Gilpin observer., 1900-11-01
Secretary Bliss of the Interior depart
nent writes regarding the $500 expendi

menu writes regarding the S5OO eXpendl
ture required upon mining claims saying
that "while an expenditure of 800 in
J labor or improvements admits the claim
ant to occupy for one year, $500 is re-
quired for continued occupancy and en-
joyment. While several claims in com
} mon may be embraced in the same ap-
} plication for patent survey and notice, a
single expenditure OF $500 will suffice
for but single claim. Whatever con-
stitutes proper annual expenditure un-
der Section 1924 may unquestionably be
treated as part of the greater expendi-
ture exacted by Section 1926, and since
the former is deemed to have been made
upon each of several claims held in COM
mon when it is made upon one of them
for the benefit of all, so under Section
1925 the expenditure will be deemed to
have been made upon each of several
claims held in common and included for
patent when it is made upon any of them
for the benefit of all, but the expendi-
ture OF money must equal in value that
which should be required on all claims
if they were separate or independent"
Regarding practice rules contesting
patents on mineral claims, the Supreme
court OF Arizona, recently held that in
an action to establish an adverse claim
to mining location, an objection that
the action was not brought within 30
days after filing of the adverse claim, as
required by the laws of the United States,
(Reserve statutes section, 1926 cannot
be raised by motion for Judgment, or
by motion to strike an amended COM
plant from the files, but can only be
presented by an error or special plea
And an issue that the action was not SO
brought cannot be reviewed when pre-
sented for the first time on appeal
Three new suits have been instituted
in the Montana courts by F. A. Heinze,
OF Butte. One Of them is to set aside
title to the Clear Girl property, an i'm
portant copper producer of Butte, which
, was made II years ago. The other two
are for securing title to portion OF the
Dayton lode, which was formerly in con-
fiict with the Anaconda lode claim. Mr.
ieinzes action in all these suits is for
the purpose OF getting hold on certain
portions of the Anaconda Mining COM
pany's interests which are in conflict
with his own.
t In acute cases Of lead poisoning, sui
} phate OF zinc to cause vomiting should
t be administered in milk, mixed with the
J. white OF an egg. In chronic cases of
n lead poisoning, give iodine Of potassium
r three times day in five grain doses and
: sweetened, dilute sulphuric acid in wa
t ter. AT the first indication OF lead pos-
oning the work should be promptly dis.
3 continued and proper treatment at once
5 adopted. All the soluble salts eff lead
. are poisonous.
t Lamont & Ballard, contractors, have
: finished the building on the Phoenix.
Burroughs main shaft, which is to en-
close the new Vulcan holster recently
, built in Denver for the Kansas. Bur.
:. roughs Consolidated Mining company.
3 The pipe line from the mine to the well
sunk in the head of Nevada gulch, is
t about completed, and will furnish the
feed water for the steam boilers in use
, at this 10 ton OF the company's prop
erty.
Samuel IL Benjamin, William Thorn
3 ton and Ed II. Giben of Cheyenne, who
, have been visiting a prospect on the
r Williams Fork, west of Silver Plume, re.
turned yesterday. The party have IA
favorable opinion of the mines of that
section. The only drawback being their
rcmoteness from an ore market. The two
latter will return early next spring and
engage in opening up claim in which
they became interested.
At the Colorado. Carr mine the new
addition to the shaft building is being
erected as rapidly as the lumber can be
secured. In retimbering the shaft there
remains about 100 feet, yet to be straight
ened, and new timbers put in. The gal
lows frame will be 30 feet in height The
engine receiqed some time ago will be in
running order in about 10 days, when
miners will be put to work in sinking the
shaft.
The New Haven and Denver Consoli.
dated Mining company is another recent
incorporated company to work Gilpin
county mines, with capital OF s2Ooooo
1t will have Offices in Arapahoe and Gil.
pin counties. The incorporators are A.
A. Weir, Joseph S. Jeila and II. S. Gold
smith. The names OF the mines to be
! worked are not given out.
The Gunnell Gold Mining md Milling