Show ANNUAL assessment WORK the season of the year is rapidly approaching pro aching when holding properly by location only must begin work in the performance of the annual assessment work required by law in many cases in the past the beginning of this work has been postponed until almost the last moment and instances can be cited where such procrastination has resulted in the total loss of the property involved or the locator has been forced to defend his rights in the courts and especially is this the case in popular districts where there is ever a ready demand for valuable and promising properties and in localities where the claim jumper keeps a close tab on the amount of work done in the way of assessment the slightest deviation from the amount regu required ired by law giving him a pretext and a color of right in putting his location over that of his neighbor who in all probability meant well but who was not as careful as he might be in observing the full requirement of the statutes made and provided it is often the case that a nonresident non resident claim owner has to contend with many di difficulties curties before this work is done and his property fully protected and he cannot b D too careful in satisfying himself that he gets full value for the money expended expend dd and he must remember also that must be expended in actual development work and improvement upon each claim that he holds title to counting so much for the wage of the miner employed in development will not do for a certain amount of work must be done the shaft must be sunk a certain depth and the tunnel run a certain number of feet according to the bylaws by laws and regulations of the district regardless of the time taken in the accomplishment of the work and the safest plan is to do more than is required in order that no possible question may arise as to the legality of the work performed many claims are annually lost to non resi dents because of the inefficiency of the work done and the claim owners cannot be too careful in obtaining positive proof that the required amount of work has actually been accomplished |