The Nome daily nugget., 1913-08-12

of enrth or rock not less than three feet high. Whatever monument is used 1t must be marked with the na"'' ar number of the claim and the desi- vnation of the corner by number anu the monument nearest the discose'' shall be the initial post. stake or '""" ument. and shall be post. stake or monument number one; ana tu''"'' in. corners shall be numbered In reg u,,r rotation. If the claim is iocated on ground that is covered wholly or 'n p,rt with brush or trees. such brush shall be cut and trees be marked or bluzcd o,one the lines of such claim to indicate the location of such iihes' If heated fin an open country the boundary lines shall be marked by placing line stakes on line monuments so as to readily lead from corner to corner of such claim.
 Sec. 1e. within ninety days iroh' the date of discovery. and prior to the filing of the certificate of location as provided in the following section 'he locator or locators shall perform labor upon such claim in developing the same. to m amount which shall be equivalent fin the aggregate to one hundred dollars worth of such work for each twenty acres or fractional part thereof. contained in such claim. and such work shall oe known and shall constitute 'location work"
 Sec. 1s 1-2. Nothing in this act shall be held to apply to lands located under the laws of tho United States as placer claims for the purpose of the development of petroleum and natural gas and other natural oil products.
 Sec. 17. Within ninety days after the discovery the locator shall record with the recorder of the precinct wherein such claim Is situate. n cer- tificnte of location. Such certificate shall contain:
 ta) Tho name or number of the claim:
 (b) The name of the locator or To cators:
 C, The date of discovery and post Ing of the location notice;
 (d) Number of feet in length and width claimed.
 Such certificate shall also set forth a description of the location of such clai i'm with reference to some natural object. permanent monument or well known mining claim: a description of the boundaries corner monuments and thereon, and description of the location work md the place where the same has been performed. Such certificate of location shall not be ac- cepted for record by the precinct re- corder unless the same he verife | before the recorder of the precinct or some officer authorized to administer oaths. by the locator. or one of the To- cators, if there be more than one or by the authorized agent. having personal knowledge of the facts required to be stated therein. For such verification and the execution of the certificate thereof the precinct recorder or other officer taking and executing the same shall charge a fee of not more than fifty cents. A certificate of location so verified, or n certified copy thereof shall he prima facie evidence of all the facts properly recited therein.
 Sec. IS. If the discoverer of any placer deposit fail to comply with any of the provisions of sections 14. IS. 1e and 17. within the time therefor speci- fled. all right to appropriate any por- tion of the public domain acquired by him by reason of his discovery. shall cease: and any placer mining claim attempted to be located in violation of sections IF l-4. IF 1-2, md l2 S-4. or any of them. shall be null and void and the area thereof may he located by any qualified locator as if no such previous attempt had ever been made.
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