Discovery or Location Work: None required, other than the map (law amended in 1971).
False information willfully made on location certificates or maps a felony punishable by no less than three nor more than ten years in the state prison.
Survey with field notes and certificate of survey incorporated into the record by U.S. Mineral Surveyor or land surveyor licensed in Nevada, prima facie evidence of the facts therein.
Location Survey: United States Mineral Surveyors are permitted to make location surveys.
1–40 NEW MEXICO
Lode Claims:
Location Notice containing name of locator(s), intent to locate the mining claim, (name of claim) and description by reference to natural object or permanent monument (date).
Monumentation: Mark the location on the ground so that its boundaries may be readily traced. Four substantial posts or monuments, one at each corner. No specifications.
Discovery Work: A shaft, cut, tunnel or adit at least ten feet below surface disclosing mineral in place completed within 90 days of taking possession; or a drill hole not less than one and one-half inches in diameter, ten feet or more in depth, disclosing a valuable mineral deposit in place. A substantial post or marker at least thirty inches high inscribed with the name of claim, claim owner, depth of hole and date drilled shall be placed within five feet of the hole. In addition, an affidavit by the owner giving the date of the hole, location within the claim, and mineral discovered shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk within the 90 days.
Recording: File for record a copy of the location notice with the county clerk within three months from date of posting.