| Show ta T alf our attention has hag been called to an important requirement of the present mining statute of congress which does not a appear paea r to have yet received the C aten t ion on this coat which it deserves this thi is id ahe annual expenditure repaired in order to hold poi po tillio to cl claims airris and pre ct relocation by other oilier parties carlies the tha act is not mandatory as to lo obtaining ta patents within noy any time but permits who have expended expend od not lose than up ori the their ir claims to apply for and receive receive patents agents I 1 but until a patent is ob obtained dainef ch chiments imants of lodes located before the loth of may blay 1872 are required to expend thereon not lots less than 10 annually for every feet cla claimed on the lode while to hold a claim of 1500 lent located after that date dat an aa annual CT of nt not less than thereon in labor or in default of which in any one year the claim will lipse and be oleu to relocation in many or of the districts the local regulations provided that upon the 8 on a lodo lode aggregating a lefta certain amount 0 tho the claimant n tel relieved from further farther outlay thereon to maintain his big possessory right and man many y valuable claims are so held in good faith by parties many of WI whom aiom are absent from their claims and unaware that they aro ara affected by said statute through a want of anco ance with this provision of the av con on gressional regional rem ional law it is estimated that bun hundreds dreas of valuable claims will bo be 0 open in in 10 relocation by tho the loth of bp slay y next and it is understood that partite are arc already organizing with tho the view of effecting these relocations after that date v ft hen ben present possessory f titles shall havi have lapsed A publication of these facts may prevent loss to unsuspecting parties and the newspapers prin printed bcd in mining districts will be doing a public service by calling special attention to them at an early date S R F chronicle dec 21 |
