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 426 Trri,i·: mm.-THE rustic runs.-cs. 6. 5 Me;/» 1876, ¢- exist, discovered in such tunnel, to the same extent as if discovered from 91- "· 1 ·P· 52· the surface; and locations on the line of such tunnel of veins or lodes not appearing on the surface, made by other parties after the commencement of the tunnel, and while the same is being prosecuted with reasonable diligence, shall be invalid; but failure to prosecute the work on the tunnel for six months shall be considered as an abandonment of the right to all undiscovered veins on the line of such tunnel. Re ulations Sec. 2324. The miners of each mining-district may make regulations ¤¤¤d¤l>Y mi¤¤¤‘¤· not in conflict with the laws of the United States, or with the laws of 10 May, 1g1g_ c_ the State or Territory in which the district is situated, governing the 152, s. 5, v.17, p.92. location, manner of recording, amount of work necessary to hold posses- 6 June, 187% C- sion of a mi ning-claim, subject to the following requirements: The loca- 22g"jA3?igi.é C tion must be distinctly marked on the ground so that its boundaries can 91, ,l_1g,u,_5g_’be readily traced. All records of mining-claims hereafter made shall contain the name or names of the locators, the date of the location, and such a description of the claim or claims located by reference to some natural object or permanent monument as will identify the claim. On each claim located after the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and until a patent has been issued therefor, not less than one hundred dollars’ worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made during each year. On all claims located prior to the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, ten .`o lars’ worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made by the tenth day of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and each ear thereafter, for each one hundred feet in length along the vein untilra patent has been issued therefor; but where such claims are held in common, such expenditure may be made upon any one claim; and upon a failure to comply with these conditions, the claim or mine upon which such failure occurred shall be open to relocation in the same manner as if no location of the same had ever been made, provided that the original locators, their heirs, assigns, or legal representatives, have not resumed work upon the claim after failure and before such location. Upon the failure of any one of several co—owners to contribute his proportion of theexpendituresrequired hereby, the co-owners who have rformed the labor or made the improvements may, at the expiration of the year, give such delinquent co—owner personal notice in writing or notice by publication in the news per published nearest the claim, for at least once a week for ninety dings, and if at the expiration of ninety days after such notice in writing or bv publication such delinquent should fail or refuse to contribute his proportion of the expenditure required by this section, his interest in the claim shall become the property of his co—owners who have made the required expend- Tunnels, cost of, itures. [That section two thousand three hundred and twentv-four of the h°W **6**6- revised statutes be, and the same is hereby, amended so that where a 11 1:,1,,, 1875, 6-, person or company has or may run a tunnel for the purposes of develop- 41, v. 18, p. 315. ing a lode or lodes, owned by said person or company, the money so expended in said tunnel shall be taken and consideredlas expended on said lode or lodes, whether located prior to or since the passage of said act; and such person or company shall not be required to perform work pn thedsurtfalce of said lode or lodes in order to hold the sameas required v said ac. pawn; fm- min. Sec. 2325. A patent for an * land claimed and located for valuable eral_ lands, how deposits may be obtained in the following manner: Any person, asso- °b*·*‘¤°d· ciation, or cogporation authorized to locate a claim under this chapter, 10 May, 1872, c. having claime and located a piece of land for such pur ses, who has, 152, s. 6, v. 7, p. 92. or have, complied with the terms of this chapter, mav fil;)in the roper 915,%*5/· mg; °··land-oflice an application for a patent, under oath, showing such com- ’’p‘ ‘ pliance, together with a plat and field-notes of the claim or claims in common, made by or under the direction of the United States surve ·orgeneral, showing accurately the boundaries of the claim or claims, which sail be distinctly marked by monuments on the ground, and shall post a copy of such plat, together with a notice of such application for u patent. in a conspicuous place on the land embraced in such plat previous to the hling of the application for a patent, and shall file an aili-