The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-05

distance claimed on each side Of the mid
die of the ledge; sixth, the distance and
direction from the discovery monument
70 such natural object or permanent mon
uIhent if any such there be, as will axl
add describe in tae notice ii4elf 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
Of angle, it may be placed as near thereto
a practicable, and SO marked, as 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 ]
tlce, and when Of poats 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 1t least tour feet
high above the ground, and trees must
be- 80 hewn a. to readily attract attention.
At the time the locator 80. marks the
boundaries OF his claim, he may do SO in
sny direction that will not interfere with
rights or claims which existed prior to
his 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 leas, IL feet from the lowest part OF
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
cubic feet in extent shall be considered q
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
ject to relocation for period of 80 days
from and after the date Of location.
SEC. 4. Within 80 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 in
which the claim is situated substantial
copy of his notice of location.
SEC. S. II ut any time the locator Of
any mining claim heretofore or hereafter
located, Or his assigns, shall apprehend
that his orlginal certificate was detective
erroneous, or that the requirements OF the
law had not been complied with before
filing, or shall be DESTROYS of changing
the surface boundaries, or of taking any
part of an overlapping Claim which has
been abandoned, or in case the origina
certificate was made prior to the passage
Of this law, aud he shall be DESTROYS o
securing the benefits OF this Act, such 10
Gator or his assigns may ile An additional
certificate subject to tue conditions Of thi
Act and to contain all that this Act re-
quired an original certificate to contain
PROVIDED, That such amended location
does not interfere with the existing right
of others at the time when such amend
ment Is made.
| SEC. .. Within go days after any tim
set or period allowed tor the Performance
of labor, or making improvements upol
any lode or placer claim, the person il
whose behalf such work or improvement
is performed, or some person for hin
must make and record an affidavit il
substance as follows:
State of Idaho, county of. SIS.
Before me, the subscribed personally
! appeared ........, who being first dull
sworn, says that ut least $3.50. dollar
: worth Of work or Improvements were pei
formed or made upon -. claim, sltuat
in. mining district, county OF 49,.
state OF Idaho; that such expenditure W.
made by, for, or at the expense of 49,.
| owners OF sand claim, for the purpose I
: holding said claim.
, Signature. -.
Subscribed and sworn to before nj
this :. day off,, 49,.
! The fee for administering the oath An
: recording the foregoing affidavit, whe
taken before the county recorder or del
uty mining recorder, shall be 80 cent
the fee for recording the the same whe
oath is taken before any other othc,
II authorized to administer oaths shall
4 so cents.
Such affidavit, or a certified copy there's
e in case the original is lost, shall be priu
. tacie evidence of the performance of sue
labor. Tie failure to file such affidav
: shall be considered prima facie evident
r that such labor has not been done.
81 SEC. Z. The location OF abandone
| elaine ahoIl no done in tho eoroo r,arn,