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THE NEW MINING LAW

The Fairbanks News-Aner recently printed an editorial in which it attacked the mining law. The article took the form Of questions supposed 10 have been submitted to the editor by an alleged miner and the replies thereto by the editor; but being fairly we'll acquainted with the bril- liant editors inventive genius and facie pen in cned to believe that the miner aforesaid but fgmen of the imagination and that both questions and answers originated in the editorial sancum. However, here the questions and answers referred to:
 Q Does his ne" mining law call for more development to hold
 O. Will prohibit wealthy hiring 50 men at much
 O. The c2ornd can then be he to the duen of the bona fd pec Gan it not? A. Yes
 Taking the first question, let examine the law, and what has to say the subject of development The first clause says until patent has been ssued not less than one hundred dollars worth of labor shall be performed or Improvements made during each year, in cuding the year of locaton for EACH AND EVERY 20 ACRES OR EXCESS FRACTI0N THERE0F' Under the old law the amount of work suf cent to hold 160 acres eight claims.
 The second query is more likely to confuse but here again. the law quite plain In sections and it is pressy stipulated that person, whether acting for him, self or under power of attorney may locate more than two placer claims of 20 each in any month"; nor can any person procure the location of than two claims for himself I the same period. As for wealthy men hiring 50 others to stake for them the suggestion preposterous Is likely that going to stake for others in return for
 few days pay when they could stake for themselv To suggest that they would do give the Alaskan miner credit for very little indeed. He would be q fool to throw away his opportunities in that way But there also financial why such practice will find little favor Sending 50 out for say three days would $500 in wages to say nothing of recording and other fees and that for the mere locating of improved ground upon which heavy work would have to be performed. These 50 could only locate 100 claims and section prohibits any person from procuring than 10 9 any month, there would have to be 50 principals in any condition vastly different from that which obtained under the old law.
 The third question is answered in much the same man. as the first two The ground not be held to the detrimen of the bona Hde poep2cor because in most in stances will be the bona de prospecor who holds it. the pencil miner who will be eliminated; because if bert is one thing more than another which annoys pencil miner it is the bugbear of assessment work The new law says that 3100 worth of work done on each 20 acres every year, INCLUDING THE YEAR OF LOCATION.
 The last clause of the act says that any location made or attempted to be made n violation of the law null and vod and the whole may located by any Qua fled locator as if no such previous location had been made Miners will note this, and it will be their own interest to see that the spirit of the law is not violated.
 It is, of course possible that minor questions of inter peaton of tine law have yet to be seted but the miner entitled to construe the law according to the dictates of common sense and regardless of the quibbngs of shyster lawyers and others WhO searching fora winters grub may discover mares nest