The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-01-01

the re for recording tie t6e zzms when
oath is taken, before any other ofncel
authorized to administer oaths shall Be
so cents.
sach affidavit, or certified copy thereof
I'M case the original i lost, shall b prima
taeie evidence Of the performances Of such
labor. The failure to Ale such affidavit
shall be considered prima facie evidence
that such labor has not boen done.
SEC. Z. The location of abandoned
claims shall be done in the same manner
a. it the location were Of new claim
but the locator may, instead Of sinking q
nov discovery shaft, sink the original
discovery shaft ten feet deeper than it waa
at the time of bis location, rhe may drive
tho open cut or tunnel ten feet further
along the course of the lead, lode or vein,
and must erect new posts Or monuments.
SEC. 8. No location notice shall claim
more than one location, whether the loca-
ton il made By one or several locators,
and if it purport to claim more than one
location it il absolutely void.
SEC. 9. That section 3103 of the 70.
vised statutes of Idaho il hereby
amended to read a. follows:
Section 31O3. For the convenience of
prospectors and locators, the county re
csrders of the several counties must up
point deputy at any place where he may
deem it necessary, and 1t all places more
than 30 miles distant from an exlsting
Office whenever ten or more mining loca-
tors interested, petition for the appoint
ment Of deputy. Upon failure of any
recorder to appoint deputy for ten days
after the petitioa in writing has been
presented to him, the resident miners in
such district may appoint temporarily,
one of their number to act q the recorder
for the district, whose record shall be as
valid as if made by the deputy, and must
be entered by the recorder ~ hereinafter
required: Propsded, That whenever al
any time afterwards, the recorder has ap
pointed deputy for such district OF
place, the authority of the person elected
by the resident miners ceases.
SEC, 10. When the right to mine is III
any case separate from the ownership or
right OF occupancy of the surface ground,
the owners or rightful occupants Of the
surface ground may demand satisfactory
security from the miners, and it it be re
fused or not given, may enjoin such miners
from working such ground until such
security is given. The court granting the
writ Of injunction shall Tx the amount
and nature OF the security.
SEC. IL. Placer CLAIMS, as mentioned
IN section 1929 OF the revised statutes OF
the United States, may be located for the
purpose OF mining deposits and precious
stones after the discovery OF such dc
posts.
SEC. IL. The locator of any placer
mining claim, located for the purpose
Of mining placer deposits or precious
stones, must ut the time Of making the
location comply with all the requirement.
vt sections 2 and Of this Act. Every
placer claim must be recorded within 81
days from the time Of the location thereof,
In the district in which the same il sit.
uated, or in the office Of the county re-
corder Of the county wherein the claim il
situated. The location notice thereoi
must contain the date of the location, the
name of the locator, the name and dimen-
sions of the claim AID must also give sucL
= description Of the locality thereof b,
reference to natural landmarks or hxeu
objects and contiguous claims, if any, a
10 render the situation Of the same reas
onably certain from the letter of the no.
tice itself.
SEC. ID. That section 31O4 of the r..
vised statutes OF Idaho be amended t.
read q follows:
Section 3104. At or before the time o.
presenting . location notice tor record
whether it be for quartz or placer Claim
one Of the Iocators named in the same
must make and subscribe an affidavit, il
writing on or attached to the notice, sub.
stantially in the following form, to- wit
State Of Idaho, county OF.
l, 1880, do solemply swear that am
citizen Of the United States Of Americs
Tor have declared my intentions to be
come sach) and that | am acquainted
with the mining ground described in this
notice Of location, aud herewith called the
........ ledge, lode or claim; that the
ground and claim therein described OF
any part thereof has not to the best OF
my knowledge and belief been located
according to the laws Of the United States
and Of this state, or ii SO located, that the
same has been abandoned or forfeited by
reason OF the failure of such former To-
Gators to comply In respect thereto with
a.