Cadastres -- United States; Mineral resources conservation -- United States
_Recording_: Within 30 days file for record with the county recorder
duplicate certificates similar in all respects to the notice posted.
_Maps_: Two copies of a map, not exceeding three by four feet in size to
be filed for record with the location certificates.
Tunnel Rights:
_Location notice_ to be posted at the face or point of commencement
containing the name of the locator(s) and post office address, proposed
course or direction of tunnel, height and width thereof, position and
character of boundary monuments and reference to natural object or
permanent monument.
_Monumentation_: Line of tunnel to be staked at intervals of not more
than 300 feet from commencement to 3000 feet therefrom; monuments to be
the same as for lodes and placers.
_Recording_: Within 60 days record with county recorder (duplicate
certificates) similar in all respects to notice posted.
_Maps_: File for record, with location certificate, two copies of a map
as required for lodes.
Other:
_Amended locations and certificates_ and _relocation_ of abandoned
claims are provided for.
Affidavits of _annual labor_ are provided for; to be recorded 60 days
from completion of work.
_Discovery or Location Work_: None required, other than the map (law
amended in 1971).
_False information_ willfully made on location certificates or maps a
felony punishable by no less than three nor more than ten years in the
state prison.
_Survey_ with field notes and certificate of survey incorporated into
the record by U.S. Mineral Surveyor or land surveyor licensed in Nevada,
_prima facie_ evidence of the facts therein.
_Location Survey_: United States Mineral Surveyors are permitted to make
location surveys.
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Lode Claims:
_Location Notice_ containing name of locator(s), intent to locate the
mining claim, (name of claim) and description by reference to natural
object or permanent monument (date).
_Monumentation_: Mark the location on the ground so that its boundaries
may be readily traced. Four substantial posts or monuments, one at each
corner. No specifications.
_Discovery Work_: A shaft, cut, tunnel or adit at least ten feet below
surface disclosing mineral in place completed within 90 days of taking
possession; or a drill hole not less than one and one-half inches in
diameter, ten feet or more in depth, disclosing a valuable mineral
deposit in place. A substantial post or marker at least thirty inches
high inscribed with the name of claim, claim owner, depth of hole and
date drilled shall be placed within five feet of the hole. In addition,
an affidavit by the owner giving the date of the hole, location within
the claim, and mineral discovered shall be recorded in the office of the
county clerk within the 90 days.
_Recording_: File for record a copy of the location notice with the
county clerk within three months from date of posting.
Placer Claims:
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