The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-06-23

United States land Office, showing the
nature of such discovery and of the
mineral discovered. Upon the verifi-
cation of such discovery by a United
States deputy mineral surveyor, dele
gated by the officer in charge of said
land Office to make an examination,
which examination shall be at the ex-
pense Of the claimant, such discovery
thus established shall entitle the own
err OF the claim 10 hold and possess it
under the same conditions as though
discovery had been made before the
original record was filed in said land
office If discovery of a valuable min
eral be made by drilling more than
100 feet in depth, affdavits by at least
two persons thoroughly acquainted
with the facts, setting forth the nat
IRE of the discovery and the place
depth and time at which it was made
shall be accepted by the United States
deputy mineral surveyor. delegated by
the officer in charge of said land Of
flee to make examination. as prima
facie evidence of discovery, provided
that such ahidavits be made within
30 days following the discovery
I'd. Where no proceedings have
been initiated in the United States
land Office to acquire a non-mineral
estate in public land classified as non
mineral mining claims may be located
thereon with or without discovery,
but in the absence of a discovery a
subsequent location on such land shall
not be recognized if made by the or
iginal locator, or by any person in
privity with him. within two years
after the prior location had become
invalid
&c. One discovery shall be suffi-
cient to support the holding and pat
enting of a maximum of four contig-
uous full claims. aggregating 100
acres Of held in common ownership,
or Is contiguous 1O-acre claims. ag-
gregating 100 acres. if held in COM
mon ownership.
"F. No person shall hereafter To-
cate any mining claim or placer
ground in Alaska as attorney for an
other unless he is duly authorized
thereto by a power of attorney in
writing, duly acknowledged and re-
corded in any recorders office in the
judicial division where the location is
made. Any person so authorized may
locate mining claims on placer ground
for not more than two individuals or
one association under such power of
attorney. but no such agent or at
torney shall be authorized or permit
ted to locate more than two mining |
claims on placer ground for any one
principal or association during any
calendar month. No person shall |
hereafter locate. cause or procure to |
be located, for himself. in Alaska,
more than two such claims, not to ex-
coed 20 acres each in the case of an
individual, or 40 acres if an associa-
ton, in any calendar month"; and no
such claim in Alaska which is longer
than three times its greatest width
shall hereafter be patented Any
claim attempted to be located in vio-
lation of this article shall be null and
void, and the whole area thereof may
be located by any qualified locator as
if no such prior attempt had been
made.
&c. Final entry and payment shall
be made for all mining claims located
hereafter within seven years from the
late OF the original location, exclusive
IF the time consumed in adverse suits
md contests; except that in the case
IF extensions obtained under the pro-
-isions Of article B of this section the {
ime limit for final entry and pay 7
nent shall be - years from the date /
If the original location. q
III. Tn all cases OF an application c
or a patent to mineral land a discov- ?
ny shall be a condition precedent.
darking, Notice and Recording of Lo- C
cations-Annual Develop IL
ment Work. s
Sec 6. A. The location of a e
lain must be distinctly marked on
he ground so that its boundaries can
e readily traced, and such marking q
hall include the placing of a per o
lament monument extending not less il
nan two feet above the ground at OF
lch corner of the claim. At the time cl
hen the claim is monumented there al
lall also be posted in conspicuous p
ace on the claim a notice of loca- Il
on, which shall be according to pi
rm prescribed by the United States I'll
lrveyor general and in conformity in
it'll the terms of this act All no. pi
,es of location of mining claims er
.reafter made shall contain the n,
me or names of the locators, the m
tie of the location, and such a de- of
ription of the claim or claims To- err
ted by reference to some natural da
jeet or permanent monument as sin
Il identify the claim and such no M
e of location of all claims whether sh
'ated before or after the effective err
tie of this act, shall be recorded in fol
e United States land office for the on
strict in which located: the claims ca.
ated after the effective date of this an
shall be recorded within 80 days an
er the date of location; all claims ths
ated prior to the effective date of an,
s act shall be recorded within one su,