The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-21

AGI11S hereto the t944oW.ER WcF4ts- Nv
v.ded, .hat where the claimant for pat
sut - not resi3en; OF or within the lard
district wherein the vein. lode, ledge or
deposit sought 10 be patented = located
the Application for patent aud he aGida-
wits required 20 De made in this section
by the claimant for ssca pa,eai may Dc
made by his. her or It's authorized agent.
where said agent is eonye-sant with the
facts sought 20 be established by Sad
aridav..s: And. provided. that this sec
ton shall apply To all applications now
pending for patents TO mineral lands"
Sec. 2 THAI section IA Of the revised
statutes Of the United States be amended
BY adding thereto the following WORDS;
Provided. that the period within which
the work required TO be done annually
On all Gnpatented mineral claims shall
commence On the first day Of January
succeeding the date Of location OF such
CLAIM. and this section shall apply TO all
claims located since the 10Th OF May. Ammo
Doutnt eighteen hundred and seventy
two"
by &C, Of congress February II, 1876. sec
ton 2324 was amended 50 that where q per-
scr or company has or may run . tunnel for
the purpose OF developing a lode or iodes,
owned by sad person or company. The
money 50 expended In said tunnel shall be
taken and considered as expended on said
lode or lodes. whether located prior 10 or
since the passage OF said act. and such
person or company shall not be required
10 perform work on the surface OF said
lode or iodes In order to hold the same as
required by said act
'' 2332233 Where A tunnel Is run for the de-
velopnent OF a vein or lode, or for the
discovery OF mines, the owners OF sah
tunnel snail have the right OF possession
az a., veins or .odes within 900 feet from
sae face OF such tunnel on the line thereof,
not previously known 10 exist. discovered
In siaen tunnel, 30 the same extent as *
discovered from the surface. and locations
on the Enc vi such tunnel of veins or lodes.
not appearing On the surface. male by
other parties after the commencement OF
Ii. tunnel and while the same Is being
prosecuted with reasona bic diligence, shall
be Invalid but failure TO prosecute thu
WORK on the tunnel for six months shall
be considered as an abandonment OF the
rght 10 al undiscovered veins on the line
OF such tunnel.
Placer Claims.
23s. Claims usually called 'placers.'
including all forms OF deposit, excepting
veins Of quartz, or other rock in place.
shall bs subject 10 entry and patent. un-
Der Ike circumstances and conditions, and
upon similar proceedings. as are provided
for vein or lode Claims; but where the
lands have been previously surveyed by
the United States, the entry in its exterior
limits shall conform 10 the legal sub
divisions OF the public lands
80. Legal subdivisions OF forty acres
and TWO or more persons, or associations
OF persons, having contiguous claims of
any size. although such claims may be
less than ten acres each, may mike to.at
entry thereof. bu, no location Of a placer
claim, made after the 9Th day OF July.
ls5o. shall exceed i6o acres for any one
pers2a or association OF persons, which
States surveys: and nothing In this section
contained shall defeat or impair any bona
fide presumption or homestead clam upon
10 nIs or rtn s.tn -
the improvements Of any bona fide settler
'.2s3i. Where placer claims are upon sur
vsyed lands. and conform 20 legal sub
divisions no further survey or plat shall
be required. aud all placer mining claims
located after the 10th Of Nay: lss2 shall
United States system OF public land sur
veys. and the rectangular subdivisions Of
such surveys. and no such location shall
include more than twenty acres for each
individual claimant; but where placer
claims caDnot be conformot TO legal SUIT
divisions survey. and plat shall ee made
segregation OF mineral lands in any lega,
subdivision a quantity OF agricultural land
less than forty acres remains. such frac-
ttoIai portions OF agricultural land may
be entered by any party qualified by law,
for homestead or presumption purposes
Placer Claims Containing Lodes.
=. '2S33. Where the same person. associa-
ton or corporation Is in possession OF a
placer claim. and also vein or lode In
Guided within the boundaries thereof ap-
picat.oa shall be made for a patent for
the placer claim. with the statement that
u includes sth vein or lode. and IN such
case patent shall issue for placer
claim. subieci 10 the provisions or this
chap,er. inciu3!ra. suck ven or lode. upon
TIE payment Of s. per acre for such vein
or lode claim. and twenty-five zee, Of
surface or each side thereof The re-
ma fdeE 1T the placer claim, or any placer
e,ain n9i embracing any vein or lode
:, CHIN, shat be paid fer at the rate Of
$50 per acre together with ali costs Of
pros eed-nEs. and where a vein or lode
such as Il described In section On is
known TO exit within the boundaries OF
"A placer calm, an application for n pat
emf for such placer claim which does not
hclGae an Application for the vein or lode
CAIN snaH ae construed a conclusive
declaration That the claimant Of the placer
claim has no rgEt OF possession OF the
vein or lode claim; but where the exist
eice ot a vein or lode in a placer claim
claim ShiH convey all valuable mineral
thereof.
''@@S32 Where such person or assoc a,ton.
they aa3 Their erantors. have lid ana
worked their CLAIMS fo~ "A period equal 70
tire time prescribed by the statute Of lIrui-
tat-ons for mining claims Of the state or
territory where the same may be situated
- de!ise of snca possession and working
~ the Claims for s'ica period shall t-e sa,f-
bc.eCf 20 establish a right - \ rar.nt
of any adverse claim bat nothing m This
chapter shall be dee med - impair arv
Tea wA-ch may have attached in AIRY way
Wa ever - auy mining claim or pr0u.Yty
iheF'fe attached prior - the ISSUANCE. II
patent"
SETON 237 pr0vu3cs that no~- mineral
Land net contiguous - vein ar lode
w-4~a usei = t0e proprietor 1: such vetr
- .cde 60 MIR * OF milling PURPOSES
may - patterned VIII ths mineral rl4tu
hu- the area mast act excsef Nv acres
St-;.c1 SEs' re~. CT g.s vested t.rbtS -
IN asa - water ana the r!eat-of.vsv
Cor me construction = 6i;cnes AMI ansgx
~aoJ~.t - tas claims % settlers on tire
pua4ic domain for damages
Miners ta~ in Alaska
Tho II 1crs' meetings ia ALASKA have
r~r7 Il ;ra3e euicS claims 5s Ret ionr
fo}.cWinN i1e course of nc SIN, ard
from fl1l 20 rim & tAe channel TIA
claims ~ latte MAasz7k crsyk are ! 40
fee Icog. hastrs b,ea 'o,atcd ~ mn
FROM circle before he N began. 81 *hat
th~ra wsz ample room tor al o7 Alder
~reck 'ns iagsth = f3ar rees. ne iega.
@1'. o. JNe tsfeks xSi-A ar. fiseov
erred LATER TIE cans are ~ teat lqrr
ara n <cfUa c2sFa u @re they hat 1,,a~,