The border vidette., 1904-02-20
LOCATING IN MEXICO.
Information that Is Valuable TO Fore
iSnerS In Search of Mining
Properties.

The following data are OF intcrcs
to Americans and others engaged IL
mining IN Mexico, and may serve IA
/ guide III the acquisition or title:
whether by uenouncemenG or filling
claims" or by purchase:
a mining claim Is u solid of Inde-
fnIte depth, limited 10y vertical
projection from the surface down
ward, being horizontal square oi
lOOA 100 meters equaliug about 32S
feet square and infringement oi
dip or apexing of lodes is allowed to
extend beyond lines. Any number OF
claims desirable may be located.
| The annual tax Is SO per claim,
and runs from date of issuance of title
Fine for non payment first month after
| due Is 80 per cent. OF amount OF TAX.
Second month full amount of tax.
Third mouth property forfsits and
may be adjudged.
| Foreigners cannot acquire property
within twenty leagues Of land border
or ten leagues from coast without
special permission.
A announcement Is equal to Ameri-
| can procedure of ''tiling claim," and
| Is presented to the agent in duplicate,
bearing SO cents each of revenue
stamps properly cancelled.
Title to the mineral zone can only
conform to lines given in denounce
ment; direction and strike OF vein or
deposit desired should be carefully
noted. also distances from natural
objects, habitations. etc. and in all
cases the correct municipality
Within three days from date of de-
noupcen,ent surveyor must be ap
pointed, who within eight days must
tle his acceptance, and who must
within sixty days thereafter make the
surveys, placing the necessary Monu
ineuts for Identification, and report
full notes of description, and neces-
sary maps in duplicate.
Immediately afoer notifying the sur
veyor to make the survey, the mineral
agent snail issue In duplicate true
copies of the proceedings which
should countajn:-
l. An extract of the announcement
9. Name, residence and acceptance
of the surveyor.
5. Notice that within four months
from date of extract all proceedings
in the agency will be terminated.
A duplicate of the extract Is given
by the agent to the denouncer, who,
within forty days must have same
published three times in tine official
periodical of the state, territory. or
federal district in which the claim is
situated.
After the period of four months
if no adverse claim is tiled, the agent
Il. ali
thereto to the 'Department de Fo-
mento" III the City of NJ Mexico. and
In due time, should there be no dis
crepancles favorable decision thereon
is announced and the agent is notified
to advise the denouncer thereof, who
shall remit tho proper amount of
$40 per pertenencia III stamps, plus
50 for title deed. whereupon title
is duly issued.
Every mining title and transfer,
other than by stock, should be reg
istered in the district where located
Mlnlng shares are transferable 10y
sim pile Endorsements, and titles proper
are governed by law of transfer Of
real estate and should be thor
oughly gone into, especially as to pay
ineur OF propsr tax, adverse claims,
permission of surface rights from
owners of soil or federal government,
proper notation of survey and location
of monuments where other claims ad-
join, and if III prohibited zone, that
special permit De duly granted.
Before title is granted, denounce
ment rights may bs purchased, but
this Is not to be recommended. A
contract of sale is best and should
be duly made before competent au-
thority, and u duly authorized copy
should be forwarded to the Depart
amento de Fomento in Mexico City
with request that title be issued to
purchaser instead of denouncer. All
transfers of mining property other
than shares should be registered.
Where a foreign corporation &C
quires property within the prohibited
zone" it Is usually by having title
granted to some individual of trust
who is Mexican citizen, but the
best way is to incorporate a Mexican
company, which can hold the prop
erty without a permit, such stock being |
transferred to the foreign corporauion
In all cases the transfer of mining
property, other than by stock, is by |
public contract and not by private
In Mexico a deed is always a contract;
if over $500 in value it is public
document and must be registered; it !
less, 1T Is Il private contract and does