Show mining cla ms much diversion of opinion prevails regarding Dg what constitutes the representation of a mining claim some say that ten feet of work in either a shaft or tunnel will meet the requirements the law states that must be spent in labor and improvements on each mini mining na claim and is silent to the number of feet of tunneling or sinking necessary no definite di distance stanca can be stated from the fact that the hardness of the rock varies varie 8 greatly r e at ly in dif different formations T the e 1 local 0 al custom in many camps allows a man on short contracts who furnishes his own powder tools and repairs five dollars per day many blany owners perform only twenty days work aj as representation others more than comply with the law by putting t 1 i ll 11 g in from twenty two to t thirty lh r t y days on each claim it would be much better for the owners and the it at least thirty days work were put on each claim not under process of development besides all question as to necessary representation would be sett settled leJ montana mining ret review bew |