The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-04-13
LEGISLATURE MAKES
CAAANGE IN MINING LAWS
Locators Must Monument Claims
Within Twenty Days-Act De-
scribes Nature Of Location
Work

The following law, which was pass
ed by the Nevada assembly, and which
goes into effect July lst, contains some
paragraphs of Importance and copy
should be in the possession Of every
man or waman who locates claim
Compliance with the local, state and
district eondl. .ons ofte,times saves
endless and expensive litigation.
The act, which was approved March
%, reads as follows:
Section l. Section Of the above
entitled act is hereby amended so az
to read as follows:
Section /. Any person, citizen of
'"iiea states. or who has declared
ris intention to become such, who dis
covers a vein or lode, may locate a
claim upon such vein or lode by de-
fning the boundaries of the claim in
the manner hereinafter described and
by posting notice of such location at
the time and point of discovery, which
notice must be posted upon one of the
several monuments prescribed in see
tion 2 Of this act, and such notice must
contain, first, the name of the lode or
claim; second, the name of the locator
or locators; third, the date of the To-
cation; fourth, the number of linear
feet claimed in length along the course
of the vein each way from the point
of discovery, with the width on each
side of the center of the claim and
the general course of the vein or lole
as near as may be.
Section 2-Section of the above
named act is hereby amended so as to
read as follows.
Defining Location Work
Sec. 2. The locator Of lode mining
claim must sink discovery shaft up
on the claim located four feet by six
feet to the depth Of at least ten feet
from the lowest part Of the vein Of
such sahft at the surface, or deeper If
necessary, to show by such work lode
deposit Of mineral in place; cut or
crosscut or tunnel which cuts the lode
at . depth Of ten feet or an open cut
along the said ledge or lode equivalent
in sixe to shaft four feet by six
feet by ten feet deep, is equivalent to
q discovery shaft.
The locator must define the bound
aries of his claim by removing the
top of tree (having diameter of
not less than four inches, not less
than three feet above the ground, and
blazing and marking the same; or by
a rock in place, Gaping such rock
with smaller ones, such rock and
stones to have height of not less
than three feet; or by setting post
or stone one at each corner and one at
the center of each side line. When a
post is used it must be at least four
inches in diameter by four and one
half feet in length set one foot in the
ground. When it is practically i'm
possible on account of bedrock or pre-
cipitous ground to sink such posts they
may be placed in a mound Of earth or
stones, or where the proper placing of
such posts or other monuments is i'm
practicable or dangerous to life or
limb, it shall be lawful to place such
posts or monuments at the nearest
ponit properly marked to designate its
right place. When a stone is used (not
rock in place) it must be not less
than six inches in diameter and two
and one-half feet in height. All
trees, posts or rocks used as monu-
ments, when not four feet in diameter
Mt the base, shall be surrounded by a
mound of earth or stones four feet in
diameter by two feet in height, which
trees, posts, stones or rock monuments
must be SO marked as to deignate the
corners Of the claim located;
Must Define Boundaries
Provided, however. that the locator
Of mining claim shall within twenty
days from the date Of posting the no
tice Of location define the boundaries
Of said claim by placing at each corner
and at the center Of each side line one
Of tho hereinbefore described monu-
ments and shall with ninety days
from the date Of posting said location
notice perform the location work here
tnbefore described.
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