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gust 29th, 19S3,. at the postofFute at
Tolcottoa, Alaska, under the Act, of
March 3, 1879. ’
NEW ACT DEFINESDE^A^S ...
REGARDING THE STAKING OF
MINING CLAIMS IN ALASKA
An important act passed at the. re
cent session of the Alaska Legisla
ture is that known as Chapter 83,
clarifying in many ways the neces
sarf steps to be taken in order to
make a valid location of ’a. mining
claim in the Territory. The Act is
as follows:
Chapter $3—An Act to Supplement
the Laws of the United States Rplat-j
ing to the Location and Holding of;
Mining Claims (S. B. 92)—Be It En
acted by thev Legislature of the Ter
ritory of Alaska:
Section 1". Location of Mining
Claims: Any person who discovers
upon the public domai nin Alaska any
lode or vein of rock in place, or any,
placer deposit which is open to loca
tion under the mining laws of the
United States, may locate a lode min- J
ing. claim or placer mining claim
thereon by posting a notice of loca
tion and by marking the boundaries
as herein provided. Any attempted
location of a mining claim that does !
not fully comply wit)i the provisions
of the act shall "be null and void.
Section 2. Notice of Location fit
Lode Claim: Boundaries: The dis
coverer of a lode claim shall desig
nate the location as follows:
(1) By posting on. the surface of
or adjac^it to the point of discovery
a plain sign or notice containing;
(a) The name of the lode clpim;'
(b) The name of the locator ' or
locators;
(c) The date of the location;:
(d) The number of feet in length
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claimed along the vein each way front
the point of discovrey and the width
on each side of the center of such
lode or vein, and •
(2) By erecting on.the vein at the
center of end lire j»ml at each corner
or ungle of the claim substantial njor$
umentft of .stone or setting posts, not
less, thag three, feet in height nor
less than three inches in diameter
hewn, #id marketf’^yitjlythe name of
the climb, the position or nunroer of
the, monument and the direction of
the boundary lines}, and,, by ^cutting
out, blazing or marking the bound
ary lines so tha they can be readily
traced. Where it is impracticable to
place a monument in its "true posi
tion, a witness „monument shall, be
erected and marked so a$ to in jndi
cat ethp true position of the corner
or angle.
Section 3. Notice of Location of
Placer Claim: Boundaries: The dis
coverer of a placer claim shall desig
nate the location ^as follows^
(1) ; By postirj gpn «jJ>^,of the posts
■or monuments marking the bound
aries of the claim. a plain sigiv or no
tice containing:
. (a) The name or number of the
claim; .
(b) The linage of the locator, or
locators:,..,
(c) The date of. the location;
(d) The number in feet in length
and width claimed, and
(2) By erecting at each corner or
angle of the^-elaiin substantial monu
.ments or posts ,npt,. less than three
feet in height, nor less than three
inches, in diameter, hewn and marked'
with the name of the claim, the po
sition or number of the monument
and3 fhedirpetigu, tjf the^ boundary
lines and by cutting out, blazing or
marking the |boundary lines.,so tha$
(they can fte reafiijy traced..
. Section b.. Recording^ Certificate of
location: the locator or locators of
any lode claim or placej da[ni ,sh*$;
within , ninety (90)_ days ,after the
date of posting the notice of location
ctn the claim, cause such clainj. to be
recorded by filing Awith the Recorder
of the recordin gdistrict in which the
claim is located, certificate of loca
tion which shall contain:'
(a) .the name qr pumber o,f the
claim; ^ .
fb) the numjxrr^of £eet in length
and width of the claim;
(c) the ^Ut^jCtf discovering ,and
of posting the notice of location;.
(d) the name of the l'oc^oE pi.
locators:
(e) A desciptipn pf| the ^laimywith
such, reference, td. some natural obj^cf
or penhanen^. monument that an in
telligent.person, with a knowledge of
the prominent natural objects and
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permanent natural objects and per
manent., monuments in the vicinity,
could identify the claim.„
Failure to file for., record the cer
tificate of location, withir^ the ninety
‘(90) days a? herein provided, shall
constitute an abandonment of the
claim and the ground, shall be open
to location; Provided, however, that
full compliance with the provisions
'of this section, after the ninety (90)
j.day period has elapsed but before the
j ground has been located by another,
: shall operate to renew, the location
I and save the rights of the original,
j locator.
' Section 5. Amende^Location: No
' tices may be amended at any tone
and monuments, changed to corre
spond with the amended location, but
no changes shall be made' which will \
interfere with the rights of others.
Whenever monuments are changed or
an error has been made in the notice
or in the certificate of Location, an
amended certificate of location shall
be filed for record in like manner and
with like effect as the original eer
tincate.
Section 6. Annual Labor: Forfeit
ure: During each year beginning at
■lioon. on the first (1st) day of July,
and until patent has. been issued
therefor^, annual labor shall be per
formed or improvements made on, or
for the benefit or development of
each mining claim in the Territory of
Alaska to the extent required by the
laws of the United States applicable
to Alaska. Upon failure of the owner
of any mining claim to perform the
annual labor or make the improve
ments required by the laws of the
United States such claim shall be
come forfeited and open to location
by otbes as if no location of the same
had ever been made.
Section 7. Affidavit of Annual La
bors Within ninety (90) days after
the first (1st) day of July of each
year the owner pf such mining claim,.
‘ or some other person having knowl
edge of the facts,, shall make and file
for record with the Recorder for the
-district in which the claim is located,
an affidavit showing the performance,
of such labor or the making of im
provements. The affidavit shall con
tain:/jti
(a) The.name or number of the
mining claim and where situated;
“ (b) The number of days’ work
done and the character and value of
•the improvements made;
(c) The. datg of the performance
“■SI such jabor and of the making of
impovements;
(d) At whose instance the work
Was done or th eimprovements mdae;
•• (e) The actual amount paid for
such work and improvements, and by
whom paid, when the work was not
dpne by the owner or his lessee.
Section 8. Same; Effect of Record
ing: The affidavit when recorded as
provided in this Act shall be prima
facie evidence of the performance of
the wok or of making the improve
ments therein stated, bpt if such affi
davit be not filed within the time
fixed by this Act the burden,, of proof,
shall be upon the claimant to estab
lish the performance of such work or
the making of such improvements.
Section 9. Failure of Co-owner to
Contribute Notice of Forfeiture:.
Upon the failure of any one pf sev
eral co-owners to contribute, his pro
portion of the expenditures required
for annual labor, the co-owners, who
have performed the labor pr made the
improvements may, at the expixation
of the annual labor year, give such,
delinquent co-owner personal; .notice
in writing, or notice by publication
in the. newspaper published, nearest
the claim for at least once a week for
ninety (90) days, and, if at Jthe exr
piration of ninety (90) days after the
service of such notice in_ writing, or
ninety (90) days after the^pompletion
of such publication, suct\ delinquent
should fail or refuse to. cqptygLbute his
proportion of the requi^t^juptpendi
tues, his interest in the ,$laim shall
be forfeited to his co-camera who
have made such expenditures.
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