The Arizona sentinel., 1898-03-26
New Mining LaWs.

H7 IOilOH lil9 IS SJuOpSlS ( C the main features of thenew Unite States Mining Laws, issued iron r the General Land Office it Wash irgton:
 No single individual can ente or locate upon more than 16O acres nor can an association enter upo;
 more than 320 acres. The govern
 ment, before patent issues, require.
 payment for mining iand at tht
 rate of $lO per acre where the claim Is situated more than fifteen miles
 from 3 lino.d, and 800 ror ao~c
 where ..eh claim i- located les. mi.s- E.u r-'.. The owner of aguag.z mil OF ra- due.ion works. not owing mine 1 in connection herewith, may al-o receive a patent for nis mil site at $0 per acre.
 '"The location must be along a vein or lode; it must be distinctly marked on the ground so Shat its bound4rIeS can be traced core e,tly. The record must contain reference to some natural object CT perm neat monument to identify the claim, and all lines must be parallel Remaining details are governed by regulations established by the miners of each district, not incon- sietent with national or state laws
 The right to mine can be given only in public lands, and such lands must contain valuable mineral deposits. No claim located shall exceed 1900 feet along the vein, nor shall it exceed 150 feet on each side of the middle of the vein at the surface. It is not necessary that .heIocator be presento on the ground. One may locate as agent for an other
 "An applicant for a claim must file in the proper land office m ap- pjcation for patent under oath owing a compliance with the law
 must file also a plat and field F. av or -a1r- tas q ec.jon Of he arveyo general showing accurately the bouadau.- which shall be marked distinctly by boundaries on the ground, and snail post a copy of such applica- ion for a patent, in d conspicuous place on the land or claim iu question:
 The posting must De done be- fore the filing of the application for 8 patent. He must also file, when he applies for his patent, the af- fdavit of at least two persons that such notice has been duly posted, together with an exact copy of such notice.
 "The register of the land. office then causes to be published in newspaper by him designated as the nearest to the claim, for sixty days, notice that such application has been made. He must for the same period also post such notice in lis office.
 ''At the time of filing his applica tion, or within sixty days, claimant must file with the register a certif- cate of the surveyor-general that $500 worth of labor has been ox- pended upon Improvements made upon the claim by himself or grantors, and that the nlati+ correct and shall give such other q scrip tirns a- IS nee -sarr .H '.s ton to bs i.e3ry-rl.ed Ia the patant
 ~At the end Of sixty d.vs he claimant nl-. n.o is ailavit showing that the plat anl notice have been posted in a conspicuous place on the claim during the period of pull cation. If ID adverse claim is flied within sixty days the law assumes the applicant to he entitled to his patent upon paying to the proper officer $5 per acre for the land embraced within the claim.
 "All affidavits under the mining laws of the United States may be made before any officer authorized to administer oaths W thln the land district where the claim may be situated, and all proofs may be taken before such officer.
 "Mineral lands arc open 10 ex- plOratiOn and nurchasa by alI riti-