The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-02-05
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WYHAN'H INNING LAW.
1nfermation ior Those Nht Dslvs ~
the EartA's Hidden Treasare.

Information for Those Wht Delvs 5ur
the EartA's Hidden Treasure.
SECTION 1. That section Sf00 OF the
revised statutes Of Idaho be amended to
read a. follows:
Section 300. Mining claims hereafter
located upon veins u lodeesof quartz, or
other rock in place bearing any Of the
metals or other valuable deposits men
toned in section 1890 or the revised stat
utes of the United States, may extend to
800 feet on each side Of the middle of the
vein or lode: PROVIDED, That when the
locators have cot stakes, posts or monu-
ments described in section 3 hereof, to
indicate the line of the vein, ledge or
lode, such stakes, posts or monuments
must be taken for the purposes Of spch
location, to mark correctly the line there
of, and such line must not afterwards be
changed 80 as TO affect rights acquired or
interfere with any locations made subse-
quent thereto.
SEC. 2. Section 8101 Of the revised
statutes of Idaho be amended to read as
follows:
Section S1O1. The locator, at the time
of making the discovery of such vein or
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 tho claim and the corner or angle It
represents; also 1t the time of so 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, Is 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
as practicable, and 30 marked Is to indi-
cate the place Of such corner or angle.
Monuments may he made of any such
material or form as will readily give no
tlce, and when of poats OF trees, they must
be hewn and marked upon the side facing
towards the discovery, and must be vt
least four inches square or in diameter.
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high above the ground, and trees must
be SO hewn as to readily attract attention.
At the time the locator 30 marks the
boundaries of his claim, be may do SO in
any direction that will not interfere with
rights or claims which existed prior to
his discovery.
SEC. 8. Within si4ty days after such
location, the locator or his assigns, must
sink a shaft upon the lode to the depth OF
at least 10 feet from the lowest part OF
the rim of such shaft at the surface, and
of not less than Is square feet area. Any
excavation which shall cut such vein III
feet from the lowest part of the rim Of
such shaft and which shall measure 100
cubic feet in extent shall be considered =
compliance with this provision. Any To-
Gated claim upon which work has been
done in compliance with the above re.
quirements 10 not, unless abandoned, sub
ject to relocation for . period Of 30 days
from and after the dats of location.
SEC. 4. Within % days after the loca.
tion Of the claim the locator or his assigns
must file for record in the Office of ths
county recorder Of the county or of the
deputy recorder of the mining district ir
which the claim il situated substantia
copy of his notice of location.
Sec. s. If at any time the locator o.
any mining Claim heretofore or hereafter
located, or his assigns, shall apprehent
that his original certificate was defective
erroneous, or that the requirements of sh'
law had not been complied with before
filing, or shall be DESTROYS of changing
the surface boundaries, or Of taking ap.
part of An overlapping claim which ha
been abandoned; or in ease the origina
certificate was made prior to the passag'
of this law, and he shall be DESTROYS o
securing the benefits Of this Act, such 10
Gator or his assigns may die m additional
certificate subject to tho conditions Of thi
Act and to contain al that this Act 70
quired an originai certificate to contain
Provided, That such amended location
does not interfere with the existing right
of others 1t the time when such amend
ment IL made.
| SEC. 8. Within 60 days after any tim,