The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-02-26
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die OF the ledge; sixth, glos oistance anu
direction from the discovery monument
10 such natural object or permanent mon
uuipnt, if any such there be, as will hx
and describe in the notice itSek the loca-
tioa Of the claim; and seventh, the name
Of the mining sdasuict, connty and state.
Wben, from any csusc. > monument cam
NOT be safely planted It the true corner
or angle, it may be placed - near thereto
as practicable and 20 marked - to indi-
cate the place Of such corner or angle.
Monuments may be made Of any such
material OF form a. will readily give no
tics, and when of pcnts 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 lssst four feet
high above the ground, and trees mus,
bs SO hewn as to readily attract attention.
At the time the locator 70 marks the
boundaries of his claim, he may DO 50 in
0uy OAS&AAO0 Anos VIA AOA A4kCAAe4S Will
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, 10 feet from the lowest part OF
the rim Of such shaft at the surface, and
Of not less than l6 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 considercd 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
ject to relocation for period Of 30 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 il situated substantial
copy of his notice Of location.
SEc. 8. Ii 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
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 original
certificate was made prior to the passage
| Of this law, aud he shall be DESTROYS OF
securing the benefits OF this Act, such To-
Gator or his assigns may nile an additional
certificate subject to the conditions Of this
Act aud to contain all that this Act re-
quired an original certificate to contain.
Prooided, That such amended location
does not interfere with the existing rights
| of others ct the time when such amend
ment II made.
SEC. 9. Within go days after any time
set or period allowed for 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 $4,000, who being first duly
sworn, says that At least ..... dollars
worth OF work or i'm improvements were per-
formed or made upon 80. claim, situate
in. mining dlstrict, county of 500,
state Of Idaho; that such expenditure was
made by, for, or at the expense of 49,.
owners Of said claim, for the purpose Of
holding said claim.
Signature, -. .....
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this. -. day off,, 49,.
l
The fee for administering the oath and
recording the foregoing affidavit. when
| taken before the county recorder or dep.
uty mining recorder, shall be so cents
the fee for recording the the same when
oath 10 taken before any other Office,
authorized to administer osths shall be
50 cents.
Such affidavit, or certified copy thereof
in case the original is lost, shall be prims
fxcie evidence of the performance of sucl,
labor. The failure to file such affidavit
shall DO considered prima facie evidence
that such labor has not been done.
SEC. Z. The location of abandoned
claims shall be done in the same manner
~ If the location were of = new claim
but the locator may, instead of sinking a
new discovery shaft, sink the original
discovery shaft ten feet deeper than it was
at the time of his location. or he NAV drive