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certain appearance about valuable rock
which recommends it to the prospector
of experience and leads him to pick
one piece from another.
These signs and properties are elu-
sive and cannot be readily described
to those who have no knowledge of
ores and minerals. The knowledge can
only be acquired by study and expert
ence.
The best way to start in prospecting
an area is to follow up the streams or
brooks and their branches If there are
any. Thes usually cut down to the
bed rock and expose any lodes or veins
which they cross. If the vein is thus
located in one place it can be quite
easily followed or traced along it's
length or strike. Streams are also a
favorable place to look for float. A
great many prospectors make the mis-
take of locating in one spot and never
bother themselves to find out whether
the lode is continuous for any length,
or If continuous, it also carries value
along its length. After a promising
ledge has been found, the next thing
to do is to locate it according to the
statutes. These allow a distance of
not more than 1900 feet along the
length of the vein, and not more than
300 feet on each side Of the center line
of the vein. This last distance varies
in different states or even counties Of
the same state. In Wyoming the width
allowed is 600 feet in all. or 300 feet
on each side of the center line. Prom
inent stakes must be placed on the
four corners and on the middle point
of the side lines and the position OF
these described by giving the direction
I'M distance of them from some prom
inent natural object. A compass is of
great aid in this work, as well as be-
ing a useful instrument for the pros
pector to carry. The point where the
first work is done on the claim is de-
signated as the discovery shaft. At
this point the notice is put up which
claims the ground and describes its po-
sition in reference to prominent OBJ
jects, gives names of locaters and date
Of location. Within one hundred and
twenty days of the date of location, a
shaft at least ten feet deep must be
sunk, and a copy of the location no.
tice filed with the recorder of deeds of
the district, or the county clerk Of the
aunt, ., ,-sthiy rsNok,, Jnr, 80 thn Iatn
of location. The sinking OF the dis
covery shaft holds the claim for the
balance Of the calender ear or up to
the first of January Of !the succeeding
year. Then 800 worth Of work must
be done on the claim every calendar
year and must be done before the year
expires. A placer claim is located much
Oh the anne principles, the maximum
amount of land allowed being 16O
acres.
The value of a mining claim de-
ponds on a number of things. First,
on the ore, its value and its quantity, or
speaking OF prospects, the indication
of quantity. Quality and quantity bear
a definite relation to each other, for it
will he easilv seen that n we have a
very rich ore n smaller ouantitv will
have tho sama valu. n c a medium grade
GRO and . creator ouant;tv 70 we b.ve
a narrow vein of high grade gold and
silver ore n would nav to work whore
on the other hand If we had a narrow
vein ,f lou gr,de ore n MIGHT NOT nav
to trouble about N This fact concern
inc the relation of tho valua NJ tho ore
to tho quantity found 10 verv otto, lost
SIGHT of and n ia f~r.o,,eptlv abe case
that nor on wild ovar q ,;tt,o find of
fairly good ore bui,dinp great air cas-
tIes where a moments soher cors,der-
ation wou1d chow tbem that tho
amount OH hand 10 ;nsi,nisoant This
warning ;s esnac;.,lv ann,ic.b,o n co,-
nor ,aod .,a similar oros. RI boyo a
mi,o 20 Tho mo.,,, uo rst ohoro oil
tbira, hove or,rt;tr az nrouiso =,
quantity H. ,n,.onoo ie w. h,u, =
,itt,o oon,or not, a., inoh a. wo w;da
running 1s RI OK nor CONG oonnor a. tic
ho.t - n,inht ~ vii l.. aho,ao,oJ
,rrless NJ. have oooa roasons ar IN
dicot;ops tbot Il 10 ao;na 20 ,o.a >,
sometb;,g ho,ter, for tba ,uorti.v =,
ore ia lacking II b,waver wa have q
foot ar two or moro If eood GRO run