Williams news., 1902-12-27
ARIZONA MINING LAW.
As Amended by the Fist Lesislsture---ln
 Effect March Io. 1901.

U the di-coverer for himself. or for himself and others or for others
 SIC. 2 Such location shall be made by erect | ing af. contiguous to. the point of discovery a conspicuous monument of stones not less than three feet in height. an upright post. secure | iv fixed protecting at least four feet above the ground. in which monument of stones or on which post there shall be posted a location mo- tice which shall be signed by the name or names of the locator or locAtors- The location notice must contain:
 1. The name of the claim located 2. The name or names of the locators- a. The date of the location
 l. The length and width of the claim in feet. and the distance in feet from the point of dis eovery to each end of the claim a. The general course of the claim
 C. The locality of the claim with reference Co some natural object or permanent monument whereby the claim can be identified
 SEC g. Until each and all of the above sPeci- fled things shall have been done, no right thereto shall have been acquired
 SET. l. From the time of the location of n mining claim. above specified, the locator shall be allowed ninety days within which to do or cause to be done the following things:
 l. To cause to be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the claim is situated a copy Of the location notice
 9 To sink a discovery shaft in the claim to the depth Of at least ten feet from the lowest part of the rim of the shaft at the surface, and deeper. if necessary. until there Is disclosed in said shaft mineral in place. g. To monument the claim on the ground so that ft- boundaries can be readily traced SEC s. The failure tO do any of the things enumerated in this section in the time and place specified shall be construed into an abandonment Of the claim. and all right and claim thereto of the discOvercr and locator shall be forfeited
 SEC 6. Such surface boundaries shall be marked by six substantial posts projecting at least four feet above the surface of the ground or by substantial stone monuments at least three feet high. tO-wit: one at each cor ncr Of said claim and one at the center of each end-line thereof
 SEC 7 Any open cut. adit or tunnel which shall be made As above provided for. as a part of the location of a lode mining claim. and which shall be equal in amount of work to a shaft feet deep and four feet wide by six feet long. and which shall cut a lode or mineral m place nt a depth of ten feet from the surface, shall be equivalent. a a discovery work, to a shaft sunk from the surface
 SEC s Location notices may be amended at any time and the monuments changed to cor respond with the amended location: Prorfdod. That no change shall be made that will inter fere with the rights of others
 SEC 9. The amount of assessment or repre- sentation work or improvements to be done or made during each year. after the completion Of the location heretofore provided and the | by the laws of the United States SEC. 10. Within three months after the ex- piration of the period of time fixed for the per fOrmance of annual labor or the making of im- provements upon any mining claim. the per son on whose behalf such work or improvement was made. or some person for him knowing the facts may make and record in the office of the county recorder of the county wherein such claim Is situated, an affidavit. in substance as follows:
 Territory of Arizona,
 County of------------------sS
 -------------------------- being duly sworn .deposes and says that he is a citizen of the United States and more than twenty-one years of age. resides at fn...................cou county. Arizona territory. and Is personally acquainted with the mining . claim known nas-----------------m mining cinim' situated fn........-... mining district, Arizona territory. the location notice of which is re- corded in the office of the county recorder of said county. fin book of records of mines. at page.-.. That between the---.-.---- day of. of.-----------A- D. --------and the-------- day of -----------A A. D----------at least------ dollars worth of work and improvements were done and performed upon said claim. not in- cIuding the location work of said claim Such work and improvements were made by and at the expense cof....-..-.-----.-.-.-ow owners or said claim. for the purpose of complying with the laws of the United States pertaining to assess ments Of annual work. and (here name the miners or men who worked upon the claim in doing the workJ were the men employed by said owner and who labored upon said claim.