Show mine assessment I 1 work suspended president roosevelt has signed legislation suspending the requirement that operators or lode and placer mining deposits spend at least a year fur for assessment work in order to retain their claims in good standing representative james F oconnor D mont sponsored the bill because lie he said priorities and difficulty in obtaining obtain labor labor made the assessment obligation too severe for the war period T the e suspension is retroactive to july 1 1941 and will remain jn in effect until july 1 1942 |