The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-11-28
THE MINING LAWS
= IN NEVADA
STATE
A Few Pointers Given Pros
pectors and LOcators OF
Claims Within the Common
wealth.

The mining law should be amend
ed in this respect that the bona hoe
locator may nave sumcient time,
based upon continued work, IN wnIcn
he may mold mis- calm against others
wuiie searching Tor the vein or ae~
posit OF mineral believed to lie De-
meath the surface. Occurrences Oh This
character are numerous III leslons oI
beaded deposits. aeep PAGERS and nat
veins, out no Jaw eXis1s on the s.a1uIe
books which makes psovlaion Ior u.s-
eoyery uAuer suen couulaons.-4Ili4-
ing ana oclenuAc Press.
1t is :. natural supposition tnat aftOI
the many years oI experience N 4nln-
ing ia the me.t, miners se.4er4i4s
woAlu De pe-lectly Ianalla9 wlln I4.w
relating u lAlAes, ana yet some ars
surprisingly lsao1aAL or those Ieatu. CO
wnlcn AaYe A4osI Important Des.r-
Ing on lAe suDJecI ol Ioca.40n -lAe
iAltlai po.nt IL securing m4nll.g p
perry oA the puDac oolnain.
he LAWS lelal.ng 20 alens, TO ,he
exlg~-iatel44 ris..t AID 10 sone o4.te.
legal pAases oI mining, ale nol ..
Feael4y uA4eIAloo' the most astu..
Aaltorneys b-.As themselves of-en4s a.
loss now 10 proceed Min salety l.
tAeir clients, Dut the statues uenn-
tut =.
anu easily unueIstood. 10 sucA All
extent Is 1nls tact The logical .nler
ence is that AZ s0iAe cases the A.inei
purposely ialIs TO unue4 aud. oI
frames a law vi his own wnlen Sal
his enus better th..n tAe plain I4n-
guage oi zee statues. I4e AVS zee
uiatlAg me ioOaaOn Of mlniAg claims
and securing Ute 10 Lhsn "
TIE Performance OF certain ac,s ak
pam ana easily understood, aud 10
this reason Tue conIIlcts constantly
arising over tie omnersL4p OF mln4no
ground should not occur 1T ali.
The fault often lies with the locator
himself, VINO caIe.essiy iails 10 COM
ply with the requirements of tie stat
utes and sets up an IAsamclenl nula-
Der OF corner A4onumnt5 or posts,
sometimes none at all, or pueuAg
them az tie proper places, they a.e
SO frail as TO De readily destroyed or
SO inconsplc uous as to remain uA-
observed by Others seeking mlnlng
grounu. Oflen too much depen-ence
is placed on the discovery stake, upon
which Is posted the claims OF the lo-
Gator, VINO states thereon the nalDe
OF ne location and the extent of tie
territory he locates under the
law. This is insufficient and viii not
meet the requlIemnts OF the Jaw.
sStakes to be set out at the corne S,
at the ends and centers of the clam.
These stakes or monuments must be
PLAINLY visible from one TO the othe.
and if, when standing at any of the
stakes. the next adjacent stake can
not be seen, because of intervening
brush, rocks. or rising ground, then
additional intermediate stakes must
be set SO that in the language of
the statutes, the boundaries of the
Location may be plainly traced.
Discovery Is the Inception of tie
miners right. This should first be
made and the location laid out to con-
form TO existing conditions-as to
strike Of the vein, etc.-as nearly as
.may be ascertained. Often it is diff
ticult or impossible to determine
without considerable work the difec-
tion Of strike Of vein or ore deposit,
and then the miner must stake the
claim to the best of his ability and