Bisbee daily review., 1912-04-05

since drilling IS now going on 60 close 10 the WaTreE District, almost at its doors" as the haclneya ed phrase goes the matter of all oil land locations and rights grows in interest and importance. In ether sections of Arizona also there IS going on explor. ation for oil and this article au- peared this week in the Arizona Der. ocrat.
 The following summary of the fed eral laws affecting oil land locations. drawn up for the benefit Of locato-s in the Kramer -BarstoW field of Califor- mia, Will be of interest to persons in- terested in the Seven Lakes fields Cf New Mexico. as far as the public lands are concerned. It is by R. C. Andre. consulting engineer of the Western Engineering company of Los Angeles, who has several times visited the Seven Lakes field
 The title to this land is held under original locations of ihe land made in compliance with the feueTal and state statutes governing the location Of lands containing petroleum, oils and their products. T!is location un- der the law and the decisions gives a vested interest in the original To- GdlOIS anu tlltlI SIdAlStS |NfNiillHl No. Donnel.an l5. \. R. iS2, II, U. $. 45; McFeters vs. Picrson. r. Colo. 204)
 The title is acquired by observance of au the formula ot notices and rec ording, and observance Of the details for initiating title, as required by the acts Of congress and the laws of the state and territory in which the prop erty is situated, and this estate Is only oh fMart-fgs lnHn NJ. R. 62: 14 Cal 50: Mallet vs. Un- cle sam O., l NJ. E. IS; 1 Nevada 1SS).
 oil lands are located under the placer mining laws. an act of congress having classified oil as a mineral and subject to location as other minerals that are located under placer mining laws.
 Where one person takes up clam under the placer mining law the size of the claim is limited to 20 acres, but the law permits an association ot per sons to locate a claim in common, not exceeding l60 acres to the entire as- sociation, for one claim This location by an association Of 1G0 acres consti- tues but single claim (Miller ys Chrisman, 73 Pac. 1OS3). This placer claim must conform as near as possi- lle with the rectangular subdivisions of the public lands.
 The re0uisitions for holding the vested estate in an oil location CT placer mining claim containing De- IrcIeum, oils. etc, are the same IS in all other forms Of placer mining claims. i. Q, annual labor to the eN- tent of S1oO a claim Is required each year after the year of location. single record of a placer claim, herh- CT of % acres by one person or l6O acres by an association of eight per sons IS a full claim and requires the S1OO annual expenditure 10 protect It and s5OO tC patent 1t. In other words, a 2O-acre claim requires as much an nual labor and patent expenditures as a 160-acre claim (Carney Vs. Arizona Co. Col 4g)
 A special provision of the law iy- lating to. location of oil lands under the placer mining act. provides that the annual assessment labor upon such claims may be done by any one of a group of claims lying contiguous and owne by the same person or COZ poration, not exceeding five claims III all: Provided. that said labor will tend tc the development or 10 determine the oil bearing character Of such con tiguous claims (32 :. L. S25, Feb. r, 1903)
 The looators of an oil placer min inc claim of 20 acres. If made by one person or the locators Of claim of 16O acres, if made by an association of eight persons, acquire thereby a vested interest and estate in such lands. and as long as they comply with rbe regulations Of the acts of congress concerning the annual expenditure upon said property they are the own CTS of said property and of all the 1roducts thereof, subject only to the raramcunt title of the United States. Suca Iocators cannot be divested CT title except through.
 Abandonment, which would result from failure to perform the annual assessment work O. expenditure oi S1e0 A claim required by the govern ment, or through:
 Transfer of the interest of the TO- cators ar locator as all other real prop ertv is transferred.
 All questions as to the right of the locator or iocators to transfer his vested interest in such oil lands IS set at rest by an act Of congress 1,assed Feb. 25th, 1911, and signed by the nresident March 7th. 1911, ant which IS known as H.. k. No. 323,Ooo' and which provides, that in no case shall patent be denied to or for any lands heretofore located or claimed under the mining laws of the United States containing petroleum, mineral oil or gas, solely because of any trans ,~.gaf fharanf of any interest or interests therein by the original locator or iocators, or any oi them. to any qualified person or per