Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-09-28
DOES NOT APPROVE
 OF CLAIM JUMPING
Editor Mohave Miner

Editor Mohave Miner
 Kingman, Arizona.
 Dear Sir: Some two years ago while an important mining deal wss pend- ing, an ambitious citizen of Los An geles saw fit to jump some valuable ground here, belonging to two of our leading companies with the evident purpose of levying blackmail on them. The Chloride Mining Bureau at once took action and adopted the following:
 Whereas, This Bureau, anxious to promote the best interests of the camp, is firmly opposed to claim jumping, fraudulent stock and promotion schemes, which must eventually prove detrimental to the mining industry, Now, Therefore Be it Resolved, That the Chloride Bureau of Mines con- demns in unmeasured terms the eff forts of interruptions persons to bring disaster on the camp by any of the methods mentioned above, and that it will look with disfavor upon any member of the Mohave County Bar who lends himself to such questionable methods and takes cases of this char acter, and be it further resolved That this Bureau, backed by the sentiment of the entire community, will take steps if necessary to purge the camp of parties engaged in questionable practices of the character referred to, and hereby warns them to keep away" Some, of our citizens made few re- marks to the party referred to, and he found it advisable to depart sud- denly, and has not since then been seen in this town. ..
 The feeling is still strong here along the same lines. Many years ago the worthless claims of this district were dropped and only those of promise re- tained for further exploitation. On these claims the owners have tried to keep up their annual assessment work until Congress suspended the require ments for the years 1917 and 1918.
 One of the objections to this meas ure was the knowledge that in mining sections where the laws are lax, as in California, parties would take advan- tage of the law to cover up their past delinquencies, by taking advantage of its provisions.
 Of course it is we'll understood that if there is failure to do the work for any given year, and no one takes ad- vantage of the fact by relocation, the owner may fully re-establish hisclaim by complying with law in the succeed ing year.
 It also follows that if the Govern ment excuses me from doing the work for that year, and I file the requisite notice, my past delinquencies are cured.
 Quite recently a claim was jumped herd on which the owner did nearly the required work for 1917, but upon the passage of the Joint Resolution by Congress, he filed the required mo- tice, and rested upon his rights.
 And now comes the claim jumper and files on the claim, asserting that the required work was not done in 1915 and 1916. .'-
 It is a significant fact that in this instance also deal is pending for the sale of the property and a cloud is thrown upon the title.
 It is safe to assume that our prop erty owners and all citizens will join in handing to the claim jumper very lively dose if jobs of this kind are in dulged in, and possibly they will not wait for "due process of law"
 Kindly warn such parties to keep from this camp.
 Yours Truly
 A. w. KELLOGG