The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-04-08
AMERICAN MINING LAW
AND ITS DEFICIENCIES
PATENTlNG CLAIMS AND Diff
GUILTY IN FIXING NEcES-
SARY MARKINGS.
"a. e. Ring in Engineering and Min
ing JournaL)


ton during the last few years in re-
gard TO the remodelng Of the federal
mining laws, looking toward the eli
animation of the so-called Law of the
Apex" Most engineers agree as TO
the deficiencies Of this law, but also
that the abolishing Of lateral
rights would cause further extensive
litigation. 1t is doubtful whether such
radical change will ever be effected.
However, there are many other pro-
visions of the federal laws which are
seriously i'm need of modification
which will at least do away with some
Of the causes Of dispute between own
ers Of patented claims and decrease
the expense of holding and possibly
of marketing such claims.
Every engineer who has had TO sur
vey or have surveys made of patented
claims has had to deal with the mis-
sing corner" problem American laws
call for a stone monument or AKA in
post at the corners OF "a claim The
stone monument frequently consists Of
more or less durable stone. which,
after few years. often mysteriously
disappears.
If it is on ranch land it may be
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There are bound To DC errors IN '"e
surveys OF claims not contiguous
These may he sm'li ana que 10 l"e
roughness OF the country OF OF greater
extent due to an error OF the surveyor
When the ground between s"ch cN'ill's
Is eventually covered ana surveyed LOT
patent these MISTAKES o'"S' e"O''7
trouble Which may III l"cI zoe 'IF
primary cause OF h's"tioh' "he" '"e
corners OF the previously survey e'
claims are not In place IL Is "'so ol
ten FOUND mat thouSh 'ne inquiries "S
given by certain patent surveys S''o"
the GROUND TO DE an tame" up '''v
actual corners III pace Oh" ''e s''u,D
show the existence OF " 'i"'''o"' '''
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that the patent notes may o''''n ''o'
GROUND pn"h "o'u"'y 'N.S'S '
corners are In as orls''"HY p'.'C'O ny
the deputy surveyor ti's """oio O'"
be corrected oy reSur'eYS' "S
courts hold that the corners ON '''
ground UNIT the c'''''''''''' y %" '''.
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,,o,,,,,arant CORNERS much of this diff
ficritv noieht he obviated A piece of
~ ~. e,no - cav two o, three in-
ohos diameter driven three TO four
eoot into the rronnd would make a
Ca. ,,ore durohla corner than the
nrosopt most or stone The humber
ana CORNER Of the claim could be
stor,naa ON snch a corner with little
,,o.o trouble than is caused bv the
nresan. scribino or chiseling methods
rrhe rlacing of corners is also an
,,,nor+ant matter I had occasion re-
oon,lv IN survey the surface work on
d, ,.ro,n of claims living on steep
birside in Colorado. In searching foi
Tho claim, corners TO connect the work
vim the natent surveys was able &c
e,ns but one corner ont of the six
which were situated on the endlines
If tbe four claims on one end Of the
s,roun This corner was on the crest
Of ridge and we'll protected from
the elements
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