Cadastres -- United States; Mineral resources conservation -- United States
_Location notice_ containing name of claim, name of locator(s), date of
location (posting) and dimensions of area shall be posted at the point
of discovery.
_Monumentation_: Within 30 days monument each corner or angle of the
claim using a tree eight or more inches in diameter, blazed on four
sides, a post four inches square, four feet six inches long, set one
foot in ground (or mound of earth and stone four feet or more in
diameter and two feet or more high if on bedrock), a squared stump of
requisite size surrounded by such mound, a stone at least six inches
square, 18 inches long, set two-thirds in the ground, with mound of
earth and stone alongside at least four feet in diameter, by two feet
high, or a boulder at least three feet above ground. Monument to be
marked with the name of claim and corner number or cardinal point. Other
monuments of lesser size to be determined acceptable by a court in the
event of a dispute.
_Recording_: Within 60 days, comply with the U. S. Mining Laws and
record a certificate of location with the county clerk containing name
of claim and whether it is a lode or a placer, name of locator(s) with
post office address, date of location and description, referenced to
natural object or permanent monument and section, township and range
(projected if on unsurveyed land); directions and distances from
discovery point, and verified before an officer authorized to administer
oaths. Within 20 days the county clerk will furnish a copy to the
Department of State Lands at Helena, Montana.
Mill Sites:
Located same as lodes or placers but without discovery.
Other:
_Amended locations_, amended certificates, relocation by owner (but not
to avoid annual labor) and relocation of abandoned claims provided for.
Filing of _false claims_ prohibited; penalty of not more than five years
in state penitentiary or not more than $5,000 fine, or both.
Recording of affidavit of _annual labor_ as required by federal law
within 90 days after expiration of assessment year.
_Discovery work_: None required, law amended in 1971.
1–38 NEBRASKA
No state law.
1–39 NEVADA
Lode Claims:
_Location notice_ containing name of claim, name of locator(s) with post
office address, date of location, the general course of the vein, the
number of feet claimed each way along the course of the vein from the
point of discovery, and the width claimed on each side of the center of
the vein, to be posted on a monument (as described below) at the point
of discovery.
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