Show THE mining operator of today is anxious to secure government title to his claim or group of claims and he doubtless realizes the importance of so doing to a much greater extent than did mine owners of fifteen or twenty years ago with his property surveyed and patented the claim owner need have no restless moments for fear that some one will jump his claim or cloud his title cpr with his deed from uncle sam on file in the recorders office he can go go away and be absent for years with the knowledge that upon his return he can find his own as he left it even though big and paying mines have been found at both of his end lines there are thousands of cases on record where a claim holder has done more than enough work upon his holdings to entitle him to a government title to the piece of ground eriv environed ironed by his end and side lines and yet he has lost his property merely because of the fact that for one year he failed to perform his annual labor as by law required the result being in that it has been relocated located re or jumped by some enterprising or unscrupulous person who can claim all previous work done in its development the bonanza in tintic gintic district is an instance of this kind and a fair illustration of how necessary itis that a claim holder should perfect his title at I 1 the ea earliest t bliest possible moment in the early hi history story of tintie di district the bonanza was owned and operated by a massachusetts company the property was adorned by a fine hoist and embellished with reduction works of its own and the mine is accredited with the production of a quarter of a million or more for some reason the mine was closed down because of a disagreement among the officials of the company and the property was allowed to stand idle for several years the general supposition being that it was patented A man of an inquiring mind happened along however examined the records found that the group was open to relocation and soon had his notice upon it he sunk a shallow shaft in doing which he took out a small fortune after which he engaged in the cattle business in montana in course of time the mine was jumped again and is now the property of the present bonanza company and some fine bodies of ore have recently recent lv been uncovered in its workings ina cra had the massachusetts company not been so careless it would still own this able property and there are hundreds of other associations and individuals who are in the same boat all oi of which goes to show that the miner and claim holder should obtain a patent to his ground as soon as possible officials and stockholders of the picnic at silver city are elated over the report that a three foot body of ore has been uncovered in this property it is also learned that there is a most encouraging showing in the cleopatra adjoining the many salt lake friends of james long jr manager of the mammoth mine in gold mountain district will condole condo lewith with him upon the loss of his estimable wife who died in this city last week the mining review joins with them in in expressions of sympathy in this his sad hour of affliction |