The Cordova daily times., 1915-05-12

owner of lode, tunnel site or millste claim has all the exterior lines, or the boundaries of his claim surveyed, and the corners established by a United States Mineral Surveyor; corner No. l of the location should be connected by course and distance with the near est corner of the public survey or with United States Monument, if the claim lies within two miles of such corner or monument. Tn case the claim is situated in a district where there are no corners of the public survey and no monuments within the prescribed limits, the United States Mineral Surveyor will proceed to es- tablish such minieral monument in accordance with the requirements of the United States Mining Laws. The locator will incorporate into his field notes of said survey which shall contain a certificate by said Mineral Surveyor, setting forth:
 First: That such survey was act ually made by him in his own proper person, giving the date thereof, and the name of all assistants.
 Second: The name of the claim and locator or locators thereof.
 Third: That the description incor- porated into the amended location mo- tice is sufficient to indentify the locus of the claim.
 An amended location notice, in- cluding said field notes and accom- panying certificate. is prlma facle evidence of the facts therein contain ed, and shall be recorded with the Recorder of the district within which the claim Is located.
 ANNUAL ASSESSMENT WORK
 Section 19. On each location one hundred (s1OO.OO) dollars worth of labor shall be performed or improve ments made during each calendar year until the Registers final certificate therefor has been issued.
 PROVIDED, that the period within which the work required to be done annually on all unpatented lode claims shall commence on the first day of January succeeding the date of loca- tion of such claim; and if the claim in cludes more than one location, under one ownership, and the locations are contiguous the annual assessment work, to an amount of one hundred (s100.00) dollars for each included To- cation, may be done in common, pro virded such work and improvement tends to the benefit of the entire group in accordance with a systematic plan therefor.
 Section 20. And 1t is further pro vided, that a survey of the claims or claims by a United States Mineral Surveyor may be credited to annual assessment work, but in no case shall the credit for such survey and It's at tendant expense, exceed the required assessment for one year on the claim or claims surveyed. When credit Is sought for such work or improvement the claimant must file in the Record CTS Office in the district in which the claim lies, the field notes of the sur vey, together with a voucher showing the cost of such survey, properly at tested by the surveyor, incorporated into the proof of annual labor, as in other classes of labor or improve ments, as provided for in Section 1s of this Act.
 l RECORDING OF AFFIDAVIT OF
 ANNUAL LABOR.
 | Section 21. The owner of a lode claim or claims, or some other per son having a knowledge of the facts shall record with the Recorder of the District wherein such lode claim ol claims Is or are situated, an affidavi' showing the performance of annua labor or the making of improvement! to the value of one hundred (s100.00. dollars upon or for the benefit of eacl claim.
 T PROVIDED. that the owner of { group of contigous lode claims ma, : incorporate within single affidavit hi proof of labor performed or improve : ments made upon or for the benefit c ' each, any or all of the locations en