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NEW MINING LAW
TERRITORY OF ALASKA
(Continued From Tuesday's Daily)
BOUNDARIES AND EXTENT OF
LODE CLAIMS
Section 13. The locator must so
define the boundaries of his claim up
on the ground that they may be read
ily traced, and In no case shall the
claim extend more than fifteen hun
dred (1500) feet along the center line
of the claim, nor more than three
hundred (300) feet on either side of
the center line of the claim, at the
surface thereof, as near as can bo
l determined.
In no case shall the markings of the ,
boundaries of the claim upon the
ground consist of Ipsb than the fol
lowing: The erection at each cor
ner of the claim and at each angle in
the side lines, if such there be, of a
substantial monument or stake, or the
blazing of a tree at least three Inches
in diameter, each of which shall bear
the initial of the lode or claim and a
designation as to the point upon the
boundaries of the claim which the
said monument represents. The cen
ter line and both end lines shall bo
marked by blazing trees or by cut
ting brush, or the erection of line mon
uments, as the nature of the country
requires, so that the lines of the lo
cation may be readily traced upon the
ground.
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Where the true polti^'Vof a corner
or an angle corner is for any reason
inaccessible, or the erection of a
monument thereat Impracticably a
witness monument may be erected as
nenr the true point as is practicable,
which witness monument must be so
marked as to Indicate with reference
thereto the position of the true point
for the corner or angle point. Such
witness comer or monument shall
not be of lesser size than is pre
scribed for other corners.
I he completion of the marking of
the boundaries of the claim upon the
ground shall follow the posting of the
notice of location within a reasonable
t'me, not to exceed thirty (30) days.
RECORD OF LOCATION
Section 14. Within ninety (90) days
of the posting of the location notice
upon the claim, a certificate of loca
tion shall be recorded with the Re
corder of the District within which the
claim is located. Such certificate
must contain date of location, name
or names of locator or locators, and
such a description of the claim, with
reference to some natural object or
permanent mounment, as will identify
the claim located, and may also con
tain such further matter as will serve
to more completely describe the boun
daries and locus of the claim.
AMENDED LOCATIONS AND CER
TIFICATES.
Section 15. A locator or claimant
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1 may at any time, subject to interven-!
I
ing rights, amend his location and i
make any desired change In his boun- J
daries, by marking the location, as
amended, upon the ground, and by
filing an amended certificate of loca
tion, such marking and certificate to
conform to the requirements of thisi
Act with reference to an original loca
tion.
| A defect in a recorded certificate of
location may be cured by filing an
amended certificate.
TUNNEL RIGHT—Location of.
Sectioq 16. Any person who pos
sesses'the qualifications necessary for
the locator of a lode may locate a
tunnel right location by posting a
notice of location at the portal of the
tunnel, which notice must contain:
First. The nnme of the locator or
locators.
! Second: The date of location.
Third: The proposed course or
direction of tunnel.
Fourth: Such a description of the
tunnel, with reference to some natural
object or permanent mounment as will
serve to identify It.
Boundaries of the Tunnel Location:
The boundaries of the tunnel location
shall be marked upon the ground by
means of stakes or mounments placed
along the proposed course or direction
of the tunnel at intervals of not more
than six hundred (600) feet from the
portal of the tunnel to the terminus of
three thousand (3000) feet therefrom,
and the line blazed as required under
lodes.
Record of Location: Shall be per
formed as required under lodes.
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Assessment Work on Tunnel 8ltes:
During each year. Including the year
of location, live hundred ($500.00) dol
lars worth of labor shall be performed
or improvements made on each tunnel
site heretofore or hereafter located;
and proof of such annual labor shall
be made and recorded In the manner
required under the provisions of this
Act relating to lode claims; provided,
that the cost of making survey of such
tunnel site shall not be counted to
ward such annual expenditure.
LOCATION OK MILL8ITE CLAIMS
Section 17. The proprietor of a
lode claim (or the owner of a quartz
mill or a reduction works situate upon
the land proposed to be located), may
locate not more than five acres of non
mineral land as a mlllslte, by post
ing thereon a notice of location and by
marking the boundaries thereof as
hereafter provided.
