The San Francisco call., 1907-02-04
Many Strikes Are
Reported in the
State Lodges

me most significant recent develop
ment concerning mining In California
is the desire manifested In certain di-
rectlons to provide State law and dis
trict regulations. State Mineralogist
Aupury, as previously reported, says
tnat ne will try to have law enacted
/ at the present session of the Leg1sla-
! lure that would resemble the law or
/ nevada. The purpose as explained by
him' IS TO prevent the tying up OF
SIMPLY by the process of relocation an
nuaily and in the absence of any work
actually performed by the mineral
claimant
A bill also has been introduced In
the Legislature by Senator Boynton.
his measure would make 1t requisite
that locators of claims shall record
the following:
49,. First. the name of the lode or claim: second,
sne name OF the locator locators; tnlrd the
date OF location; fourth. the number of linear
feet claimed in length along the course of the
VEN each way from the point of discovery with
the width on each side of the center of the
| VEN and the general Of the vein or
\ lode as near may be-
Before the expiration of ninety days from
| the posting OF such notice upon the claim, the
locator must sink a discovery shaft upon the
claim located to the depth of at least ten feet
at the surface, or deeper If necessary to show
py such work a lode deposit of mineral IN
/
the lode at depth of ten feet, or an open
/ cut along the ledge or lode equivalent In size
is equivalent to discover yei shaft az The locator
must define the boundaries of his claim by
marking tnr nost tree OF rock In place OF by set
corner and one at the center Of each side
The relocation Of abandoned lode claims
shall be made By posting location notice and
by sinking new discovery shaft and fixing new
boundaries In the same manner as If 1t
may sink the original shaft ten feet deeper
which case the location Certificate must give the
depth and dimensions of the original discovery
shaft at the date of relocation and erect new or
adopt the old boundaries, renewing the posts
or monuments II removed or destroyed
The location of placer claim shall be made
in the following manner: By posting thereon,
upon tree. rock in place, stone, post or monu-
ment notice of location containing the
OF the claim. of locator locators. date
of Location and number of feet or acres claimed.
and by marking the boundaries and the loca-
same means as required by the laws of this
locatfons provided. that where the United States
survey has been extended over the land embraced
legal subdivisions, and, except the marking Of
the location point hereinbefore prescribed
other markings than those of said survey shall
| Within ninety days after the posting Of the
notice OF location of a placer claim. the locator
upon the claim for the development thereof and
shall have recorded by the recorder of the min
| Ing district and the County Recorder of the
county in which the claim is situated, a location
certificate which shall state the name of the
claim, designating it placer claim, the name
| of the locator or locators the date of location
| the number of feet claimed a descrip-
ton Of the claim with regard to some natural
object or permanent monument, to clearly
! Identify the claim, and the kind and amount Of
work done by him herein required and the
| place on the claim where said work done.
Any such certificate which does not state all
the facts herein required to be stated shall be
void.
! Provision is made for locating tun-
mel claims. The assessment work pro-
vided for is that required by the min
ing laws of the United States, 500
year.
CODE OF REGULATIONS
The miners of the Bishop section
in Inyo County have organized a mining
district and have taken for their model
the practice of Nevada. In the rules and
regulations adopted it is provided that
within ninety days from the posting
! of location upon claim the locator
must sink discovery shaft four by
| six feet to the depth of at least ten
! feet or shall drive a cut or crosscut or
| tunnel at the depth of ten feet, which
| will be considered equivalent to a dis
covery shaft To amend location an
additional certificate may be filed, pro-
vided that the amended location does
of others at the time OIL the amend
ment. The relocation of abandoned
! lode claims willi be effected by sinking
! new discovery shaft and making new
| boundaries in the same manner as in
the case of new claim. In estimating
the worth of work that is required to
| be performed on a claim to hold it
under the laws of the United States
| the value of a days labor is fixed at
| 81 and eight hours of labor must act
ually be performed to constitute a
days work.
| Concerning the extent of claim and
| the following of a vein the Inyo County
| as the Bishop district is concerned, as
| follows:
The location record of any vein lode
| claim shall be construed to include all surface
ground within the surface lines thereof, and all
lodes and ledges therein throughout the entire
depth the top apex Of which lies inside of
such lines extended downward vertically, with
| all parts of such lodes or veins as continue
| to dip beyond the side lines of the claim. but
shall not include any portion OF such lodes,
claim or the end lines mes continued, whether by By
dip or otherwise, beyond the side lines in
any. other manner than by the dip of the lode.
IL the top or apex of the lode in its longi-
tudinal course extends beyond the exterior lines
of the claim at any point on the surface, or as
not be followed in its longitudinal course be-
/ yond where it is intersected by the exterior
| lines.
OPERATIONS IN STATE
| In the northern counties several
moves of Importance to the mining in
dustry are announced. the most i'm
portant being the revival Of operations
at the Keswick smelter. Manager
Wright Of the Mountain Copper Com
pany Is quoted as saying that the
smelter will be rehabilitated in the
next few months. It has been closed
two years, and the town Of Keswick
has diminished from 1000 inhabitants