The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1911-10-05
LOCATION LAWS Of MEX|C0START WORK 0NHB|B DTCa
United States Consul Writes of Re-
quirements for Locating
Mining Claims.

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following interesting story giving procedure required by
the Mexican for the location mining claims written
by Alexander v Dye United States consul at Noga Mexico for the
Mining and Engineering World:
In many respects the mining laws of Mexico radically different
from those of the United States In the first place there limit
the size of the claim The unit Of mining property the penenca
which 100 square hectae and equals 24 The
Of filing the rxst papers claim yNxco called denoune
ment and the applicant denonce pertenncas he
peases The initial however $3.50 each perenenca and
the annual tax thereafter So unit the first rs and SIS the
excess, providing that the property is all in piece
The apex mining law the United States
and consequently follow lode wherever leads
stay strictly within the vertical planes of his boundary lines
There development work required As long the kept paid
up there is forfeiture of title
In Mexico all mineral deposits considered the property
the nation matter whether public private land In other
words ordinary title to land for farming other purposes does carry
with any right the mineral deposits found such land Cose
quen prospecting for minerals be done private property with
without the consent of the of the land surface rights
the give his however, given
for any damages that result from prospecting subsequent
mining
On starting mining claim Mexico the prospecor
he Wishes take out exploration permit which him the
exclusive right for 60 days mot newabe prospect within certain
point and running circle around with radius 500 meters 60
feet).
Application for such permits made the mining agency
which there located in the principal town each political district
the However, these permits must be accompaedby
cate by graduate surveyor the effect that mining ope
aons have previously been undertaken the ground and that lies
nhed the of the land refuses give his permission such
pcaons rarely taken out the popeco preeng risk getting
his announcement the mining agency before any else in
securing exploration permit the either So
S4 depending whether the ground
to such exploration
Ordinarily therefore, the prospector simply searches unoccup
ground until he strikes He then goes the Ocna de mbres
nnarevenue stamp Office deposits So so for each pertennc
receiving certificate of such deposit which returned his appca
ton is rejected,
With the certificate he goes the mining agent fills blank
form announcement in duplicate which must be stamped with
2cen stamp each When this application recorded
charged and the later accepted for publication by
the mining agent e SIS required and So upon the receipt by the
denouncer of the abstract of the application.
The denouner holding diploma o
make survey the announcement he
the mining agent appoints him. This SHALL within 60 days
make scientific survey indicating where the monuments be
placed While the price paid for the surveying matter Of private
arrangement the denounce and the surveyor unless
large proposition here usually charge from $40 1925
After the surveyor has filed his official survey with the mining agent
the forwarded to the Department of omento Mex
City for revision In the announcement approved the de-
granted within which to monument his claim The
marking the boundary must be located that possible
any them both the preceding and succeeding and
by their shape color dimensions other characteristics must be dis
tinguishabe from ad joining monuments
They also be built foundations solid masonry not less
than so cenmetes 6S nce high and so centmeters square
be that regions this the acquisition of lining
claim is very expensive
Six months usually required from the time of filing denounc
until title secured While development work may be done
forbidden from claim until title is secured