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Show INTER-MOUNTAI- each side of the location stake, the number of lineal feet claimed In width on each side of the center of the lode, the general course of the lode, and such descrip, ion as shall identify the claim with reasonable certainty, shall be void. Sec. 9. Upon every mining claim hereafter located the locator shall within sixty days from the date of location move at least ICO cubic fet of earth or rock, and this work shall be done immediately at the' location stake or monument, and the required 160 cubic feet of work may be moved in the form of a shaft, tunnel cr adit. If at any time the locator of any mining claim heretofore or hereafter Sec. 10. located, or his assigns, shall apprehend that his original certificate was defective, erroneous or that the requirements of the law or customs had not been com- plied with before filing, or shall be desirous of changing his surface boundaries, or of taking in any overlapping claim which has been abandooed, or in case the original certificate wras made prior to the passage of this law and he shall be desirous of securing the benefits of this act, such locator or his assigns may file MINING REVIEW. N Witchers Portable Dam. Below is presented an illustration of Witchers portable dam, a contrivance Witcher of this city. is It designed for service in placer mining and in irrigating districts or patented by P. S. in circumstances where water is to be caused to flow temporarily from a main ditch or stream through a lateral branch leading to the locality of distribution. To construct a dam by the old method, by using stakes, rock and dirt or straw and rocks or by using wood gates, involves much work and expense. The invention, is very light and portable in its character, and can be set in operative position in a few minutes. The dam comprises a large piece of canvas secured by one edge to a beam or pole that spans the ditch, the side edges laid on the banks while the rear edge lies close to the bottom of the ditch. The front is adjustably looped up by a rope in the middle, regulating the height of the water to a predetermined stage, causing it to pass through the branch ditch. The main pressure is supported by the stanchions an additional certificate, subject, however, to all the provisions of this act, relating to the manner of making locations; provided, that such relocation does not interfere with the existing rights of others at the time of such relocation, and no such relocation or other record thereof shall preclude the claimant or claimants from proving any such title or titles as he or they may have held under previous locations. Sec. 11. The manner of relocating abandoned mining claims shall be the same in all respects as that of new claim locations provided for in this act. Sec. 12. The location of any placer mining claim located for the purpose of mining placer deposits or precious stones, must at the time of making the location comply with all the requirements of sections 4, 5, 6 and 9 of this act. Sec. 13. When a consolidation of a group of claims is made, due notice of such consolidation must be placed on record, and if the owner wishes to perform the annual labor work for any one of these claims comprising such group upon any claim other than the one for which such work is intended, it shall be his duty to post a notice in writing at the point of location on each claim, set- connected with the beam. The dam will ting forth the manner and place where adjust itself to any size or shaped ditch such work is being done. or stream, and a boy can do the work of three or four men without the dam. The Alaska Mining Record publishes resome interesting information concern- The dam will last for years without when properly taken care of. ing the Yukon basin, for the benefit of pairs, This thoroughly practical and ecothose who contemplate treasure-seekin- g nomical invention has been patented trips to that region. No one should as above stated by P. S. Witcher, and think of attempting the expedition who is not possessed of an iron constitution, is now owned by the Witcher Portable Dam company of Salt Lake City. The $500 and some of knowledge mining. Not one in 100 makes a find during officers are Gill S. Peyton, president; P. S. the first season, and little can be ac- W. E. Hubbard, and treasurer, with complished in less time than three Witcher, secretary Mamie P. and A. B. years. Provisions cost twice their E. E. Crooks and Witcher interested. weight in silver, and at times cannot be purchased for twice their wTeight in gold. Miners, mining men with capital Electricity for Bingham. and prospectors who bring a Within a few days articles of incorstake, and who can aid in the develop- poration will be filed by the Bingham ment of the country, are about the only Electric Light and Power company, class to whom the Alaska field is open, with a capital stock of $250,000. This and it may be safely said that many is the consummation of the Gillespie men who seek the far-of- f Yukon leave power enterprise and is a project of behind them richer and better s great importance to thepeople of Bingfor success. ham. Frank Gillespie and associates The mints are now silver at have been engaged for some months in the rate of $1,500,000 coining per month, and developing the water power and erectthis will continue until eighteen or below the have been coined, ing an electric plant just which is all the Administration believes works of the Big Cottonwood company the country can stand. in Big Cottonwood canyon, and now vice-preside- tw'O-yea- rs pros-bect- nt; 5 have their plant In operation. They expect to eventually develop 3000 horse power and as much of it as Bingham may need will be transmitted across Salt Lake valley to the town and mines. The franchise recently secured from the County court has been purchased, and the new company proposes to furnish electricity for lighting, for the openu-tioof the mines and the reduction of n ores. Abstract of Recent Alining Decisions. Prepared for the Mining Review by Westervelt, attorney-at-laSalt Lake City, Utah: Negligence Violating Statute Relating to Employment of Boys in Mines. Under a law providing that no boy under 12 years shall be employed in a mine, and declaring a violation thereof to be a misdemeanor, such violation was also negligence in civil action by a boy for damages sustained by reason of such employment. But, though the employment of boys in mines is forbidden by law, the defense of contributory negligence may be set up in an action by a boy for injuries sustained by reason of said employment. A minor is required to exercise such prudence as George w, one of his years is expected to possess. Queen, vs. Dayton Coal and Iron Co., 32 S. W. Rep. 460. (Supreme court of Tennessee, Oct. 17, 1895). Master and Servant Mine A Owner-Neglige- nce. owes mine-own- er a duty to his servants, after the mine is opened, to use reasonable care to see that the timbers are properly set, to keep them in proper repair, and for this purpose to provide a competent mining boss or foreman, to make timely inspections of the timbers, walls and roof of the mine. Western Mining Co. vs. Ingraham, 70 Fed. Rep. 219. (C. C. of Appeals, Eighth district Arkansas, Sept. 16, 1895). Same Fellow Servants. When a miner was injured by the fall of the roof of that part of the mine where he was working, in consequence of the negligent and improper manner in which done by other the timbering had been mine-ownof before the employees such miner was hired, the defects being such as could be discovered by proper Inspection, held that the doctrine of fellow servants had no application. Ibid. er Photographs have recently been n automatically on kites 3000 feet tsu-ke- high. Ridhard Aronstein of Mogollon, New Mexico, has patented a machine for quickly and accurately dressing stones to any desired configuration. i |