1–32 COLORADO
Lode Claims:
Location notice or plain sign to be posted at the point of discovery on the surface containing name of the lode (claim), name of locator(s), and date of discovery.
Discovery (Location) Work in the form of a shaft ten feet deep or deeper if necessary for discovery, or open cut, crosscut or tunnel which cuts a lode ten feet beneath the surface, or adit at least ten feet in along lode from point of discovery to be completed within 60 days from date of discovery, or file a map with the location certificate based on an actual ground survey (see below).
Monumentation: Surface boundaries to be marked by six substantial posts, hewed or marked on the sides facing the claim, set in the ground (or in a mound of stones on bedrock) one at each corner and one at the center of each side line. Witness corner, suitably marked, may be used as necessary.
Recording: Within three months from date of discovery, file with the county recorder a location certificate containing the name of the lode (claim), name of locator(s), date of location, the number of lineal feet claimed on each side of discovery shaft (similar working as provided above, or discovery point), the general course of the lode and such description as shall identify the claim with reasonable certainty.
Field Survey and Map: In lieu of a discovery shaft (or similar working) and within the time required for filing the location certificate, attach to the location certificate for recording a map at a scale of 1″ = 500′ prepared from an actual ground survey showing the name and address of the discoverer of the claim, the legal subdivision upon which the claim is located if on surveyed land, courses and distances of the boundaries with tie to the nearest section or quarter section corner or permanent monument if on unsurveyed land, thus readily identifying the claim.
Placer Claim:
Location notice or sign same as lode but also giving number of acres or feet claimed.
Discovery (Location) Work: None.