Recording: same as for lodes.
Mill Sites:
Location and claim boundaries marked as for placer claims, except that location monument may be anywhere within the claim.
Recording: same as for lodes.
Other:
Amended location and notice and relocation provided for.
Annual Labor, remonumentation and remarking of corners: Affidavit of labor as required by federal law must be filed within 30 days of the time limit for performance (end of assessment year) and, in addition to the usual statements and descriptions, a statement that all corners and notices are in place and are properly marked; an additional 30 days is allowed for a supplemental affidavit if the original was filed by someone other than the owner. Failure in such case constitutes prima facie presumption of abandonment.
Survey and monumentation by a United States Mineral Surveyor or land surveyor licensed in California together with filing of field notes for record with the location notice, constitutes prima facie evidence of the facts therein.
Penalties are provided for false statements and removal or destruction of monuments. Location (Discovery) Work: None required (law amended in 1965 for placers, 1972 for lodes), except in the case of a tunnel right.
Survey of Location: United States Mineral Surveyors are permitted to make and record location surveys.