The Alaska daily empire., 1913-03-18
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 with the recorder of the precinct wherein the claim is situated certifi' cate of location Such certificate shall contain;
 "(a) The name or number of the claim;
 "b) The name of the locator or 10, cators;
 "Cc) The date of discovery and posting of the location notice;
 "(d) Number of feet claimed along the course of the vein each way from the discovery or initial post, stake or monument. which is post, stake or monument number one, with the num- Der of feet in width claimed on each side of the center vein.
 such certificate shall set forth description of the location of such claim with reference to some natural object, permanent monument or well known mining claim; description of the boundaries, corner monuments and markings thereon and a description of the location work and the place where the same has been performed. Such cer- tifcate of location shall no be accepted for record by the precinct recorder un- less the same be verified, before some officer authorized to administer oaths, by the locator or one of the locators, if there be more than one, or by an authorized agent, having personal knowledge of the facts required to be stated therein. A certificate of loca- ton so verified, or a certificate copy thereof, shall be prima facie evidence of all the facts properly recited there in.
 Sec. 11.-If the discoverer of any vein. lode or ledge of rock in place, bearing gold, silver, cinnabar, lead, fin, copper or other valuable deposit, shall fail to comply with any of the provisions of section seven, eight, nine or ten within the time therefor speci- fled all right to appropriate any DOT tion of the public domain, acquired by him by reason of his discovery, shall cease.
 Sec. 12.-The term '1ode" as used in this act shall be construed to mean ledge vein or deposit.
 Location of Placer Mining Claim
 "sec. 1S.-Any person who discov. CTS upon the public domain of the United States. within the Territory of 1 Alaska. a placer deposit of gold or other deposit of mineral having a com. mercial value, which is subject to en, try and patent under the mining laws of the United States, may if qualified by the laws of the United States, To- cate a mining cla'm upon such depos- it in the following manner:
 "sec. 14.-He must at the time of discovery post conspicuously at the point of discovery, a notice of loca- ton thereof, containing (a) the name or number of the claim; (b) the name of the locator or locators; Gel the date of discovery and posting of no, tice as in this section provided for; Cd) number of feet in length and width claimed, the notice herein de scribed shall be known as the location notice
 "sec. 15-Within thirty days after the posting of the notice of location he shall distinctly mark the location on the ground so that its boundaries can be readily traced, by placing at each corner or angle thereof substan, tial 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 or by placing at each corner or angle there of mounds of earth or rock not less than three feet high. Whatever mon- ument is used it must be marked with the name or number of the claim and the designation of the corner by num- ber. and the monument nearest the discovery shall be the initial post, stake, monument, and shall be post, stake or monument number one; and further the corners shall be numbered in regular rotation. If the claim is located on ground that is covered who'll ly or in part with brush or trees, such brush shall be cut and trees be marked or blazed along the line of such claim as to indicate the location of such lines. If located in an open country the boundary lines shall be marked by placing line stakes or line monu- ments so as to readily lead from corner to corner of such claim.
 Sec 16.-Within ninety days from the date of discovery, and prior to the filing of the certificate of loca- tion as provided in the following sec tion, the locator or locators shall per form labor upon such claim in de- veloping the same, to an amount which shall be equivalent ill the aggregate to one hundred dollars worth of such labor for each twenty acres, or frac' tional part thereof, contained in such claim, and such work shall he known as and shall constitute location work
 Sec. 17.-Within ninety days after