Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-17
NEW MINING LAW.
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ber one, with the number of feet in width claimed on each side of the center of the vein.
 Such a certificate shall set forth a description of the location of such claim with reference to some natural object or permanent monument or well known mining claim; a description of the boun- darieS, corner monuments and markings thereon, and a descrip- liOn 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 precinct recorder unless the same be verified. be- fore some officer authorized Lo administer uaths. by the locator or one of the locaturs, if there be more than one, or by an auth IoriZrd agent. having personal !knnWleuge of the facts required [" be stated therein. A certificate Iof location so verified, or certi- fled copy thereof, shall be prima facic evidence of all the facts properly recited therein.
 See. II. If the discovrrer of any vein, lode OF ledge of rock in IpDacr. bearing gold, silver, cinna- bar. lead, in. copper OF other val uable drp"sit. shall fail to con- iplN With any of the provisions of sect ions seven. eight. nine and 1ten. within the time therefor specified. all right to appropri- ate any portion of the public dn- main. acquired by him by reason of his discovery, shall cease. Sec. l2. The term 'lode' as used in this act shall be constru- ed to mean ledge, vein or deposit. Location of Placer Mining Claim. Sec. l3. Any person who dis covers upon the public domain of the United States, within the Ter ritory of Alaska, a placer depos- it of gold, or other deposit of mineral having commercial value, which is subject to entry and patent under the mining 1 laws of the United States, may. if qualified by the laws of the Unit ed States, locate mining claim upon such deposit, in the follow ing manner:
 Sec. IA. He must at the time of discovery post conspicuously at ] the point of discovery, notice of location thereof, containing (a) i the name or number of the claim
 (b) the name of the locator or locators, (c) the date of discov- cry and posting of notice as in this section provided for (d) number of feet in length and width claimed, the notice herein described shall be known as the location notice.
 Sec. 15. Within thirty days af- ter the posting of the notice o1 location, he shall distinctly mark the location of the ground so that it's boundaries can be readily traced, by placing at each corner or angle thereof substantial stakes or posts not less than three feet high above the ground and three inches in diameter and hewed on the side or sides facing the claim OF by placing at each corner or angle thereof mounds of earth or rock not less than three feet high. Whatever monu- ment is used it must be marked with the name or number of the lclain and the designation of the corner by number. and the mOnu- ment nearest the discovery shall be the initial post. stake. monu- Iment. and shall be post, stake ol monument number one: and fur Ether the corners shall be number ed in regular rotation. If the Fclaim is located on ground that is fcovered wholly OF in part with brush, or trees, such brush shall be cut and trees be marked or blaZed along the line of such claim to indicate the location of such lines. If located in an open country the boundary lines shall De marked by placing line stakes Ipr line monument so as to readily lead from corner to corner of such claim.
 l Sec. i6. Within ninety dvas from The date of discovery. and prior to the filing of the certifi- cate of location as provided in the following section. the locat toT or lOcators shall perform labor upon such claim in developing the same. to an amount which shall be equivalent in the aggregate tn one hundred dollars worth of such labor for each twenty acres. or fractional part thereof. contained in such claim. and such work shal! be known as and shall con stitEie 'l0catiOn work"
 Sec. l7. Within ninety days af- ter the discovery the locator shall record with the recorder of the precinct wherein such claim is situate. q certificate of location. Such certificate shall contain: fa> Tho name or number of the