MINING FORMS FOR USE UNDER UNITED STATES LAWS INCLUDING ALASKA.

feet......, and......feet......from discovery.

189......claim

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The above form may be used by prospectors who cannot at time of discovery run the lines, and definitely describe the location; within a reasonable time (thirty days), the lines should be surveyed or definitely located, and a new location notice posted. (See form below.)

FORM 2.

NOTICE OF LOCATION.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned having complied with the requirements of chapter 6, title 32, Revised Statutes of the United States, and the local customs, laws and regulations, has located....linear feet on the....lode, situated in....mining district, in ....county, State of......; described as follows....

Discovered......

Located......

.Locator.

Care must be taken to describe the claim accurately by reference to natural objects, such as mountains or spurs, and the boundaries must also be distinctly marked on the ground to show the extent and location of the claim, using suitable monuments. Should be as nearly as practicable as the following diagram:

(If a placer location on surveyed lands, describe by legal subdivisions.)

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LOCATION CERTIFICATE-PLACER CLAIM.

Know all men by these presents, that I,......, the undersigned citizen of the United States, resident of the county of and State of...., having complied with the provisions of chapter 6, title 32 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and with local customs, laws and regulations, claim by right of discovery and location, as a placer claim, the following premises situate, lying and being in...mining district (or county), county of......, and State of......, to wit: (Description.) To be known as: (Name.)

Located...., 189.. Date of certificate......, 189..

FORM 3.

LOCATION CERTIFICATE-LODE CLAIM.

Know all men by these presents, that I, of the county of......State of..... claim by right of discovery and location ....feet, linear and horizontal measurement, on the....lode, along the vein thereof, with all its dips, variations and angles; together with....feet in width on each side of the middle of said vein at the surface, and all veins, lodes, ledges, deposits and surface ground within the lines of the said claim;....feet on said lode running....from the center of the discovery shaft, and....feet running....from said center of discovery shaft. Said claim is situated in the........of.. ....in.....................mining district, county of........, State of.. and bounded and described as follows:

........

Date of discovery...., 189.. Staked and located...., 189.. Date of certificate...., 189

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As a part of this form, and in addition to the data therein given, the claimant is required to state the names of adjoining claims, and if none adjoin, the relative positions of those nearest, or show by affidavit or otherwise why this is not done. This is an essential requirement.

This notice must be recorded in the office of the mining recorder and in the office of the auditor of the county in which claim is situate.

FORM 4.

AFFIDAVIT OF LABOR PERFORMED.

State of...., county of...., ss:

Before me, the subscriber, personally appeared....who, being duly sworn said that at least...dollars worth of work or improvements were performed or made upon the....lode, situate on....mountain, in......mining district, county of....State of

between the first day of...., A. D. 189.., and the thirtyfirst day of...., A. D. 189.. Such expenditure was made by or at the expense of...., owner (or one of the owners) of said claim, for the purpose of complying with the law and holding said claim.

Sworn and subscribed to before me this....day of...., A. D., 189.. (Seal.)

Notary Public.

FORM 5.

AMENDED LOCATION CERTIFICATE.

Know all men by these presents, that I,......, of the county of...., State of..., do hereby make and file this, my amended certificate of location upon the....lode mining claim, situate in....mining district, county of...., State of...., claiming........ feet in width on each side of the center of said lode at the surface, and all veins, lodes and ledges within the lines of said claim, with their dips, variations and angles; ...fèet on said lode running...., .... degrees....from center of discovery shaft, and......feet running...... degrees......from said center of discovery shaft. Said lode mining claim is bounded and described as follows, to wit: Beginning at corner No. 1 (describe by metes and bounds with ties from surveyor's notes) being the same lode of which the original location certificate (made by

...) is filed in......in the office of the clerk and recorder of said....county. This amended eertificate is filed without waiver of any previous rights, for the purpose of correcting and making more specific the boundaries and description of said lode as orignally located upon the ground.

Date of original location...., A. D..... Date of certificate .........., A. D.......

FORM 6.

CERTIFICATE OF RELOCATION.

Know all men by these presents, that I......, of the county of......, State of......, claim by right of relocation......feet, linear and horizontal measurement, on the......lode, along the vein thereof, with all its dips, variations and angles, together with......feet in width on each side of the middle of said vein. at the surface; and all veins, lodes, ledges and surface ground within the lines of said claim......feet on said lode running ...... degrees......from the center of the discovery shaft, and ......feet running..................., ....degrees......from said center of discovery shaft. Said discovery shaft being situate upon said. iode, within the lines of said claim, in.......mining district, county of......., State of......., said claim being bounded. and described as follows: Beginning at corner No. 1, etc. (describe as in case of original location, and conclude as. follows:) Being the same lode originally located on the .......day of......., A. D..................., and recorded on the....... day of......, A. D....................., in......, in the office of the recorder of said county. This further certificate of location is made without waiver of any previous rights, but to correct any error in prior location or record, to secure all abandoned overlapping claims. Date of relocation,......,A. D................... Date of certificate......, A. D....... (Signed)......

Attest:......

FORM 7.

TUNNEL CLAIM LOCATION CERTIFICATE.

Know all men by these presents, that the undersigned, citi-zens of the United States, have this......day of......18.., claimed by right of location, a tunnel claim for the purpose of discovering and working veins, lodes or deposits on the linethereof (cutting the......lode and working the......lode). Said tunnel claim is situated in the......mining district, county of

...State of......, and the location and bounds of said tunnel are staked on the surface at the place of commencement and termination, as well as along the line thereof said claim is more

particularly described as follows: (Give courses and distances, and describe as in lode location by natural objects.)

To this should be added a claim for dump location; it may be separate or included in the above, and should be merely a notice that 125 feet on each side of the mouth of the tunnel by 250 feet in front is claimed as ground for dumping purposes. If made separately, it must be recorded same as tunnel location.

FORM 8.

NOTICE OF RIGHT TO WATER.

The undersigned claims the water running in this stream for mining purposes to the extent of......cubic inches per second of time, to be conveyed by (ditch or flume) from this point to......claim. (Signed)

18..

A copy of this notice is to be posted where it is intended to divert the water, and a copy filed for record in the office of the county auditor of the county in which the point of divergence may be, within ten days; and actual work must be commenced within six months.

FORM 9.

APPLICATION TO U. S. SURVEYOR-GENERAL FOR SURVEY OF MINING CLAIM.

.......

189..

U. S. Surveyor-General,

Sir: claimant hereby make application for an official survey, under the provisions of Chapter Six, Title Thirty-two, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and regulations and instructions thereunder, of the mining claim known as the situate in....... mining district,.... .County, ....... in section... Township No............................, Range No.......... Said claim is based upon a valid location made on........, 18., and duly recorded on......................, 18.., and is fully described in the duly certified copy of the record of the location certificate, filed herewith. Said certificate contains the name of the locator ▸