The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-03-23
MEXICAN MINING LAW.

eIldCIeO lot the pui pOSS " SOH
ting men into trouble who are in
any way interested in the min
ing industry. That instead of
protecting the individual who
complies with them they open
the way for endless litigation.
That the man who makes a min
ing location and who fills all Of
the requirements of the law
must defend his rights instead OF
the government defending them
for him, and that a man has no
right and title under the law,
which he has fully complied with
that any individual, any black
mailer and any sharper will rec
ognize or respect. In fact. it
would seem that he laws pretain-
ing to mining, in the United Stat
es, are q tumble Of meaningless
phrases, traps for the unwary,
inducement for INSCRIPTIONS acts
and an impediment in the way of
legitimate and successful mining.
In the matter Of its mining
laws the United States might
well copy the code of Mexico, or
OF Canada. In the former coun-
try the man who wishes to en-
gage in mining obtains a permit
from the proper officials, and
when he selects the grounds he
desires to operate he notifies the
judge, The ground is surveyed,
the regulation fees are paid, and
as long as the man pays the
annual tax the ground is his.
He is protected in his rights and
no man can take it away from
him and and no one can give him
trouble because of a claim of
possessing extra-lateral rights,
as vertical lines govern and all
that is within the boundary lines
of his claim or group of claims is
his. If a claimowner has trouble
with jumper he appeals to the
judge and the jumper is inn
mediately arrested and jailed.
If any alteration arises the mat
ter is adjudicated at once by a
commission Of three, one selected
by each of the contestants and
one by the judge.
American citizens, who are
engaged in mining operations in
in the lands of the Montezumas,
speak most favorably Of the sim
plicity, the justice and the pro-
tection afforded by the mining
laws of Mexico;of the encourage
ment and inducements given and
extended.to forneigers to engage
in mining in Mexico, and of the
speedy arrangement and punish
ment of those who violate the
laws in the least degree; the
prosecution being carried on by
the government upon complaint
OF those harrassed by any who
may infringe upon their rights,
Were such laws as those in
force in Mexico applied to the
United States, litigation in min
ing affairs would almost entirely
cease. The occupation of the
claim jumper would be gone; the
fakir would have to leave the
country, and there would be no
more clouding of titles by ir-
responsible parties whose only
object is blackmail.
AT Clifton and Morenci, Ari-
iona, The mining Review is in
formed, those engaged in mining
have adopted, by mutual agree
ment, the Mexican law as far as
it extends to extra-lateral rights,
and as a result there is but little
mining litigation in these two
camps.
| 1t does seem as if some
changes should soon be made in
the ridiculous and unjust mining
laws of the United States.
They are as senseless as they
are a menace to mining industry,
and should be repealed and the
laws of more 'unenlightened'
country adopted to supercede
them. - Salt Lake Mining Re-
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