The Cordova daily times., 1915-05-11

of the United States in Alaska and to repeal the Roden bill passed in 1913. This piece of legislation is of considerable importance to the resi- dents of the territory and is herewith printed in full:
 Sestion l. Any person qualified un- der the laws of the United States, who discovers upon the public domain within the territory of Alaska, a plac- CT deposit of gold or other mineral which is subject to entry and patent under the mining laws of the United States, may locate mining claim thereon in the following manner, to wit:
 1st. He shall post, or write upon the initial post, stake or monument on the claim a notice of location con- taining:
 a. The name and number of the
 claim.
 b. The name of the locator or To-
 cators.
 c. The date of discovery and of
 posting notice on claim.
 d. The number of feet in length
 and the width of the claim.
 This notice shall be known as the location notice.
 End. He shall distinctly mark the location on the ground so that its boun- daries can be readily traced, by plac- ing at each corner or angle thereof substantial stakes or posts, not less than three feet high above the ground and three inches in diameter, hewed on four sides; or by placing at each angle or corner thereof mounds of earth or rock not less than three feet high and three feet in diameter and the stakes, posts or monuments so used must be marked with the name, or number of the claim and the des- ignation, by number, of the corner or angle. The initial stake or monu- iment, shall be one of the corner stakes. posts or monuments of the claim located.
 If the claim is located on ground that is covered wholly or in part with brush or trees, such brush or trees shall be cut or blazed along the lines of such claim, so as to be readily traced.
 If located in an open country, the boundary lines shall be located by placing stakes or line monuments so as to be readily traced from corner to corner of said claim.
 Section 2. Within ninety days af- ter the discovery and posting of the notice aforesaid, the locator shall re- cord with the recorder of the district wherein such claim is situated, a cer- tificate of location. Such certificate shall contain:
 6. The name and number of the
 claim.
 b. The name of the locator or
 locators.
 c. The date of discovery and of
 posting of location notice.
 d. The number of feet in length and width of claim.
 e. It shall set forth the descrlp- ton with reference to some
 natural object, permanent monu- ment, or we'll known mining claim, together with a descrip- tion of the boundaries thereof
 so far as applied to the mum
 bering of stakes or monuments. A failure to record certificate of location of claim as herein provided shall operate as and be deemed aban- donment thereof, and the ground so located shall be open to relocation; provided, that if full compliance with the preceding provisions of this act shall have been made before any To- | cation by another, such compliance shall operate to prevent the abandon ment or forfeiture of such claim and save the rights of the original locat- | or
 Section 8. No association placer | mining claim shall hereafter be To- ! cated in Alaska in excess of forty acres, and on every individual or as- sociation placer mining claim located in Alaska after August l, 1912, and | until patent has been issued therefor.