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A legal post marked "Discovery post" must also be placed on the 

 lode where it was discovered. 



On No. i post must be written: (i.) Initial post. (2.) The name of 

 the claim. (3.) The name of the locator. (4.) The date of location. 

 (5.) Approximate bearing of No. 2 post. (6.) Length and breadth of the 

 claim. (7.) The number of feet to the left of the location line. 



On No. 2 post must be written: (i.) The name of the claim. (2.) The 

 name of the locator. (3.) The date of location. 



The line from No. i to No. 2 must be distinctly marked by blazing 

 trees or planting posts. 



Locations made on Sunday or public holidays are not for that reason 

 invalid. 



Lodes discovered in tunnel may be held if recorded in fifteen 

 days. 



A free miner may, on the payment of 5oodols. in lieu of expenditure 

 on claim, obtain a Crown grant. 



Any miner may, at the discretion of the Gold Commissioner, obtain a 

 water right for a term of twenty years. 



No transfer of any mineral claim or interest shall be enforceable unless 

 in writing, signed, and recorded. 



No miner shall suffer from any act of omission or commission, or 

 delays on the part of the Government officials. 



No claim shall be open to location during the last illness of the holder, 

 nor within twelve months after his death, unless by permission of the Gold 

 Commissioner. 



A mineral claim must be recorded within fifteen days after location, if 

 within ten miles of office of the Mining Recorder. One additional day is 

 allowed for every additional ten miles or fraction thereof. 



Partnerships, unless otherwise specified, will be deemed to be annual. 

 The business shall pertain to mining, and to mining only. Partnerships 

 can locate and record one claim for each partner. 



Law concerning Placer Alines. 



Placer claims shall be divided into creek diggings, bar diggings, dry 

 diggings, bench diggings, and hill diggings. 



Every free miner shall be entitled to locate and record a placer claim 

 on each separate creek, ravine or hill, but not more than two claims in the 

 same locality, only one of which shall be a creek claim. He shall 

 be allowed to hold any number of placer claims by purchase. 



A " creek claim " shall be looft. long, measuring the direction of the 



