Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-04-27
NEVADA'S new
Mining LAW

u,bich goes into effect July 1, con.
toins some paragraphs of Importance
.rd a copy should be in the pos
.ossion of every man or woman who
locates a claim. Compliance with
ne local state and district conditions
oftentimes saves endless and expen-
sive litigation.
The Act, which was approved
March 29, 1907, reads as follows:
Section /. Section 1 of the above
entitled Act is hereby amended so as
70 read as follows:
Section |. Any person, a citizen of
tbe United States, OF who has de-
dared his intention to become such.
who discovers a vein or lode NAV
locate a claim upon such vein or lode
by defining the boundaries of the
claim in the manner hereinafter de-
scribed and by posting notice of such
location at the time and point of dis
coyery. which notice must be posted
mon one of the several monuments
prescribed in Section 2 of this Act.
and such notice must contain. first
the name of the lode or claim: sec
ond, the name of the locator, or loca-
tors: third, the date of location;
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 lode
as near as may be.
Section 2. Section 2 of the above
named Act is hereby amended so as
to read as follows:
Defining Location Work
Section 2. The locator of a lode
mining claim must sink a discovery
shaft upon 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 shaft at the surface. or .
deeper, if necessary, to show by sucb
work a lode deposit of mineral m !
place; a cut or crosscut or tunnel
which cuts the lode at n depth OF ten |
feet or an open cut along the said
ledge or lode equivalent In size 70 n
shaft four feet by six feet by ten feet
deep is equivalent to "a discovery
shaft. The locator must define the 4
boundaries Of his claim by remoying
ne top Of a tree (haying a diameter
not less than four inches) not less
aan three feet above the ground. and
AAiing and marking the same; or
@arock in place, Gaping such rock
Fih smaller stones. such rock and y
stones TO have a height of not less rt
man three feet; or by setting a post
Or stone one at each corner and one !,
lime center of each side line. When
: post is used It must be al least y
loar inches In diameter by four and n
ole-hali feet in length set one foot al
D me ground. When It Is practical ST
y impossible on account of bedrock
y pFeeipitous ground to sink such
pos's they may be placed in a mound -
o. earth or stones, or where the 81
proper placing Of such posts or other vi
monuments is impracticable or dan tu
ssfous to life or limb, II shall be to
awful to place such posts or monu- be
@snls at the nearest point properly
MARKED to designate It's right place pc
sneh a stone is used (not a O In da
pace) II must be not less than SIX I'M
laenes In diameter and eighteen sa
l'aes IN length In the top of a els
mound Of earth or stones, four feet sta
! uameter and two and one-half
w IN height. All trees, posts or trs
,OVAs used as monuments, when not is
-, leet IN diameter at the base. rol
'udll De surrounded by a mound Of ac,
,'i'n or stones four feet in diameter VIII
: TWO ieet In height which trees. ar,
.s'''' stones or rock monuments ar,
sa'' De SO marked as to designate
= corners of the claim located: as
Must Define boundaries Ter
r'O'lded' however, that the locator RIA
: INNING claim shall within TWEEN Inc
] uAys from the date Of posting tho fri,
''nce Of location define the bound. try
W.. = sald claim by placing at each :
"Sr and at the center of each side viii
JUG OF the hcreinbefore described raj
and shall within ni,o,y wiI
NIL "Om the date of posting said To- nov
notice perform the location nov
'sA nereinbefore described. =
,,t u,,'lOn 9. Section 3 of the above mel
sss su Act is hereby amended to ~
'ad as follows:
May File Notice. has
I uon y Any locator or locators RESI-
shl,.s l'aing claim. after having es- pro
the boundaries Of said lots
h ana after having complied with mir
rs r provisions of this Act, with ref.
cunS.' % the establishment Of such '
w. may file with the district stri