(1) The discoverer of a placer claim, within thirty days from the date of discovery, shall record his claim in the office of the recorder of the county in which said claim is situated by a location certificate, which shall contain: (a) The name of the claim, designating it as a placer claim; (b) The name of the locator; (c) The date of location; (d) The number of acres or feet claimed; and (e) A description of the claim by such reference to natural objects or permanent monuments as shall identify the claim. (2) Before filing such location certificate the discoverer shall locate his claim: (a) By posting upon such claim a plain sign or notice containing the name of the claim, the name of the locator, the date of discovery, and the number of acres or feet claimed; (b) By marking the surface boundaries with substantial posts, sunk into the ground, one at each angle of the claim.
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