The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-15
STATE MINING
LAW UP.TO-DATE
Recent Legislation Affecting the
Location of Claims of Inter.
est to PrOSpeCtOrS.

The following law, which was en-
acted by the Nevada assembly, and
which goes into effect July 1, con-
tains some paragraphs Of importance
and a copy should be in the posses
sion of every man or woman who To-
Gates claim. Compliance with the
local. state and district conditions of
tentimes saves endless and expensive
litigation.
The act, which was approved on
March % reads as follows;
Section Sec l of the above en-
titled act is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec. Any person citizen of the
United States or who has declared
his intention TO become such who dis
covers a vein or lode may locate
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 loca-
ton at the time and point of discov
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-
,Io oil
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 a lode min
ing claim must sink discovery shaft
upon the claim located 4 feet by 6
feet TO the depth of at least 0 feet
from the lowest part of the vein of
such shaft al the surface, or deeper.
il necessary. To show by such work a
lode deposit of mineral in place
cut or crosscut or tunnel which cuts
the lode at depth of 10 feet or an
open cut along the said ledge or lode
equivalent in size to snaft ix6x10
feet deep is equivalent to discov-
cry shaft.
The locator must define the boun-
diaries of his claim by removing the
top of a tree thaving diameter of
not less than 1 inches) not less than
3 feet above the ground. and blazing
and marking the same: or by rock in
stones, such rock and stones to have
a 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 4 inches in di-
ameter by / 1-2 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 he placed in
4 mound of earth or stones. or where
the proper placing of such posts or
other monuments is impracticable or
dangerous to life or limb, it shall be
lawful 10 place such posts or monu-
ments al The nearest point properly
marked 10 designate its right place
When o stone is used tnot a rock in
place. il must be not less than 6
inches in diameter and is inches in
length, set Two thirds of it's length
in the top of mound of earth or
stones, / feet in diameter and 2 IL
feet in diameter by feet in height.
which trees, posts. stones or rock
must be so marked as to
designate the corners of the claim To-
'ated
Must Define Boundaries.
Provided, however, that the loca
or OF mining claim shall within 20
lays from the date of posting the no.
ice Of location define the boundaries
If said claim by placing at each cor
Ter and at the center of each side
inc one of the hereinbefore described
monuments and shall within 90 days
rom the date of posting said location I
notice perform the location work