The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-02-01


States mining laws:
l. Shall II be aimed to preserve to
the maximum possible extent the
phraseoogy of our present mining
law and its principles of administra-
ton, thus retaining the benefit of some
of the wealth of legal decisions that
have been rendered at great cost?
Yes 1876; No, 10.
2. Shall the new mining law be
made to cover all classes of valuable
mineral deposits other than coal and
snail that intention be defined so
clearly that there will be no misun-
Outstanding of it? Yes, 1919; No. ~.
3. Shall actual discovery of a val
liable mineral deposit be necessary to
valid location Of claim? Yes 81;
No, 1856.
4 Or shall the new law authorize
mineral locations without discovery in
any part. Of the public lands officially
elassed as mineral; and mineral loca-
tons upon discovery in any part Of the
public lands whether officially classed
as mineral or non mineral? Yes, 1859:
No, 6S
b. Shall there further be provi-
sion permitting bona fide prospecting
on land classified as nom mineral and
protecting the prospector in the mean
while? Yes, 200; No, -.
8. Shall Article 4, If adopted. be
further limited so that patent may
not be secured until a discovery has
been made? Yes, 1856; No, a.
7, Or shall discovery or non-dis-
covery be immaterial in patenting?
Yes, II; No, 112
g. or shall there be required a con-
slderably larger payment for land 4
patented without discovery than with
1t? Yes, 70; No, 1877.
D. If Article 8 be adopted shall
there be the proviso that only one
discovery need be made for a group
OF contiguous claims of one owner
ship? Yes, 1859; No, SO.
TO- Shall mineral claims hereafter
located be $50 feet square: l. e., 10
acres in size and square in form? Yes
19; No, 1874.
II. Or shall they be 1920 feet
square |. e., 40 acres? Yes, 81: No, 1913.
IL. Or shall the claim unit be $50
rect square, with the proviso that
When four units be located in a square
OF 1920 feet sides only the exterior
corners Cor lines) need be monument
ed? Yes. 81; No, 172.
49, When the proposed SQUARE
claims are located on surveyed land
shall they be required to be subdiyi-
slons of the surveyed sectionsY Yes.
AZ; No, 40.
a. II not located on surveyed land,
shall 1t be required that the boundar-
les run north and south and east and
west? Yes, IS; No, 191.
Is. Shall the number of claims To-
Gated by one person or association be
limited or unlimited? Yes, rs; No. Al.
l6'. If limited, what shall be the
limit?
IL Shall existing regulations con- e
corning the marking, notice and rec a
ord of location be continued? Yes e
1876; No, Is. n
Is. Shall there be the requirement n
that within 30 days after the date Of h
location, record thereof shall be made
In the U. S. land office of the district? O
Yes, 1897 No. 49, b
H. Or shall the time allowed for v
recording be more or less than 30 e,
days? II so, what? Yes, 10; No 90. V,
20 Shall the annual assessment
work be at the present rate, viz, 500 g,
Der 2O-aere claim, /. e., SIS per acre? cs
Yes, 1911; No, 6. m
Fl. Shall it be provided that an
sum of money may be paid ia
nto the U. S. land office in lieu of the &c
of assessment work? in
ies, s; No. 1914
~ Or shall 1t be provided that an of
increased sum of money--say $3.50
Ter acre-may be paid into the U. s.
and office in lieu of the performance m
Il assessment work? Yes, 16; No, 1874 on
%, Shall person or association tn
folding a group of contiguous claims co
e permitted TO do the assessment lal
york upon one claim and thereby on
oli the group, the amount of such ed
.ork to be equivalent to IS per acre u
~ each claim of the group? Yes, 1911; 81
% 16. ca,
"a Shall a person or association fol-
cling assessment work in any one no
ear to the value of more than $50
err lO-acre claim be given credit for pr,
'e excess in succeeding years, pro- ap
idlng, however, that no fractions of off
30 shall be considered for this pur- to
ose? or the claim unit be 40 acres.
'ese figures would be raised to $1,000. !
es, As; No, 175. del
20, Shall there be emphatic provi- del
ons to insure the honest performance Civ
annual assessment work? Yes. 200; mi,
o, II. =
2s Shall ii be provided that in spe
erforming assessment work, labor dat
lall be reckoned at the current rate en-,
wages for miners in the district? /
r at some other rate; and If so, tau
hat? Yes, 141; No. 81. set
81. Shall it be required that every joii
lder of claim shall file annually be