The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-05-14


direction from the discovery monumeas
10 such nstural object or permanent mon-
ument, if any such there Be. - Will nx
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 BIZ safely planted at the true corner
Or angle, it may be placed ~ near thereto
~ practicable, and 80 marked ~ to indl-
cate the place Of such corner or angle. !
Monuments may be made of any such
material or form Is will readily give NO
tice, and when of p0sts or trees, they must
bs hewn and marked upon the side facing
towards the discovery, and must be at
least four inches square or in diameter.
Monuments must be 1t lexst four feet
high above the ground, and trees must
bs 50 hswn ~ to readily attract attention.
At the time the locator 30 marks the
boundaries of his Claim, be may do 80 in
any direction that will not interfere with
rights or claims which existed prior to
MS discovery.
SEC. 3. Within sixty days after such
location, the locator or his assigns, must
sink shaft upon the lode TO tie depth OF
~ least ~ feet from the lowest part Ut
the rim Of such shaft at 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 y
compliance with this provision. Any lo-
Gated claim upon which work has been
done in compliance with the above re-
quirements ID not, unless abandoned, sub
Jsct to relocation for period OF 80 days
iron, and alter the date Of location.
SIC. 4. Within 30 days after the loca-
tlon Of the claim the locator Or his assigns
must file for record in the Office Ut the
county recorder Ut 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. 1t at any time the locator OF
any mining claim heret0tors or hereafter
located, Or his assigns, shall apprehend
that his original certificate was detective,
erroneous, or that the requirements Ut che
law had not been complied with before
filing, Or shall be deslrous OF changing
the surface boundaries, or OF taking any
part Of m overlapping claim which has
Ueen abandoned, Or al case the original
certificate WAS made prior to the passage
vi this law, aud be shall be DESTROYS vi
securing the benefits Of this Act, such To-
Gator or his assigns may tile an additional
certificate subject to the conditions OF thlA
Act and to Contain all that this Act re-
CURED an original certificate to contain
f'y0vided. That such amended location
does not interfere with the existing rights
OF others ut the time when SUCH amend.
Ment Is made. as.-
SEC. 8. Within 80 days after any time
vet 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 tor hlm
must make and record an affidavit IL
substance Is follows:
State Of Idaho, county of. .......ss.
Before me, the subscribed personally
appeared $1,000, who being first duly
sworn, says that at least $500. dollar,
worth OF work or improvements were per
formed or made upon 49,. claim, situate
In. 80. mining district, county Of .....
state Of Idaho; that such expenditure wa
made by, for, or at the expense of $500.
owners OF SAID claim, for the purpose o
holding said claim.
signature, 80. $3.50.
i Subscribed and sworn to before m,
this day Of. -, 1885,.
l
The fee for administering the oath ant
recording the foregoing affidavit, wheI
taken before the county recorder or dep
uty mining recorder, shall be 50 cents
the tee Tor recording the the same whel
oath is taken before any other Office
authorized to administer oaths shall b
50 cents.
Such affidavit, or certified copy thereo
in case the original is lost, shall We prim
tacie evidence OF the performance of sue
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 manne
rs if the location were of q new Claim
but the locator may, instead Of sinking
new discovery shaft, sink the Criglns
discovery shaft ten feet deeper than il 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. =. No location notice shall clam
more than one location, whether the ioca
ton is made By one Or several lOcat0rs
and if it purport to Claim more than on