Show W nu IS I 1 S MADE AS I 1 TO tu MINING CLAIM WORK WO RK stor tor must prove that T hat lede ledge has been dis covered in the claim and also trace it out by adua work on n 41 of a circular issued by in missioner of the general land 1 washington and approved TO 9 1909 contains a ruling on terp of the general 0 laws that is going to throw hon on and consternation into the of claim owners seeking see kingto to government patents e generally known when a f claim is lo loia ted the notice form fm to the law must besig discovery is covery point and the course IB lode or ledge through the for many years this besig jos of the lode in the location noall 11 that has been required of m owner in establishing his ito to patent the ground other r at mineral and rock in place be found at the point of diss this formality complied he owner of a group of claims en an permitted to do the work claims through one tunnel or which vas was shown to tend to elopement elop ment of the group arding to the new ruling that it t do in the future after a L 4 r claim has been located and 1 1 1 r the owner can make applina L X ir patent under the new rul contained contain td in the section noted I 1 be b required not only to prove ledge edge has been discovered in urn im but he must trace it out work clear through the 1 or claims sought to ix paten patent t phat hat done he may concentrate I 1 hundred adred dollars worth of work for each claim or remaining portion of it at one point if he be so desires strict enforcement of the new rule will mean that normany not many groups group of mining claims as such will ever be patented again it is not often that a ledge can be readily traced through a mining claim after its discovery ii the surface because of the action of the elements in gulches the veins existence is often obliterated through erosion and the accumulation of anywhere from ten to a hundred feet or more of debris that has been washed over it dense growths of brush and trees also often interfere with stripping a vein that can be noted here and there by the outcrop while to expose it for the length if f a claim would entail work that few men or companies would be capable of performing without loss of much time and in some instances tremendous and annee unnecessary ary expenditures of money in cases where companies and individuals divi duals locate on a ledge and then take up additional claims to avoid from possible neighbors the ruling will be a stinger I 1 it t is nothing uncommon after a vein has been located or a discovery has been made to locate a number of flanking claims without regard to whether they contain veins or not just to head off possible litigation from the looks of things a storm will reak abbat the cars of the commissioner of the general land office if that rule is not modified |