The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-02-14

, lHe mining ulSLTlClS III new Mexico
make the lode claim 500 feet in widtl
and 1900 feet in length.
DIMENSIONS OF
PLACER CLAIMS
A placer claim may contain twent,
acres.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
The following references are to tn,
Compiled Laws of New Mexico, ex
cept where otherwise noted
Sec. 1886. 1t is necessary in locat
ing a mining claim to mark distinctly
the boundaries of such claim end tc
post in some conspicuous place or
such location a notice in writing, civ
ing such description as will identity
the claim, and the names of the loca
tor or locators, and his or their inten
ton of locating said claim.
A copy of said notice must be rec
orded in the office of the recorder of
the county in which said claim is To-
Gated within three months of the
posting of such notice. No other rec.
ord of said notice is necessary.
Sec. 2299 tas amended by the Ses-
sion Laws of 1899, Section 1, Chap
ter 81, page 1l1) Within 1870 days of
the location of any mining claim in
this territory, the surface boundaries
of such claim shall be marked by four
substantial posts, one at each corner
of said claim.
Sec 1900 The relocation of any
mining claim which is subject to re-
location, shall be made in the same
way as an original location is requir-
ed by law to be made.
Sec. 23O1. If the original location is
defective in any way, or the require
ments of the law have not been COM
piled with before filing, or If the own
er of any mining claim shall be de-
sirous of changing his surface boun-
daries, or of taking in any part of an
Overlapping claim which has been
abandoned, such owner may file an
amended or additional notice of loca-
ton, provided such notice does not
interfere with the rights of others.
Sec. 1902. Any persons who shall
take down, remove, alter or destroy
any stake, post, monument or notice
| of location upon any mining claim
without the consent of the owner or
owners thereof, shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and, on conviction,
shall be punished by a fine not ex-
ceeding one hundred dollars or by i'm
prisonment in the county Jail not ex-
Ceeding six months, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
Sec 2311. Any person or persons,
O. the manager, officer, agent or en-
ploye or any person, firm, corporation
or association, who shall in any man
ner alter, deface or change the loca-
tion notice of any mining claim in
this territory, located under the laws
Of the United States and the laws of
this territory, or any location regula-
ton in force in the district wherein
such claim is situated, thereby in any
manner affecting the rights of any
person. firm or corporation, to such
claim or location, or the land covered
thereby, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and, upon conviction
thereof before any court of cOmpe-
tent jurisdiction, shall be fined in
sum not less than one hundred dol
lars, nor more than five hundred dol
lars, or Imprisonment in the county
jail for not less than sixty days, nor
more than one year, or by both such
fine and imprisonment, in the discre-
ton of the court trying the case.
Nothing herein contained shall affect
the rights of such locator or locators
to correct errors in such notice, as
provided in Sec. 2301, and the laws of
the United States Provided, such
change shall not affect or change the
date of such location notice, or affect
the rights of any other person
Sec. 229S. The locator or locators
of any mining claim shall within nine
ty days from the date of taking pos
session of the same, sink a discovery
shaft, exposing mineral in place, or
shall drive tunnel, adit or open cut
upon such claim to depth of at least
ten feet below the surface
Sec. 230O : The re-locator of a
mining claim shall sink discovery
shaft, exposing mineral in place, or
shall drive tunnel, adit, or open cut
upon such relocated claim to depth
Of ten feet below the surface, or shall
sink the original shaft ten feet deeper,
or drive the original tunnel, adit, or
open cut upon such claim ten feet
further.
Sec 2315. Every owner of unpaten-
ted mining claims in New Mexico
shall within 60 days and after doing
the assessment work which is requir-
ed by law to be done upon said claim, |
cause to be filed with the recorder of
the county in which such mining
claim is situated, an affidavit setting
forth the fact that all work required
by law has been done.
The annual assessment work must
be done each year not later than the
31st day of December. Rev. Stat |
U. S.
On each claim until patent Is is
sued therefor, not less than one hun
dred dollars worth of labor shall be
performed or improvements made dur
ing each year When five hun
dred dollars worth of labor has been |
performer or improvements made on
any mining claim, the owner can pro-