| Show ilow how to locate a mining claim in nevada written for the mining review prospectors as a rule are not familiar with the laws that govern the location of pining lining claims as is evidenced by the numerous suits in the courts in which titles t are involved ignorance of the details necessary to make a valid location in the state of ne vada will not excuse the prospector if lie he fails to comply with the law while it is the custom of the courts to liberally construe the law as to the form and working of a notice the courts of nevada hold that that portion of the law which states what must be in a notice to make it valid is manda tory and that a notice which does not contain it is void they have also held that the location work must be performed as the law requires it is therefore very important that those who are prospecting in nevada and those who are contemplating going into the state for that purpose during the fhe coming season should have some knowledge of the nevada mining law regarding locations the law on how to locate is as follows I 1 any person a citizen of the united states or one who has declared his intention to become such who discovers a vein or lode may locate a claim upon such vein or lode by defining the boundaries of the claim in the manner hereinafter described and by posting a notice of such location at the point of discovery which notice must contain first the name of the lode or claim second the name of the locator locator or locators third the date of the location fourth the number of linear feet claimed in length along the course of the vein each way from the point of discovery with the width on each side of the center of the vein and the general course of the vein or lode as near as may be this must be followed by the performance of a certain amount of discovery work and the defining of boundaries of the claim by the erection of monuments all to be done within ninety days from the posting of the notice of location the following is the law on these points before the expiration of ninety days from the posting of such notice upon the claim the locator must sink a discovery shaft upon the claim located to the depth of at least ten feet from the lowest jobest part of the e rim of such shaft at the surface or deeper if necessary to show by such work a lode deposit of mineral in place A cut or crosscut os or tunnel which cuts the lode at a depth of ten feet or an open cut along the e ledge or lode equivalent in size to a shaft shaf t four f feet by six feet by ten feet deep is equivalent to a discovery shaft the locator must define the boundaries of f his claim by marking a tree or rock in place or by a post or stone one at each corner and one at the center of each side line when a post is used it must be at least four inches square by four feet six inches in length set one foot in the ground with a mound of stone or earth tour feet in diameter by two feet in height around the post when it is practically impossible on account of bedrock or precipitous ground to sink such posts they may be placed in a pile of stones or where the placing of such posts or monuments of stone is impracticable or dangerous to life or limb it shall be lawful to place such post or monument of af stone at the nearest point properly marked to designate its right place when a stone is used not a rock in place it must be at least six bix inches square and eighteen inches in length set two thirds of its length in the ground which trees stakes or monuments must be so marked as to designate the corners of the claim located with all this done and ten feet of work performed in every case nine and a half feet will not be sufficient the recording ot a location certificate follows and in this the prospector must be careful if he desires to have a valid location the law is as follows within ninety days of the date of posting the location notice upon the claim the locator shall record his claim with the mining district recorder and the county recorder of the mining district or county in which such claim ts is situated by a location certificate which must contain first the name of the lode or vein second the name of the locator or locators third the date of the location and such description of the location of said claim with reference to some natural object or permanent monument as will identify the claim fourth the number of linear feet claimed in length along the course of the vein each way from the point of discovery with a width on each side of the center of the vein and the general course of the vein or lode as near as may be fifth the dimensions and location of the discovery shaft or its equivalent sunk upon the claim sixth the location and description of each corner with the markings thereon any record of the location of a lode mining claim which shall not contain all the requirements quire ments named in this th is section shall be void ta 7 1 in a recent suit in nevada where the title to a group of mining claims was involved the case depended upon the form of the lobai location ion certia certificate abd te and to give the prospector an idea of what the recorded certificate should be we give the following certificate which was declared by the court to be valid and conforming to the law in every respect the names of the claim district locators etc are left blank while not such a notice as a lawyer would write it is given as an example of a prospectors notice that has been declared valid by a court notice of location notice is hereby given that the under signed have located 1500 feet running southerly on this lode vein or deposit of mineral the general course of which is northerly and southerly with surface ground feet wide being feet on each side easterly and westerly of this discovery monument this claim shall be known as the blank mining claim and is situated on the northeast slope of blank mountain about one mile southeasterly from the town of blank and about 2500 feet from the mine shaft house in mining district county nevada three hundred feet westerly from this discovery monument is the northwest corner a stake marked northwest corner of the mining claim thence 1500 feet southerly is the southwest corner a blazed tree marked southwest corner of mining claim thence feet easterly is the southeast corner a stake marked southeast corner of mining claim thence 1500 feet northerly is the northeast corner a stake marked northeast corner of the mining claim this claim adjoins the mining claim on the south the location work required by law has been performed in running an open cut feet long feet wide and 10 feet deep at the face about feet southeasterly from this discovery monument located locators prospectors who have made locations that do not conform to the law should take advantage of another section of the nevada law which permits an amended notice to be filed correcting any mistakes made in the original certificate 0 |
