Cadastres -- United States; Mineral resources conservation -- United States
_Annual Labor, remonumentation and remarking of corners_: Affidavit of
labor as required by federal law must be filed within 30 days of the
time limit for performance (end of assessment year) and, in addition to
the usual statements and descriptions, a statement that all corners and
notices are in place and are properly marked; an additional 30 days is
allowed for a supplemental affidavit if the original was filed by
someone other than the owner. Failure in such case constitutes _prima
facie_ presumption of abandonment.
_Survey and monumentation_ by a United States Mineral Surveyor or land
surveyor licensed in California together with filing of field notes for
record with the location notice, constitutes _prima facie_ evidence of
the facts therein.
_Penalties_ are provided for false statements and removal or destruction
of monuments. _Location (Discovery) Work_: None required (law amended in
1965 for placers, 1972 for lodes), except in the case of a tunnel right.
_Survey of Location_: United States Mineral Surveyors are permitted to
make and record location surveys.
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Lode Claims:
_Location notice_ or plain sign to be posted at the point of discovery
on the surface containing name of the lode (claim), name of locator(s),
and date of discovery.
_Discovery (Location) Work_ in the form of a shaft ten feet deep or
deeper if necessary for discovery, or open cut, crosscut or tunnel which
cuts a lode ten feet beneath the surface, or adit at least ten feet in
along lode from point of discovery to be completed within 60 days from
date of discovery, or file a map with the location certificate based on
an actual ground survey (see below).
_Monumentation_: Surface boundaries to be marked by six substantial
posts, hewed or marked on the sides facing the claim, set in the ground
(or in a mound of stones on bedrock) one at each corner and one at the
center of each side line. Witness corner, suitably marked, may be used
as necessary.
_Recording_: Within three months from date of discovery, file with the
county recorder a location certificate containing the name of the lode
(claim), name of locator(s), date of location, the number of lineal feet
claimed on each side of discovery shaft (similar working as provided
above, or discovery point), the general course of the lode and such
description as shall identify the claim with reasonable certainty.
_Field Survey and Map_: In lieu of a discovery shaft (or similar
working) and within the time required for filing the location
certificate, attach to the location certificate for recording a map at a
scale of 1″ = 500′ prepared from an actual ground survey showing the
name and address of the discoverer of the claim, the legal subdivision
upon which the claim is located if on surveyed land, courses and
distances of the boundaries with tie to the nearest section or quarter
section corner or permanent monument if on unsurveyed land, thus readily
identifying the claim.
Placer Claim:
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