The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-05-28
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NAG VI tuo lo0kes sI4tus AA0 uAse@-~ -
direction from the discovery monument
TO such natural object or permanent mon
ument, if any such there be, - will fl
and describe in tho notice itself 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 corael
or angle, it may be placed As near thereto
as practicable, and so marked as to indi-
cate the place of such corner or angle
Monuments may be made of any such
material or form as will readily give NO
tlce, and when of posts or trees, they must
be hewn and marked upon the side facing
towards the discovery, and must be al
least four inches square or in diameter.
| Monuments must be ut least four feet
high above the ground, and trees must
be so hewn as to readily attract attention
At the time the locator so marks the
boundaries of his claim, he may do SO in
any direction that will not interfere with
rights or claims which existed prior to
MS discovery.
SEC. 3. Within sixty days after such
location, the locator or his assigns, mus,
sink shaft upon the lode to the depth Of
at least IL 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 IL
feet from the lowest part OF the rim Of
such shaft and which shall meaHre 16O
cubic feet in extent shall be confidered U
compliance with this provision. Any 10.
Gated claim upon which work has been
done in compliance with the above re-
quirements is not, unless abandoned, sub.
Ject to relocation for a period Of 81 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 subslautia
copy of his notice of location.
SEC. S. II at any time the locator Of
any mining claim heretofore or hereafter
located, or bis assigns, shall apprehenu
that his original certificate was detective
erroneous, Or that the req uirements Ut che
law had not been complied with before
thing, or shall be DESTROYS of changing
the surface boundaries, Or OF taking any
part Of an overlapping claim winch has
| been abandoned, or IN case the origina
certificate was made prior to the passage
Of this law, and he shall be DESTROYS 0l
| securing the benefits OF this Act, such 10.
Gator Or his assigns may nile an additional
| certificate subject to the conditions OF this
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 rights
| OF others ut the time when such amend.
ment Is made.
SEC. =. Within 60 days after any time
set or period allowed tor 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 tor him
must make and record an affidavit in
substance rs follows:
State OF Idaho, county of. ...... SIS.
Before me, the subscribed personally
appeared ........, who being first duly
sworn, says that at least $685.. dollars
worth OF work or improvements were per.
formed or made upon 80. claim, situate
In. mining district, county of :,
state OF Idaho; that such expenditure wa.
made by, for, or at the expense Of .....
owners Of said claim, for the purpose u
holding said claim.
Signature, -. $500.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this. day off,, 1884,.
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 foe Ter recording the the same when
oath is taken before any other officer
authorized to administer oaths shall be
SO cents.
Such affidavit, or a certified copy thereof
in case the original is lost, shall De prima
tacie evidence of the performance OF such
labor. The failure to file such affidavit
shall be 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
as If the location were of q 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 lie may drive
the open cut or tunnel ten feet further
along the course OF the lead, lode or vein,
and must erect new posts or monuments.
SEC. 8. No location notice shall claim
more than one location, whether the loca-
ton is made by one or several locators,
and if it purport to claim more than one
location it is absolutely void.