1. The location of a placer claim shall be made in the following manner: (a) By posting thereon, upon a monument meeting the requirements of NRS 517.030, erected at any point along the north boundary, a notice of location containing: (1) The name of the claim; (2) The name of the locator or locators, together with the post office address of such locator or locators; (3) The date of location; and (4) The number of feet or acres claimed; and (b) By marking the boundaries and the location point in the same manner and by the same means as required by the laws of this state for marking the boundaries of lode claim locations. 2. Where the United States survey has been extended over the land embraced in the location, the claim may be taken by legal subdivisions, and, except the marking of the location point as prescribed in subsection 1, no other markings than those of such survey shall be required. [13:89:1897; A 1899, 93; C § 220; RL § 2434; NCL § 4132]—(NRS A 1971, 2200)
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