The Nome nugget., 1901-11-23
prom l gated lty.thaL depatlmenl nltr


 .promal gated ',y~that department nl,r its auttt,r.tN ,to 1 >poSe'N thc ni.- ing ants o lho Trile states ,counllie, with ihi cnlenoe: and no loIal tuw5 nr mnjnt reg,,la- ttion' can rec, lct q pl,'rr trat I"nrt , Jess ant zen arrt> rsrc, Il. tn u-n .the l,cato.' Is not cOn eLel Lo take +.u smuch.' Resuat,uus, loaf. apprS, sd by secretary N'h C; re- ,ssted .S34, ap- lrovei by Secretary uoke Sn tn; , Lindley on Mine>..P. lG0J; Barrnsrr and Adims, p. 2,9-6O.
 Witnolt seeking for decisions for sup ,o,t u must be conceded lbai, every ltiner has the statui0 0rN right to locate ,tweLty acres for llicer deposits, nor i, he required or rcIrn.tted thus 10 'ac- .auire title to agricultural or unon- ,lnineral nl. Il, then, he be obliged by niner,'r tie or res Hat n to take a Ira t in n, ct>e lur ger than 1923 feet, rnor wider than O6J feet he may be even 'limited to ore acre. Suppose the min- ing sroun ii ln d narrow valley--Lnty ~one hetilre feet vile, >s lch a cor stro.t In would allow hlm only strip 'one nun Ire l ieet wide by 1920 feet tlony, or three arreS, wh.rea, tLe ;la,w "allow, hi Lw, nty. These questions have rep>.at. fly been determ me b! the liu1 o.i :e .unl the Interior ,Iepart- 4nent,
 Application was made to this depar,- ,snent eat. the .3tar river extension .placer cla .m Il Sect!''n> lc, lj ant IA, .Tp. lj, x. tt. 3 E., California, alon Z the be of Bar river l2,0oo feet. Upon appeal to ,oe.retary Teller he said:
 Tt was the intention of the mining Jaws, generally, to permit persons to '1Ake>a cerLain quantity of land fit, for pm.n.ns and nul LO couIpei them to take such quantity irrespective Of it's iit- aness for mining. The act of.July g. .ls7O, which expressly acquired placer lUcatl,ns locOniUrlr to the lines Uf the tpubslc surveys, ~waI unrea,on;rt, e, a tsardship aLd n cont avenliOn Uf the ..es+ablished custCm> Oi the mining It. giOiis; lhereiUte IL va mo.iued b., the oSS ob sSpN bVs ACS-, So bS to iCtluc .exceptiunai caSe>, where tea>,,i aud scomlnOn sense reqaired a ditferen! tregulatiOn. such &n exceptional case. an my Judgment, Is now before ue, .swhere the enAire placer depaslt III a canyon wiihln celtaan limits IS claime,l, .and where the .ad joining land on either side Is totally unfit .Or mining or a. IT. culture. ."-In re WiiEan RaDIn, : L. .D., 7O4.
 fLocltl1ns in Any Form. , seer,ttry ,eller', erison wa, ar- gproved ln l.ter decisions by that .- ;IaItLen ] re i'earsa. ;sn Frce. .lu L. ,. 2.; E'.,eH;lncc .n.uing tlai 10 Uopp' L.. ). .iJSl anl n ap.,rov H., it Linliey says: "tnerc ca. oe no question bat Ahst sthis rulng Is m harmony .w.th ehe ,.lt,- iOn> of -Antner, 4n NalliUruia." " ." q -'sEvld tntly there Na, some reason for 'ihe nodltic lon of the CIT. maj placer act this respect, aud there can be no 'doab, that otcretar! I,I!er states ,he ''Ul.i law, the ini,.h.e. and the remedy correctly. "-I. Llu-le. on Aline#, ID. ,44S.
 At the end ofrtli> section Linaley lays down what is undoubtedly the cor ,rccv rule III Uni, tOrcelul ianyuage: "4AoCA1IONS lPJN UNSURv EYED LANDS MAY BE MADE IN ANY FORM 50 LONG AS TIE $ IA ArUroRY AREA Is NOT EXCEEDED"
 Barrin.er anl Adams reach the same conclusion and say: "A plac. lecatlon may be in any shape. but should conform to llsal subdivisions When the lanI has been surveyed IF. aS).
 A single case only uphtl Is a dffer- .erent rule. The Idaho co lrt in the case of Rosenthal VI :es says:
 twas 1t error to find the existence of ''a mining custom at the date Oi tn. Ives iocatlop. limiting all placer claims Ill that locality to eighty rods iu leugth. and .will this finding support the con :lu>,Ms of law ba-ed the reOn! -kuieS an customs of miners, reason. able in themselves, and not m conflict with any higher law, have long beea .recngnlAe.i and eancLOneI 'hy leyis. .lalive enactments and judicial de. .cisions. That such rules may still be ''aA Opted anu enforced aS part Ot lhU law'0l this country Is tOuweiI seJllea u admit of argument. We cannot see that the custom in question in any way conflicts either >.with the acts Ot Con sresS or the laws Ot the territory, but. "s'n the contrary, thank the custom ,aeasonable one, cani entirely m har- .iLtn! with the spirit of the laws ito@en lai '. ives, A- tac. SU4; l5 MUi ~hl.n., Rep. ..9l.
 Reduction of the A ca. Nor does. the Idaho ,.uu't ite 'ingl lut.nri,y to su or. cir .c nieit in thi, respect. f.e co Irlu ,i0n is ssirec. olp >ition lo h uun ,tflcti s4isen CT many year ''b.r the land d .f'srtnens, anu approved by every other