The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-01-29
WYlfAHs MININa Law.


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the Erths uiddea Treasure.
ID
SECTION l. That section 800 Of th,
revised statutes of Idaho be amended t.
read as follows: II
Section 800. Mining claims hereafter
located upon vsins or lodes OF quartz, Of
other rock in place bearing any of thu
metals or other valuable deposits men
toned in section 1890 Of the revised stat
utes Of the United states, may extend t.
500 feet on each side of the middle Of thu
vein or lode: Provided, That when the
locators have set stakes, posts or monu'
ments described in section 2 hereof, t
indicate the line of the vein, ledge OF
lode, such stakes, posts or monument.
must be taken for the purposes Of such
location, to mark correctly the line there
Of, and such line must not afterwards be
changed 90 as to affect rights acquired Of
interfere with any locations made subse.
quent thereto.
SEC. 2. Section 3101 of the revised
statutes of Idaho be amended to read as
follows:
Section 31O1. The locator, at the time
of making the discovery of such vein OF
lode, must erect monument at such
place Of discovery, upon which he must
place his name, the name of the claim,
the date of discovery and distance claimed
along the vein each way from such mon
ument. Within three days from the date
Of discovery, he must mark the boundaries
Of bis claim by establishing at each cor
ner thereof, aud at any angle in the side
lines, monument marked with the name
Of the claim and the corner or angle it
represents; also at the time of so marking
his boundaries, he must post at his dis
covery monument his notice of location
in which must be stated: First, the name
of the locator; second, the name Of the
claim; third, the date of discovery; fourth,
the direction and distance claimed along
the ledge from the discovery; fifth, the
distance claimed on each side of the mid.
die of the ledge; sixth, the distance and
direction from the discovery monument
TO such natural object or permanent mon
ament. if any such there be, as will fix
md describe in the notice itself the loca-
ion of the claim; and SEVENTH the name
If the mining district, county and state.
When, from any cause, monument can
lot be safely planted at the true corner
n angle, it may be placed rs near thereto
IS practicable, and 80 marked as to indi
;ste the place of such corner or angle.
may be made of any such
Material or form as will readily give NO
Ice, and when Of posts or trees, they mus,
" hewn and marked upon the side facing
owards the discovery, and must be at
east four inches square or in diameter.
Monuments must be ut least four feet |
Ugh above the ground, and trees must
70 SO hewn as to readily attract attention.
1t the time the locator 80 marks the
boundaries of his claim, he may do SO in
ny direction that will not interfere with i
lights or claims which existed prior to
is discovery.
SEC. 8. Within sixty days after such
9cation, the locator or his assigns, must
ink shaft upon the lode to the depth OF
t least 10 feet from the lowest part OF
be rim Of such shaft ut the surface, and
+ not less than l6 square feet area. ANY
which shall cut such vein ~
eet from the lowest part of the rim OF
lch shaft and which shall measure 100
ubic feet in extent shall be considered \
ompliance with this provision. Any To-
Ated claim upon which work has been
one in compliance with the above re-
uiremeots is not, unless abandoned, SUBJ
ct to relocation for period Of 80 days
om and after the date of location.
SEC. 4. Within 90 days after the loca-
on Of the claim the locator or his assigns
lust file for record in the Office of the
'unty recorder of the county or of the
aputy recorder of the mining district in
Inch the claim is situated substantial
'py of his notice of location.
SEC. s. If at any time the locator of
~ mining claim heretofore or hereafter
Gated, or bis assigns, shall apprehend
at his original certificate was defective,
roneous, or that the requirements of the
" had not been complied with before
ing, or shall be DESTROYS of changing I,
e surface boundaries, or Of taking any
'rt OF an overlapping claim which has /
ZEN abandoned, or in case the original i
rtitcate was made prior to the passage q
this law, and he shall be DESTROYS OF
curing the benefits Of this Act, such To- =
tor or bis assigns may file an additional
rtificate subject to the conditions Of this :.
It and to contain all that this Act re- q
tired an original certificate to contain. 1
'0rided, That such amended location
es not interfere with the existing rights
others at the time when such amend.
snt Is made.
SEC. 8. Within go days after any time '
or period allowed for the performance