The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-05-07

to such natural object or peTmaneD havn
ument. if any such there Be, - VIII X
and describe In the notice itself the loca-
ton of tue 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 corner
or angle, it may be placed as near thereto
rs practlcable, and 30 marked Is to indi-
cate the place Of such corner or angle
Monuments may he made Of any sucn
material or form as will readily give no.
tlce, and when Of p0sts 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 ut least four feet
high above the ground, and trees must
Oe 50 hewn rs 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
nis discovery.
SEC. 3. Within sixty days after such
location, the locator or his assigns, must
sink shaft upon the lode to the depth OF
Ut least ~ feet from the lowest part OF
the rim of such shalt at the surface, and
Ut not less than IL 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 16O
cubic feet in extent shall be considered 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 80 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 q substantial
copy Of his notice of location.
SEC. 5. 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
illDg, or shall be DESTROYS of changing
the surface boundaries, or Of taking any
part Of an overlapping claim which has
ueen abandoned, or IN case the original
certificate was made prior TO the passage
Ut this law, aud he shall he DESTROYS Ot
securing the benefits OF this Act, such To-
Gator or his assigns may die an additlonal
certificate subject IL the conditions Of this
Act aud 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 at the time when such amend
meut Is made.
SEC. q. 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 VI improvement
is performed, or some person for him
must make and record an affidavit III
substance as follows:
State of Idaho, county of........ss.
Before me, the subscribed personally,
appeared $1,000, who beng first duly
sworn, says that at least $3.50. dollars
worth Of work or improvements were per-
formed or made upon -. claim, situate
in. -. mining district, county OF $3.50,
state OF Idaho; that such expenditure was
made by, Tor, or at the expense of $500,
owners Of sand claim, for the purpose ot
holding said claim.
Signature, -. ......
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 Tor recording the the same when
oath is taken before any other officer
authorized to administer oaths shall be
SO cents.
Such affidavit, or certified copy thereof
in case the original is lost, shall be prima
tacie evidence Of the performance Of such
labor. The failure to file such attidavi'
shall be considered prima facle evidence
that such labor has not been done.
SEC. Z. The location OF abandoned
claims shall be done in the same manner
rs if the location were of a new claim
but the locator may, instead of sinking q
new discovery shaft, sink the original
discovery shaft ten feet deeper than it was
at the time of his location, or he may drive
the open cut or tunnel ten feet further
along the course of the lead, lode or vein
aud must erect new posts or monuments
SEC. 8. No location notice shall claim
more than one location, whether the IOca
ton is made by one or several locators,
and if it purpOrt to claim more than one