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Extra-lateral inside of such surface lines extended downward vertically, R _ 



rights> such veins, lodes, or ledges may so far depart from u perpendicular in 



their course downward as to extend outside the vertical side lines of such 

 surface locations. But their right of possession to such outside parts of 

 such veins or ledges shall be confined to such portions thereof as lie 

 between vertical planes drawn downward as above described, through 

 the end lines of their locations, so continued in their own direction that 

 such planes will intersect such exterior parts of such veins or ledges. 

 And nothing in this section shall authorize the locator or possessor of a 

 vein or lode which extends in its downward course beyond the vertical 

 lines of his claim to enter upon the surface of a claim owned or possessed 

 by another. 



Owners of tun- SEC. 2323. Where a tunnel is run for the development of a vein or 

 tes ' lode, or for the discovery of mines, the owners of sucn tunnel shall have 



the right of possession of all veins or lodes within three thousand feet 

 from the face of such tunnel on the line thereof, not previously known 

 to exist, discovered in such tunnel, to the same extent as if discovered 

 from 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 abandon- 

 ment of the right to all undiscovered veins on the line of such tunnel. 



Regulations SEC. 2324. The miners of each mining distiict may make regulations 



made by miners. not ^ conflict witn th e laws of the United States, or with the laws of 



the State or Territory in which the district is situated, governing the 



location, manner of recording, amount of work necessary to hold pos- 



Markingbound- session of a mining claim, subject to the following requirements: The 

 location must be distinctly marked on the ground so that its boundaries 

 can 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 



Annual labor. an d seventy-two, and until a patent has been issued therefor, not less 

 than one hundred dollars' worth of labor shall be performed or improve- 

 ments made during each year. On all claims located prior to the tenth 

 day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, ten dollars' worth of 

 labor shall be performed or improvements made by the tenth day of 

 June, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and each year thereafter, for 

 each one hundred feet in length along the vein until a patent has been 

 issued therefor; but where such claims are held in common, such ex- 

 penditure may be made upon any one claim; and upon a failure to 

 comply with these conditions the claim or mine upon which such fail- 

 ure 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 

 the expenditures required hereby, the co-owners who have performed 

 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 newspaper published nearest the claim 

 for at least once a week for ninety days, and if at the expiration of 

 ninety days after such notice in writing or by publication such delin- 

 quent should fail or refuse to contribute his proportion of the expend- 

 iture required by this section his interest in the claim shall become 

 the property of his co-owners who have made the required expenditures. 

 [Provided, That the period within which the work required to be done 

 annually on all unpatented mineral claims shall commence on the first 

 day of January succeeding the date of location of such claim, and this 

 section shall apply to all claims located since the tenth day of May, 

 anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-two. Amendment of 

 Jan. 22, 1880, 21 Stat., 61.] 



Patents for min- SEC.. 2325. A patent for any land claimed and located for valuable 

 IW deposits may be obtained in the following manner: Any person, associ- 

 ation, or corporation authorized to locate a claim under this chapter, 





