The Cordova daily times., 1921-10-11

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 and codify the laws of the United States relative to location of min ing claims on the public domain, and the following is a summary of the bill, as introduced on recommen- dation by the committee of the Unit ed States bureau of mines
 l. All lands valuable for minerals are reserved from sale, except as otherwise expressly directed by law. This provision is the same as at present
 3. All distinction between lode claims and placer claims is abol- ished.
 1. Mining claims must be laid out in the form of squares, on cardinal lines. On surveyed land they must coincide with lines of the public sur vey. The full mining claim is 40 acres, but the location of 10-acre | claims is permitted. ,. Location of claims to an aggre gate of 16O acres by one person is permitted.
 The present law relating to placers fixes the minimum at 160 acres. On surveyed land the minimum is 10 acres. No minimum on unsur- yeyed land The present law relating to lode claims fixes minimum of l.jO0 feet along the vein or lode and 300 feet on each side thereof, mak ing a full size lode claim 600 by 1 300 feet containing about 20 acres. 6. Discovery of valuable mineral in order to locate and hold a min ing claim, subject to limitations is not necessary, but a discovery must be made before a patent can be ob tained. The present law requires discovery as a condition preliminary to location.
 '. A claim may be held for five years without discovery. and may | be held for a further period, not ex ceeding five years. by the payment of $50 per acre per annum in ad vance. This is all new.
 8. A person claiming to have made a discovery must file a sworn state ment to that effect and there must be verifcation of the discovery by a United States deputy mineral sur veyor. whose examination shall be at the expense of the claimant. This is new.
 9. Under certain conditions min ing claims may be located. with nr without discovery. on public land classified as nonmineral. This is new.
 10. One discovery is suffi ,i,nt to support the holding and patenttHg of a maximum of l60 acres as con tiguous claims either four f,ll claims or 16 10-acre claims. This is new.
 H. The term with respect to the location of claims on placer ground in Alaska remain as at present
 12. Final entry and payment for all mining claims shall be made within seven years from the date of the original location. except in the 1 case of extension of the exploring right. when 12 years is allowed This is new.
 13. All claims must be recorded in the local land office
 II. Provisions as to annual as | sessment require work to the value of $5 per acre. but the holder of the claim is given the option of pay ing the equivalent amount in cash in lieu of work.
 l5. Annual assessment work must be done during the calendar year of location, this being the require ment as to lode placer claims in Alaska. Provision is made, however. that in the cases of location made late in a calendar year the assess men work may be carried over into the following year, if prosecuted continuously.
 16. Upon failure to do annual as sessment work or make payment, the locator is disqualified from reIo- eating the claim for a period of one year
 IT. EXtralateral rights are abol- ished, as to all future locations. All previous locations retain their ex- tralateral rights and in addition hereto are given all the minerals within their vertical planes that are not covered by any exising extra lateral rights.
 IS. Proceedings for patent remain