Cadastres -- United States; Mineral resources conservation -- United States
_Monumentation_: Within 20 days from date of posting, erect at each
corner of the claim and at the center of each side line a monument
consisting of a tree, with top removed, not less than four inches in
diameter, blazed and marked, a rock in place with smaller stones on top
having an overall height of no less than three feet, a stone no less
than six inches in diameter, 18 inches long, set two-thirds in the top
of a mound of earth or stone four feet diameter, two and one-half feet
high; a post four inches in diameter, four and one-half feet long set
one foot in ground (except on bedrock). All trees, posts or rocks, when
not four feet in diameter shall be surrounded by a mound of earth or
stone four feet in diameter, two and one-half feet high. Witness corners
are provided for.
_Recording_: Within 90 days of posting, record duplicate location
certificates with the county recorder containing name of the lode or
vein (claim), name of locator(s) with post office address, general
course of the vein and number of feet claimed each way from the point of
discovery together with the width on each side of the center of the
vein, statement that location work consisted of making maps, and the
location and description of each corner with the markings thereon.
_Maps_: Within 90 days of posting, file duplicate maps with the county
recorder (one of which will be sent to the county surveyor along with
the duplicate location certificate) showing the claim or claims, at a
scale no less than 500 feet to an inch, the relative position and number
of the corners and giving a tie by bearing and distance to a corner of
the public land survey or claim location marker if no corner can be
found, or if on unsurveyed land. Claim location marker shall be of rock,
four feet in diameter at base and at least four feet high, or a steel
post or pipe at least three inches in diameter and five feet above
ground. Also show the township and range, and if surveyed, the section
in which the claim and claim location marker is situated.
Placer Claims:
_Location notice_: Same as for lodes except that instead of discovery
point, a location point anywhere on the north boundary, and instead of
length and width from discovery point and vein, the number of feet or
acres claimed.
_Monumentation_: All corners and location point with monuments as
specified for lodes, except when described by legal subdivisions, only
the location point need be monumented.
_Recording_: Same as for lodes, except giving number of feet or acres
claimed in lieu of lode description. (Apparently no statement regarding
map or corner descriptions necessary.)
_Maps_: Same as for lodes, but if described by legal subdivisions, map
shall show the legal subs.
Mill Sites:
_Location notice_: Same as for placers except point of posting not
designated; name of lode, mine or mill of which locator is owner to be
given.
_Monumentation_: Same as for placers (and lodes) so far as applicable.
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