The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-03-20
BARRETT MINING LAW.
Text Of the Bill Passed by the Legislature
At the Recent Session.

The following Is the text Of the Barrett
bill, as 1t was finally passed by the Ore.
gon legislature:
SECTION I. Any person, a citizen Of
the United States, or one who has declared
his intention to become such, who discov.
efs vein or lode Of mineral bearing rock
In place upon the unappropriated public
domain of the United States within this
state, may locate claim upon such vein
or lode discovered, by posting thereon a
notice Of such discovery and location
which said notice shall contain: First,
the name Of the lode or claim; second, the
name or names of the locator or locators;
third, the date Of the location; fourth the
number Of linear feet claimed along the
vein or lode each way from the point Of
discovery, with the width on each side of
the said lode or vein; fifth, the general
course or strike Of the vein or lode as
nearly as may be and by defining It from
some prominent monument, mound or
land mark, and by detlnig the boundaries
upon the surface of each claim so that the
same may be readily traced. Such boun.
dares shall be marked within THIRTY
days after posting OF such notice, by six
substantial posts, projecting not less than
three feet above the surface of the ground,
and not less than four inches square or In
diameter, or by substantial mounds of
stone, or earth and stone, at least two feet
in height, to'wt: One such post or
mound of rock at each corner and at the
center of such claims.
SEC. =. Such locator shall, within 90
days from and after the posting Of the To-
cation notice by him upon the lode or
claim, file for record with the recorder OF
conveyances, II there be one, who shall
be the custodian OF mining records and
miners liens, otherwise with the clerk of
the county, wherein the claim is situated,
a copy Of the notice so posted by him
upon the load or claim, having attached
thereto an affidavit showing that the work
required to be done by section of this
act, has been done and perfo; med, and
shall pay to the recorder or clerk a fee of
81 for such record thereof, which sum the
recorder or clerk shall Immediately pay
over to the treasurer of such county and
shall take his receipt therefor, as In the
case Of other county funds coming into
the possession of such officer. Such re.
corder or clerk shall Immediately record
such location notice and the affidavit an.
nexed thereto. No location notice shall
be entitled to record or recorded until the
work required by section 3 of this act has
been done and the affidavit in proof there.
of Is attached to the notice to be recorded.
SEC. 3. Before the expiration of sixty
days from the date of thr posting OF the
notice of discovery upon his claim as
aforesaid, and before recording the notice
OF location as required by section OF this
act, the locator must sink a shaft upon
the claim located to a depth OF at least ten
feet from the lowest part OF the rim Of
such shaft at the surface, or deeper II ne.
sessary, to show by such work a lode or
vein of mineral deposit in place. A cut or
crosscu, or tunnel which cuts the lode at
a depth of ten feet or an open cut at least
six feet deep, four feet wide and ten feet
In length along the lode from the point
where the same may be in any manner
discovered, is equivalent to such discovery
shaft. Such work shall not be deemed a
part of the assessment work required by
the Revised Statutes of the United States.
The locator, or some one for him who did
work upon and has knowledge OF the
facts relating to the sinking of the dlscov.
cry shaft, shall make and attach to the
copy of the notice of location to be re-
corded an affidavit showing the compli.