The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-02-05

oath 10 taken before any 0&lAt 1sxCes
authorised, to adm;sister oaths shall b.
s. cents.
Such affidavit, or certified copy thereof
ii case the original is lost, shall be prima
ftcie evidence Of the Performance Of such
l1bor. The failure to Ole shch affidavit
shall be conDddeted pfima facie evidence
that such labor ha1 not been done.
SEC. Z. The location of abandoned
claims shall be done in the same manner
= it the lon&ioa were Of new claim;
but the locator may, instead of sinking :
new discovery shaft, sink the original
discovery shaft tsn fsst deeper than it was
4 the time Of biz location, or be may drive
the open cut OF tunnel ten feet further
along the course of the lead, lode or vein.
and must erect new posts or monuments.
SEC. g. No location notice shall claim
more than one location, whsther the loca-
ton is made By one OF several l~cators,4
and if it purport to claim more than one
location it is absolutely void.
SEC. 9. That section 3103 of the re.
vised statutes of Idaho is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 3103. For the convenience of
prospectors and locators, the county re
csrders of the several counties must ap
point deputy at any place where he may
deem it necessary, and at all places more
than 90 miles distant from an existing
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 petition in writing has been
presented to him, the resident miners in
such district may appoint temporarily.
one of their number to act as the recorder
for the district, whose record shall be IS
valid As if made by the deputy, and must
be entered by the recorder as hereinafter
required: Propsded, That whenever y.
any time afterwards, the recorder has ap
pointed deputy for such district or
place, the authority of the person elected
BY the resident miners ceases.
SEC. 10. When the right to mine is in
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 il be re-
fused or not given, may epjoin such miners
from working such ground until such
security is given. The court granting the
writ Of injunction shall tx the amount
aud nature Of the security.
SEC. IL. Placer Claims, as.mentioned
IN section 1899 Of the revised statutes OF
the United States, may be located for the
purpose Ut mining deposits anu precious
stones alter the discovery Ut such de-
posits.
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 tue
location comply with all the requirements
of sections 2 and OF this Act. Every
placer claim must be recorded within ~
days from the time of the location thereof,
IN the district in which the same is sit
| uated, Or IN the office Ut the county re-
corder OF the county wherein the Claim il
situated. The location notice thereof
must contain the date OF the location, the
name Of the locator, the name aud dimen.
siOns OF the Claim aid must also give sucl
= description of the locality thereof by
| reference to natural landmarks or ikea
objects and contiguous claims, it any, Al
to render the situation OF the same reas
| onably certain from the letter Of the no
| tice itself.
SEC. ID. That section 3104 of the re-
yised statutes OF Idaho be Amended t
read ~ foIlows:
Section 3lO4. At or before the time o
presenting . location notice for record
whether it be for quartz or placer claim
one of the lOcators named in the saln
must make and subscribe an affidavit, il
writing on or attached to the notice, sub
stantislly in the following form, to-wit
State Of Idaho, county of........ss.
/, ......, do solemnly swear that an
. citizen of the United States OF Americ
Tor have declared my intentions to be
come such) and that am acquainted
with the mining ground described in thi
notice of location, and herewith called tn
....... ledge, lode or claim; that tn
ground and claim therein described o
any part thereof has not to the best 0
my knowledge and belief been LOCATED
according to the laws Of the United State
and OF this state, or it so located, that til,
same has been abandoned or forfeited b,
reason Ut the failure OF such former 10
Gators to comply in respect thereto will
the requirements OF said laws, and al
case OF quartz ciaiDis) that l have openet
new ground to the extent or depth Vt tel
teet IS required by the laws Ut Idaho.
signature, .....-..
Subscribed and sworn TO before me thil
80. day OF ...... A. y. 49,.
/ signature, 80. $1,000.
SEC. IA. That section 3lU5 Of tile re-
viseo statutes Of Idaho IS ameAded 10 q
\ tn read m follOwa fn-rit.