The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-08
MINING hill FINALLY PASSED.
F0elA Measure toes Through the
senate slightly Anne na~d.

Sseessa, Dispatch 10 the poss~InsaliiSencer
OLYMPIA, MarSa THE Field house
mining bin today passed the senate Win
a few amendments. al OF ~hses Nih with
oat doaol DC eoncurssa In by the hoasrse.
The bill Was handled in the senate by
Senator Baum. chairman u the mines
ard mining committee and tne amend
meats Offered By him were purely curative
as 10 the description ef Gains. the object
being 10 aaye no conflict With the Te-
yased statutes Of the United States
Section was amended by eliminating
from the affidavit showing the develop
meni work for any one year, the wages
paid per day. the actual number of days
labor performed. the names Of the per-
sons employed. and by Inserting In the
same any improvements made under the
law or allowed by rules of the mining ftss-
triets so that il may include other ncces-
xary expenses besides the wages pad for
labor. Another amendment was made re-
garding the labor necessary after the 10
cation OF PAGER Claims Tbs was s;riek-
en- from the bill:
Fourth. 4 failure TO perform such
labor within such time shall cause all
rights under sach location TO be forfeit
ed, and the land covered thereby shall a;
once be open 10 location by qualified To-
Gators other than the preceding locators,
out shall not IN any event he open 10
location by such preceding iocators. and
any labor performed by them thereon shall
not inure To the benefit Of any subsequent
locator thereof"
The hill as /, finally passed is as fol-
lows:
section I. The aiscoverer of lode shah
within ninety tso days from the date of
discovery. record il the office oe the audi
tor of the county In which such lode Is
found a notice containing the name OF
names OF the iocasors. the. date OF the To-
claimed on each side OF the discovery the
general course of the lode. and such a de =
scrip1on OF the claim or claims located by
reference TO some material obJect' or per
n2nert monument "A VIII identify the
claim.
see. .. Before fling such notice for
record the discoversr shall locate his claim
BY first sinking discovery shaft upon the
lode TO the depth Of ten (l0s feet from the
lowest part cs the rim OF such shaft at the
surface. and shall post at the discovery at
the time OF discovery a notice containing
the name of the lode the name or the 10
Gator or locators and the date of discovery,
and shall mark the surface boundaries OF
the claim by placing substantial posts or
stone monuments bearing the name Of The
lode and date Of location. one post or mon
unent must appear at each corner
OF such claim. such posts or monuments
must be not less than three ,2, feet high !:
IL posts are used they shall ba not less than
four inches In diameter, and shall he set
in the ground in a substantial manner. II
any such claim be located upon ground
that is covered wholly or in part with brush
or trees, such brush or trees shall he cut
and trees be marked or hlaxed along the
lines OF such claim 10 Indicate the location
of such lines,
Sec. :. Any open cut or tunnel having a
length OF ten tiel feet. which shall cut n
lode al the depth % ten Go, feet below the
surface, shall hold such lode the same as
II IA discovery shat, were sunk thereon
and shall be equivalent thereto.
Sec. I. The term lode as used In this
act shall be construed TO mean ledge, vein
or deposit.
Sec, s. II at any time the locator OF any
quartz or lode mining claim heretofore or
hereafter located. or his assigns shall learn
that his original certificate was defective.
or that the requirements OF the law Rad
not been complied with before filing or
shall be DESTROYS OF changing his surface
boundaries. or Of taking In any additional
ground which is subject to location. or I'm
case the original certificate was made prior
10 the passage OF this law. and he
shall nc DESTROYS Of securing the benefit OF
this act. such locator or his assigns ma y
file an amended certificate OF location. sub