States. the entry In It's exterior
limits shall conform 70 the legal subdivi-
sons Il the public lands.
''2223o, Legal subdivisions OF forty acres
/ may be suhdiFldcd into teu-3Cre tracts;
! and two or more persons, Or associations
/ az persons. having contiguous claims OF
any sic. although such claims may be less
than ten acres each may make Joint entry
thereof. but no location OF placer claim.
mace 3t4er ne tLf Gay OF JNlN. ittU. StaIi
exceed lGo acres for any one person ~
association - persons. which location sHaIl
F conform 10 the United states surveys. and
nothing in this section contained shall d.
feat or impair any bona lide pTe-emption
or homestead claim upon agricultural
lands or authorize the sale ~ the i'm
proven7ents of any bona fide settler TO any
"al3i Where placer claims are upon sur
Veyed lands, and conform 10 legal sub
divisions. no further survey or plat shall
IA, yrair4 44sy -A.tfr
lCe8ted after she 10th ~ May. 1872 shall
II conform as near a. practicahlc with the
United states system ~ public Land sur
revs. and the rectangular subdivisions Of
such surveys and no such location shall
include moro than twenty acres for each
Individual claimant: but where placer
divisions survey and plat shall be mad
a~ on unSurveve3 lands. and where By N"
segregation Of mineral lands ~ any legal
subdivision 4 quantity Of Hgr1cUItGra! land
les than forty acres remains such frlr-
tiaral portions q sgrieu :ural land may BE-
entered ~ any party qualified by isw. for
homestead or presumption purposes.
Placer Claims Containing Lodeu
80 Where tho same person. assoc. r.
taou n corporation i IN possession - a
placer claim. ana 80 vein ~ '0de lr'-
GUIDED Within the hounc r~es thereof APP
~ alton shah Nv made for a patent FOR the
pla rer claim. with the Statement. f1at T.
Includes such VEN or io5a. auA I'm Su u
ease i pat~r, shall .eS8t for placer calm.
subject ~ fGe provisions II This chapter.
fu -luaing aei"h Vein ~ hNl~. UpoH the pay
ulsrt sf g. per -.r t.r SVrA Veiu rr lode
claim. pud twenty-five fett Il surface On
Zach S.3e thereof. Tn remainder ~ ne
placer c'airn e. any Placer claim n'' en-
braeirE any teiu ov Io5e e.ain, shall ie
rad FOR az 1he ra.. e 81 ~ ser acre. TO-
set9ec win az costs of proceed 0Es ami
50 re 1t Vein a. lete, such a. = te~-r, Bad
ira eect!on 80. % kuowu - extst within ne
boundaries = placer claim, a- apVi.ea e.
tan for a pa'Het for St.ra pi3oor cia m