Bisbee daily review., 1903-01-15
 MINING LAW
THE LOCATION OF LODE CLAIMS.
By s. A. MERRITT

IT. a previous article the writer tried to present a few of the most import ant requirements of the law pertaining to the necessity of a valid discovery as the basis of location. It is now our purpose to present some of the es- sentials or avalid location.
 When once a discovery is made such as the law would uphold, the prospec;or is entitled to quiet and un- disturbed possession for a certain length of time to do the other acts necessary to a completed location. And the matter of making proper oca,ion of lode claim is also regu- lated both by United States, and terri torlal statutes, and by the United States law as follows:
 "A mining claim located after the tenth day of May 1872, whether locat ed by one or more persons, may equal, but shall rot exceed one thousand five hundred feet in length along the vein or lode: but no location of a mining claim shall be made until the discov- cry of the vein or lode within the limits of the claim located No claim shall extend more than three hundred feet on each side of the middle of the
 
 claim be limited by any mining regula- ton to less than twenty-five feet on each side of the middle of the vein at the surface. The end lines of each claim shall be parallel to each other" From United Staces Revised Statutes. Sec. 232p And also in accordance with Sec. 2224 of the Revised Statutes Of the United States. The miners Of sIsr fs tions net in conflict with the laws Of the United States, or with the laws of inc state Jr :-.' -nry in vii l7 ;Ae ~. Jrict is situated. governing the loca- ton. manner Of recording. amount Of work necessary to hold possession of mining claim. subject to the following requirements. The location must be distinctly marked on the ground sD that it's boundaries car be readily traced. etc.
 It will be seen that the only require rnent of the law of the United States in regard to the manner of locating a mining claim is that the location must be distinctly mapped in the ground so that it's boundaries can be readily traced" The location therefore is never complete until the boundaries are so marked. and by legislation suppementing the United States law. the legislature of this territory has designated what is a sufficient mark ing of the boundaries and the statute should be fully compiled with. The Ari- 2ona Jaw is as follows:
 Such location shall be made by erecting at or contiguous to the point of discovery a conspicuous monument of stones not less than three feet high, Or aa upright post. securely fixed, pro- jecting ar least four feet above the ground, in which monument of stones. or on which post there shall be posted a location notice which shall be sign ed by the name or names of the loca- tor or locators, the location notice must contain:
 The name of the claim located, the name, CT names of the lccators. the date of the location, the length and width Of the claim in feet, and the dis tance in feet from the point of dis covery to each end of the claim, the general course of the claim. and the locality of the claim with reference tC some natural object or permanent monument whereby the claim can be identified"
 And further the Arizona law pro vides tha:: Until each and all of the above specified things shall have beer done. no right thereto shall have beer acquired"
 And further. the statutes of Arizon; provide that: From the time of thu lc"ation of a mining claim, as abov' specified. the locator shall have ninet! days within which to do or cause to b, done the following things:
 To cause to be recrded in the of fee of the county recorder of the cour ty in which the claim is situated cop. of the location notice, 10 sink dis covery shaft in the claim to a deptl Of at least ten feet from the loves Fart of the rim of the shaft at tn surface, and deeper if necessary, unti there is disclosed in said shaft minera in place, to monument the claim o the ground so that it's boundaries ca be readily traced. and such surfac boundaries shall be marked by six sui stantial posts projecting at least fou feet above the surface of the ground or by substantial stone monument a least three feet high, to wit: one 8 each corner of said claim and one 8 the center of each end line thereo
 Any open cut. adit or tunnel whic shall be made as boye provided fo as part of the location of lode mi ing claim and which shall be equiva ent in amount of work to a shaft te feet deep four feet wide by six fet long. and which shall cut 3 lode ( mineral in place at depth of ten fet from the surface, shall be equivaler as a discovery work, to a shaft sun from the surface"