The notice of location must contain:
First: The name of the locator or
locators.
Second. The name of the lode
claim ot claims to which the millslte
is appurtenant, or of the quartz mill
or reduction works, owned by the lo
cator or locators.
Third: The date of location.
Fourth: The amount of surface
ground claimed.
Fifth: Such a description of the
millslte with reference to some natural
object or permanent monument as
will Identify It.
The boundaries and corners of the
millslte must be marked upon the
ground in the same manner as re
quired by the Act for lode locations.
Recording shall be performed as re
quired under lodes.
Assessment Work on Millsites:
During each calendar year after the
year of location and until patent has
been Issued therefor, at least twenty
five ($25.00) dollars worth of labor
shall be performed or Improvements
made upon each mlllslte claim here
tofore or hereafter located in the Ter
ritory of Alaska.
And the locator or owner of such
claim, or some person having knowl
edge of the facts, shall make and file
with the Recorder of the District In
which the claim is situate an affidavit
showing the performance of labor or
making of Improvements to the
amount of twenty-five $25.00) dollars
as aforesaid, and specify the character
and extent of such work In the manner
set forth in this Act under the pro
visions relating to proof of labor on
lode claims.
And the Recorder shall collect a fee
for fiiling. Indexing and recording
each such proof of annual labor on mill
site, of the same amount and in a
eimiliar manner as hereinafter pro
vided under the section of this Act
relating to proofs of labor on lode
claims.
PROVIDED, that the claimant or
owner of any mlllsite claim in the
Territory of Alaska shall have the
privilege of paying on or before the
31st day of December of yie current
year to the Territorial Treasurer of
Alaska the sum of twenty-five ($25.00)
dollars, lawful money of the United
States in lieu of expending the said
amount on labor or improvements on
the said mlllsite claim in said cur
rent year.
The Territorial Treasurer shall issue
a receipt therefore, which receipt shall
bear upon its face the name of the
paid militate claim, the name of the
claimant thereto, the name of the
person making the payment, and such
description of, or reference to the lo
cation notice of the said claim as will
positively identify it; and the record
ing of such receipt with the Recorder
of the district in which such
claim Is situate, within ninety
(90) days after the issue thereof, shall
he deemed the equivalent of the per
| formance of twenty-five ($25.00) dol
! lars worth of annual labor or making
j of it iprovements on or for the bene
fit of said mlllsite claim.
PROVIDED, also, that the cost of
,making a survey of such mlllsite claim
by a United States Mineral Surveyor
shall be deemed to fall within the
the meaning of the term "making pf
j (improvements" as hereinbefore esod;
| the procedure in such case to follow
j the requirements of this Act relating
to the survey of lode claims in all
respects.
SURVEY OF MININCJ CLAIMS
Sect lurj 18. Where a locator or
owner of a lode, tunnel alte or mlllslte
claim has all the exterior lines, or the
boundaries of his claim surveyed, and
the corners established by a United
States Mineral Surveyor; corner No.
1 of the location should be connected
by course and distance with the near
est corner of the public survey or with
a United States Mounment, if the
claim lies within two miles of such
corner or mounment. In case the
claim is situated in a district where
there are no corners of the public
survey and no mounments within the
prescribed limits, the United States
Mineral Surveyor will proceed to es
tablish such mlnicral mounment In
accordance with the requirements of
the United States Mining Laws. The
locator will incorporate into his j
field notes of said survey which shall
contain a certificate by said Mineral
3urveyor, setting forth:
First: That such survey was act
ually made by him in his own proper
person, giving the date thereof, and
the name of all assistants.
8econd: The name of the claim
and locator or locators thereof.
Third; That the description incor
porated into the amended location no
tice is sufficient to Indentify the locus
of the claim.
An amended location notice, In
cluding said field notes and accom
panying certificate. Is prima facie
evidence of the facts therein contain
ed, and shall be recorded with the
Recorder of the district within which
the claim is located.
