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claim is located should always be given. In submitting a report 

 for corporations or individuals, give the name of such corpora- 

 tions or individuals unless requested not to do so by the parties 

 for whom the report is being made. For business reasons, it is 

 sometimes ill-advised to give publicity to your employers, there- 

 fore it is frequently highly commendable to submit your report 

 to the well-known, but fictitious character, John Doe. 



I. CLAIMANT 



1. Give name of the claimant or claimants in full, and complete 

 address, that is, both business and residence addresses. 



2. Ascertain if present claimant is the person who originally 

 filed on the claim. If not, give the date of present claimant's 

 occupancy, and chain of title if possible. (If the report is for 

 the United States Forest Service, it is not so important that 

 the examiner give in detail the chain of title, for usually this 

 information can be more readily obtained by some member of 

 the office force than by the field men). 



II. CLAIM, SITUATION, AND SURROUNDINGS 



1. Give the name of the claim, and names or numbers designating 

 prospects or mines located on holdings. 



2. Give the exact location of the claim and of prospects or mines 

 thereon. 



3. If the land has been surveyed, describe by legal subdivisions, 

 otherwise by prominent and, where possible, permanent natural 

 land marks. 



4. Give the distance and direction from the nearest town, village. 

 or postoffice. 



5. Name the mineral district, county and state. 



6. If claim is clearly staked out, note fact. 



7. If the claim is one of several included within a group, as an 

 individual holding within an association, give name of group 

 and association. 



8. If patent has not been granted to claimant, give date of loca- 

 tion of claim and place where recorded. 



9. If patent has been applied for, state the number of the ap- 

 plication and the date on which it was made. 



III. TOPOGRAPHY 



1. Describe in general the topography of the district with a 

 detailed description of the drainage and relief of the claim 

 in question. 



