The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-20
From Mondays Daily.

The following law, which was en-
acted by the Nevada assembly, and
which goes into effect July /, con-
tains some paragraphs of Importance
and copy should be in the possess
sion of every man or woman who To-
cates a claim. Compliance with the
local. state and district conditions of
tentimes saves endless and expensive
litigation.
The act, which was approved on
March 30, reads as follows:
Section Sec of the above en-
titled act is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec. Amy person citizen of the
United States or who has declared
his intention TO become such who dis
covers vein or lode may locate
claim upon such vein or lode by de
fining the boundaries of the claim IN
the manner hereinafter described
and by posting notice of such loca-
ton at the time and point of discoY-
cry. which notice must be posted on
one of the several monuments pres
cribed in Section ? 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 location; fourth, the num-
Der OF linear feet claimed 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 Sec. of the above act
is hereby amended so as to read as
follows:
Defining Location Work.
Sec 2-The locator OF lode min
ing claim must sink discovery shaft
upon the claim located 4 feet by 6
feet 10 the depth of at least 10 feet
from the lowest part of the vein of
such shaft at the surface, or deeper.
il necessary. to show by such work a
lode deposit of mineral in place; a
cut or crosscnt or tunnel which cuts
the lode at Il depth of o feet or an
open cut along the said ledge or lode
equivalent in size to shart fX6Xl
feet deep is equivalent to a discoV-
cry shaft
The locator must define the boun-
diaries of his claim by removing the
top of a tree (having diameter of
not less than inches) not less than
3 feet above the ground, and blazin g
and marking the same; or by rock in
place Gaping such rock with smaller
stones, such rock and stones to have
height of not less than three feet;
or by setting a post or stone one at
each corner and one at the center of
each side line. When a post is used
il must be at least inches i'll di-
ameter by IL feet in length set |
foot in the ground. When it is prac-
tically impossible on account OF
bed rock or precipitous 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 impracticable or
dangerous to life or limb, il shall be
lawful to place such posts or monu-
ments at the nearest point properly
marked to designate its right place.
i. n
place. il must be not less than 6
inches in diameter and s inches in
length, set two thirds of its length
in the top of a mound of earth or
stones. 4 feet in diameter and IL
feet in diameter by > feet i'll height
which trees, posts, stones or rock
monuments must be so marked as to
designate the corners of the claim To-
Gated;
Must Define boundaries.
Provided, however, that the loea-
tor of mining claim shall within = o
days from the date of posting the no.
tice of location define the boundaries
of said claim by placing at each cor
ner and at the center of each side
line one of the hereinbefore described
monuments and shall within so days
from the date of posting said location
notice perform the location work
hereinbefore described.
Section Sec. 3 of the above en-
titled act is hereby amended to read
as follows:
May File Notice.
Section ANY locator or locators
Of mining claim after having estab-
lished the boundaries of said claim,
and after having complied with the
provisions of this act, with reference
TO the establishment of such bounda-
ries, may file with the district mining
recorder a notice of location, setting
forth the name given to the lode or
vein, the number of linear feet claim
ed in length along the course of the
vein, the date of location, the date
on which the boundaries of the claim