ANNUAL ASSESSMENT WORK
Section 19. On each location one
hundred ($100.00) dollars worth of
labor shall be performed or improve
ments made during each calendar year
until the Register’s final certificate
therefor has been issued.
PROVIDED, that the period within
which the work required to be done
annually on all unpatented lode claims
shall commence on the first day of
January succeeding the date of loca
tion of such claim; and if the claim in
cludes more than one location, under
one ownership, and the locations are
contiguous the annual assessment
work, to an amount of one hundred
($100.00) dollars for each included lo
cation, may be done in common, pro
vided such work and improvement
&
tends to the benefit of the entire
group in accordance with a systematic
plan therefor.
section 20. Ana it is tunner pro
vided. that a survey of the claims or
claims by a United States Mineral
Surveyor may be credited to annual
assessment work, but in no case shall
the credit for such survey and its at
tendant expense, exceed the required
assessment for one year on the claim
or claims surveyed. When credit is
sought for such work or improvement,
the claimant muBt file in the Record
er’s Office in the district in which the
claim lies, the field notes of the sur
vey, together with a voucher showing
the cost of such survey, properly at
tested by the surveyor, incorporated
Jnto the proof of annual labor, as in
other classes of labor or improve
ments, as provided for in Section 19
of this Act.
RECORDING OF AFFIDAVIT OF
ANNUAL LABOR.
Section 21. The owner of a lode
claim or claims, or some other per
son having a knowledge of the facts,
shall record with the Recorder of the
District wherein such lode claim or
claims is or are situated, an affidavit
showing the performance of annual
labor or the making of improvements
I to the value of one hundred ($100.00)
I dollars upon or for the benefit of each
I claim.
PROVIDED, that the owner of a
group of contigous lode claims ma>
incorporate within a single affidavit hii
proof of labor performed or improve
merits made upon or for the benefit o:
each, any or ail of the locations em
braced within such groups.
In all cases the affidavit shall se
forth the following:
First. The name of the claim o
claims, and where situated.
Second: A detailed description o
♦he work done or improvements mad
upon, or for the benefit of each clain
together with the location of the sum
with reference to the boundaries c
| the claim
Third: The date of performance of
such labor or of making of improve
ments.
Fourth: The number of days work
done on or for the benefit of the claim,
and the character and value of the im
provement* made.
Fifth: At whose Instance the work
was done and improvements mnde.
Sixth: The actual amount paid for
such work and improvements, and by
whom paid.
Seventh: The wages charged which
shall he at the customarly dally rate
prevailing In the district In which the
work is done.
Eigth: A declaration that the time
or expense of traveling to and from I
the claims has not been Included In I
computing the cost of such assess
ment work.
Ninth: That not more than eight
hours work per man In any one day
has been charged to such assessment
work.
Such affidavit shall be filed with the
Recorder of the District within the
claim or claims are located, not later
than ninety (90) days from the the
close of the calendar year during
which the work was done or Improve
ments made.
For the filing, recording and in
dexing of such affidavit the Recorder
shall receive the customary fee for
the filing of a notice of location of a
mining claim in the district wherein
he is Recorder, and In addition there
to, the sum of twenty-five (26c) cents
for each and every claim Included In
the affidavit above a single claim,
when such affidavit covers a group of
contlgous locations.
Should the locator of a lode claim,
tunnel site or miilsite, (or his heirs
or assigns) fail to comply with any of
the provisions of Sectons ten (10) to
twenty-one (21) Inclusive of this Act,
tlie burden of proof shall be upon the
owner of such claim or claims as to the
compliance with the provisions hereof.
Jn the event of any failure, a relocation
of the lands involved shall be void If
made directly by or Indirectly in the
Interest of, such delinquent locator or
his successors in interest, until one
calendar year shall have eiasped since
the failure obtained.
Section 22. That Chapter 74. Alas
ka Session Laws, 1913, and all other
Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with
I his Act are hereby repealed.
Approved, April 20, 1915.
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