The Nome daily nugget., 1915-07-14
THE LABOR LIEN LAW.
CHAPTER 13.
(S. B. No. 2S.)

and Miners working on, in and about
 Mines and Mining Property, Repeal
 ing the Act of the Legislature of the
 Territory of Alaska, entitled An
 Act to create, establish and provide
 for liens in favor of laborers and
 material men, and repeating all Acts
 in conflict herewith approved April
 30, 1913, and declaring an emer-
 gency."
 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
 Territory of Alaska:
 Section 1. Every person who at the instance of the owner performs work or labor in, on or about mine or min ing claim in opening up, developing. sinking. drifting, stoping, mucking. shoveling, mining, hoisting, or performs any other class or kind of work on, in or about mine or mining claim neces sary or convenient to the development operation, working or mining thereof or the extraction of the earth, rock quartz, ore minerals, or mineral bear ing sands or gravels therefrom. or per- forms any work or labor in or about such mine or mining claim tending to or assisting in the separation or re-
 auction to a commercial value of the minerals contained therein, or thereon or extracted therefrom, shall have a lien on such mine or mining claim to secure the payment of the amount due ior such work or labor. And every person, who at the instance of the owner of any dredge steam shovel mill or machine used in mining. per- forms work or labor in any capacity requiring manual labor on, in or about such dredge, steam shovel. mill or ma chine, either in the alteration or repair thereof, or in the operation or working thereof, while the same is used in or about mine or mining claim as a means of mining or the extracting of the minerals contained therein shall nave lien on such dredge steam shovel, mill or machine to secure the payment of the amount due for such work or labor And every person. who shall labor in or upon any mine or mining ground for another in digging conveying, thawing, hoisting. bling and cleaning up, or in any other kind or work in the production of any min erals or mineral bearing sands. earth. gravels. ore, rock. gold or gold dust or other mineral, or shall aid or assist therein by his labor as cook, engineer, or fireman, or in cutting wood used in such work, or in like capacity in the production of dump or mass of min- erals, mineral bearing sands, gravels earth, ore, rock, gold and gold dust therein or extracted therefrom, shall have a lien on such dump or mass of minerals, mineral bearing sands gravels, earth, ore, rock, gold and gold dust or other minerals contained therein and extracted therefrom, to secure the amount due the said laborer in the production of the same. Such lien shall attach to the dump or mass of minerals, mineral bearing sands. gravels, earth, ore, rock and gold or gold dust or other minerals therein, whether the same be deposited on the ground in mass or dumped into bunkers or hoppers, or placed in sluice boxes at the mine, and the gold, gold dust and other minerals therein, so long as the same is in one mass and can be identified as being produced through the labor of the lienor And every person who at the instance of the owner of any mine or mining claim, performs work or labor on ditch, Hume, pipe line, tram, tramway, road or trail, owned or used in connection with the opening up. development or operation of such mine or mining claim for the benefit thereof or to facilitate the opening up, operation or develop ment thereof, or the extraction of the ore or minerals therefrom, including the cook at the camp, shall be deemed to have performed the same for neces- sary and convenient working, mining operation and development of such mine or mining claim and shall be entitled to a lien accordingly.
 Section 2. When two or moro mining claims, lodes or deposits are contiguous'| and are owned or claimed by the same person or persons, and are worked through common shaft, pit, tunnel, incline or other opening. or over one tram, or at one mill or reduction works then all mining claims, lodes or de- posits, so owned, claimed and worked, and all roads, trans, tramways, ditches fumes, pipe lines. buildings, structures, superstructures and machinery which is fixture thereto, thereon and used In connection with the working thereof, shall for the purpose of this Act be