Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-12
ignation of the corner by num- Der, and the monument nearest tho d;rcovory shall ha the initial

snail DC post, SLdke Of AHouuAuche
 number one; and further the cor
 ners shall be numbered in regu-
 lar rotation. If the claim is To-
 cated on ground that is covered
 wholly OF in part with brush or trees, such brush shall be cut and trees be marked or blazed along
 the lines of such claim to indi-
 cate the location of such lines. If located in an open country the boundary lines shall be marked by
 placing line stakes or line mon
 uments so as to readily lead from corner to corner of such claim.
 Section I6. Within ninety days
 from the date of discovery. and
 prior to the filing of the certi- ficate of location as provided in the following section, the locator or locators shall perform labor
 upon such claim in developing
 the same, to an amount which shall be equivalent in the aggre- gate to one hundred dollars worth of such work for each twenty acres, or fractional part thereof, |contained in such claim, and such work shall be known as and shall constitute "location york; Section l6 i-2. Nothing in this
 act shall be held to apply to lands located under the laws of the United States as placer claims for the purpose of the development of petroleum and natural gas and other natural oil products. Section i7. Within ninety days after the discovery the locator shall record with the recorder of thr precinct wherem such clam is situate, a certificate of loca- ton. Such certificate shall con-
 tain:
 (a} The name or number of he
 claim.
 (b) Tn" name of the locator or locators.
 (c) The date of discovery and
 posting of the location notice. (dl Number of feet in length and width claimed. Such certi- ficatc shall also set forth "a de-
 scription of the location of such claim with reference to some nat ural object, permanent monument or we'll known mining claim; a
 description of the boundaries, corner monuments and markings
 thereon, and description of the
 location work and the place where the same has been performed.
 Such certificate of location shall
 not be accepted for record by the
 paoc indE recorder unless tn"
 same be verified, before the re-
 corder of the precinct or some officer authorzed to administer
 oalhs, by the locator, or one of
 the IucaturS, if there be more
 than one or by an aut horlZrd az
 rnl. having personal Knowledge of the facts required to be stated
 therein. For such vcrificat ion
 and the execution of the ccrtlil- cate thereof he precinct recorder for other officer taking and rN- cruling the same shall charge a fee of not more than fifty cents. A certificate of location SD Verl- fled. OF certified copy thereof. shall be prima facie evidence Of all the facts properly rrrllcd therein.
 Section I8. If the discOverer of
 any placer deposit fail to comply
 with any of the provisions of sec tions ii, i5, t6 and IT, within the time therefor specified. all right to appropriate any portion of the public domain, acquired by him by reason of his discovery, sirall cease; and any placer min- ing claim attempted to be located in violation of sections i2 IA, 12 t-2 and i2 3-4, or any of them, shall be null and void and the area thereof may be located by any qualified locator as if no such previous attempt had ever been
 made. Section i9. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are 1 hereby repealed to the extent of