The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-06-18


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 corner
or angle, it may be placed as near thereto
as practicable, and 80 marked as to indl- |
cate the place Of such corner or angle.
Monuments may be made OF any such
material or form as will readily give ne
tlce, and when of posts or trees, they must
be hewn and marked upon the side facing
towards the discovery, and must be at
least four inches square or in diameter.
Monuments must be Ut least four feet
high above the ground, and trees must
be SO hewn as to readily attract attention.
At the time the locator 80 marks the
boundaries of his claim, he may DO 50 in
any direction that will not interfere with
rights or claims which existed prior to
MS 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 IL feet from the lowest part OF
the rim Of such shaft ut the surface, and
OF not less than IL square feet area. ANY
excavation which shall cut such vein ~
feet from the lowest part OF the rim OF
such shaft and which shall measure 100
cubic feet in extent shall be considered u
compliance with this provision. Any To-
Gated claim upon which work has been
done in compliance with the above re-
quirements Is not, unless abandoned, sub
yect " relocation for period OF 30 days
from and alter the date Of location.
SEC. 4. Within 30 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 III
" hlch the claim is situated . substantial
copy of his notice OF location.
SEC. 8. 1t at any time the locator OF
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
fling, or snail he DESTROYS OF changing
the surface boundaries, or OF taking any
part Of 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 Ut
securing the benefits Of this Act, such To-
Gator Or his assigns may tile an additional
certificate subject to the conditions OF this
Act and to contain all that this Act re-
4uired an original certificate to contain.
| PROVIDED, That such amended location
does not interfere with the existing rights
| OF others ut the time when such amend
ment Is made.
SEC. =. Within 60 days after any time
set or period allowed tor 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........ss.
Before me, the subscribed personally
appeared ......,., who being first duly
sworn, says that at least ...... dollars
worth Of work or Improvements were per.
formed or made upon -. claim, situate
in.... mining district, county Of $500.
state OF Idaho; that such expenditure was
made by, for, or at the expense of .....
owners OF said claim, tor the purpose O
holding said claim.
Signature, -. $500.
| Subscribed and sworn to before m,
this. day Of. -, 1884,.
| The fee for administering the oath ant
recording the foregoing affidavit, whel
taken before the county recorder or dep
uty mining recorder, shall be so cents
the foe Tor recording the the same whel
oath is taken before any other office
authorized to administer oaths shall b.
so cents.
Such affidavit, or certified copy thereo
in case the original is lost, shall I've prim
tacie evidence of the performance of sucI
labor. The failure to file such affidavit
shall be considered prima facie evidenc
that such labor has not been done.
SEC. Z. The location OF abandone,
claims shall be done in the same name
as if the location were of new claim
but the locator may, instead of sinking
new discovery shaft, sink the origlna
discovery shaft ten feet deeper than it wa
at the time of his location, or he may driv
the open cut Or tunnel ten feet turtle
along the course of the lead, lode or vein
and must erect new posts or monuments
SEC. 8. No location notice shall clam
more than one location, whether the loca
ton is made BY one or several locators
and IT it pnrport to claim more than on
location it is absolutely void.
| SEC. 8. That section 3lO3 of the re
vised statutes of Idaho is hereb
J amended to read as follows:
| Section 31O3. For the convenience Q
prosPectors and locators, the county re