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Show The Congressional Mining Law. j The K ireka Vnln' interprets a rc-nt de i-.ion of tho commissioner . of the i-ueral !ajid o:Tico, in relcrence 10 work on mining claims, is follows' l The mmniiMioncr Mys, thai rUimn ii-au-'l pri' r to May p.uii, 17J, on nu It wwrlc had Un-u pc-rfurnml at 1 any lime nn-" Uio pa.-utgo o( the law i ( May lUlh, 1 r7'Jj wikiKI nut be snh- 11 .1 to rv-l'h'avdoti January 1st. 1S7.J. , In trif, he ho.b liiat the law stands in ellet t cu-jmlM until .fanuary- let. I lf7o, ri-;anliiig tho oid clano nf location, loca-tion, ar.d that the nuceaaary yearly ei piiiliture may le uiadeduring anv p..rl of if:o ytr 1.-7-. Instead of ai.owing uimera until next July only in wnicli lo do the u.ieuime t wort on claims ante-dating May 10, 1872, nary Nt, pn.ximo. The law, h onginal'y p.a-el by congn-vi, readr in 8olist:ice thai, Jmm an-i ntter i'. ' (iniiivf cerLain labor or improvciuent ' well understood by nil miners i hou.d be exp'iuJeil on nu ally ; but inasmuch its congr by futwiquent enactments, postponed or p(l-p"iidi d tho op raUo:, ot the vtaiute lo the rnginning of t:..-com t:..-com in )'!, the cominifsinner decides that il m not obligatory upon tin- diviiiTK of old io"aluii? u do anything any-thing within the preent year to pre frerve their lilhs, provitbd lli- reqisite amount of latior dhull have leen performed per-formed nt any period between May PHii, lb72, and January 1st, lS7o. Next year, however, ami thereafter, ad claims must he repnsentcd al ke, as to assexsnient Work. We have conftilted mo-t of our leading attorneys attor-neys regarding this subject, and they are quite unanimous in the opinion thai the comminsioner of the land office has correctly interpreted, or construed the law. Miners may therefore, with safety, avail themselves them-selves of the advantages of the extension exten-sion of lime, as set lorth in the com-misiioner's com-misiioner's recent ruling. |