Bisbee daily review., 1904-02-04

The following official information will prove invaluable to Americans and is furnished the Review through Senor Antonio Maza. the Mexican consul at Douglas.
 "A mining claim is solid. of in definite depth. limited by a vertical projection from the sLface downward being horizontal square of 100x10C meters aqualing about 323 feet square and no infringement of dip of apex ing of lodes is allowed 70 extend be yond lines. Any nuEber of claims desirable may be located.
 The annual tax IS s10 per claim payable every four months and runs from date of issuance of title. Fine fer non-payment first month after due IS 50 per cent of amount of tax. Sec ond month full amount of tax. Third month property forfeits and may be aGjudgei. Foreigners cannot acquire property within twenty leagues o' lard bo-der or ten leagues from coast withcrt suecial permission
 A can procedure of filing claim" and is presented to the agent in duplicate bearing fifty cents each Of revenue stamns properly cancelled.
 Title to the mineral zone can orly conform to lines given in denounce' ment: direction and strike of vein or deposit desired should be carefully noted. also distances from natural ob- iects. habitations. etc, anG in all cases the correct municipality.
 Within three days from date of de ucuncement surveyor must be aD- pointed who within eight days must file acceptance. and who must within sixty days thereafter make the sur veys. placing the necessary monu ments for identification. and report full notes of description ard necessa' " maps in duplicate.
 Immediately after notifying the sur vevor to make the survey. the mineral agent shall issue in duplicate true con ies of the proceedings. which should contain:
 1. An extract of the denouncement 2. Name. residence and acceptance of the surveyor
 3. Notice that within four months from date of extract all proceedings in the agency will be terminated. A duplicate of the extract is given hr tho .~o,t +o +ho danorn~e~ who within forty days must have same pub lishe6 three times in the official peri odical of the state, territory. or fed eraI district in which claim is situated After the period of four months ii no adverse claim is filed, the agent shall forward all papers in relation thereto to the "Departmento de Tom enti," public motion. in the City ol Mexico. and in due time. should there he DO discrepancies, favorable decis ion thereon is announced and the agent is notified to advise the de uouncer thereof, who shall remit the nroner amount of $1o for pertinencia in stamps plus g for title deed. where upon a patent is duly issued.
 Every mining title and transfer other than by stock. should be regis tered in the district where located Mining shares are transferable by simple indorsement and title proper are governed by the law Of transfer of real estate" and should be thor oughly gone into. especially as to pay ment of proper tax. adverse claims permission of surface rights from own CTS of soil or federal government prop CT notation of survey and location of monuments where other claims ad join, and if in prohibited zone that special permit be duly granted. Be fore patent is issued, denouncemen, rights may be purchased. but this is not to be recommended.
 A contract of sale is best and should be duly made before a competent au. thority, and a duly authorized copy should be forwarded to the Depart amento de Fomento in Mexico city, with request that title be issued to purchase instead of denouncer. All transfers of mining property other than shares should be registered. Where a corporation acquires prop erty within the prohibited zone" it is usually by having title granted to some individual of trust who is a Mex ican citizen, but the best way fs to incorporate a Mexican company which can hold the property without a permit, such stock being trans ferred to the foreign corporation.
 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 ever $500 in value, it is a public doc ument and must be registered; if less it is a private contract and does not require registration It is always necessary that the wife give specific written consent in the deed.
 Mineral substances for which min ing titles and prospect permits" are