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the name and location of the claim, the name and address of 

 the claimant and of the officer examining the claim, and tlie 

 date of the examination. Each package should be numbered, 

 the number being also entered in the field notebook. 



Notes should be made at once, and the samples should be 

 referred to in the notes by number, description, color, and 

 name, if known, of the rock containing the mineral. This will 

 assist the officer in making his report. 



The samples of ore when wrapped, and the package when 

 labeled, should be stored, if possible, under lock and key. 



Immediately upon being notified that a hearing has been 

 ordered upon the claim by the Commissioner of the General 

 Land Office, the supervisor should send the sample by express, 

 charges prepaid, to the assayer of the mint at Denver, Colo., 

 Deadwood, S. Dak., Carson City, Nev., or Seattle, Wash., 

 whichever is most accessible, or to such other address as may 

 bo supplied hereafter. The charge for expressage, supported 

 by the proper subvoucher, should be submitted in the super- 

 visor's next expense account. The supervisor should notify 

 the assayer of the shipment, give description of the sample used 

 upon the label, request him to make the assay and give an 

 assay certificate for the use of the Forest Service, and inform 

 him, if possible, on what date the certificate will be used. 



Placer cltiims. The Forest officer should search for the dis- 

 covery shaft, pit, or tunnel, pan some of the dirt, and record 

 the results. Several pannings should be made in each excava- 

 tion. His report should verify or dispute the nature of the 

 deposit claimed. 



MILL SITES. 



In examining and reporting upon mill sites, Forest officers 

 should keep in mind the following essentials of the law : Mill- 

 site claims must not embrace more than 5 acres, and must be 

 nonmineral and noncontiguous to a vein or lode, and must be 

 ffsed or ^occupied T)y the^proprietor of such ypTn or indo jVvr 

 mining or milling purposes. The owner of a quartz mill or 

 reduction works, not owning a mine in connection therewith, 

 may also receive a patent for his mill site. 

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