San Andreas independent., 1858-02-27
MINING LAWS OF SAN ANTONIO
CAMP

At a meeting of the miners held at San An
tonic Camp mining district, in Calaveras coun-
ty, on the 18th day of February, 1853, James
Bemis was elected Chairman and James W.
Shanklin Secretary. The following gentlemen
were appointed to revise the laws, viz:
George Smith, John Chase - Conant,
Benjamin Brown and NJ. S. Faville
The Committee after short absence report
ed the following
BOUNDARIES
l. Resolred, That the San Antonio mining
district shall include the following territory
Commencing at a point where the San Anto-
nio Ridge Ditch Mining Company take water
from the San Antonio creek, and from thence
extending down, and along said ditch, inclu-
ding all gulches or mining grades on the Di-
vide, between the said San Antonio creek and
that of O'Neils creek, and extending down
said Divide between said mentioned creeks, to
point opposite the junction of Indian creek
with that of the said San Antonio creek; from
thence extending up said Divide, between said
last mentioned creeks, including all mining
grounds on said divide, to point directly OPP
posite where the said San Antonio Ridge
Ditch & Mining Company take water from the
said San Antonio creek, being the place of
beginning.
ARTICLE |.
That any mining company shall hold any
bar or ditch or such part of it as they may
put in condition for working.
ARTICLE II.
That each and every miner shall be allowed
to hold claim on the river and one other in
any of the gulches or flats, the latter claims
to be respected until ten days after water can
be had for working the same.
ARTICLE III.
That each and every claim be recorded by
O person appointed in the district for that pur-
pose, and all claims recorded in such manner,
shall take precedence in case of dispute.
ARTICLE ".
That all claims in the district, taken up and
held previous to this date shall be respected.
ARTICLE V.
That the length of a claim in any gulch
shall be three hundred feet, and one hundred
feet in width.
ARTICLE vi.
That in fats or surface diggings, not ex-
ceeding ten feet in depth, that are or may be
hereafter discovered. two hundred and fifty
feet square to the man shall be allowed as a
claim.
That in any hill or deep diggings, that are,
or may be hereafter discovered the amount
of two hundred feet front, running through the
hill, and one extra, to the discoverer or discov-
erers of such diggings.
ARTICLE
That in river claims that are or may be
hereafter taken, the owners of such claim
shall have the privilege of working either of
the banks to the extent of fifty feet, opposite
the same, and to hold the same for the space
of thirty days without performing labor
thereon.
ARTICLE IX.
That any company or companies that have,
or may make ditch for the purpose of con-
veying waters to the claims for the purpose of
working the same and said ditch, not being
less than one-half mile in length, that any
such company or companies shall be entitled
to double claims.
ARTICLE Y.
(Laws Regulating Quartz Mining Ciain,s.)
All quartz mining claims shall be two hun
dred feet square, on the lode, claiming all the
dips and angles of said lode, and one extra
claim shall be allowed to the discoverer-
Companies shall be allowed twenty days after
discovery to have their claims recorded at the
county seat, and four months shall be allowed
to prospect in. After that time claims shall
worked one day in six, or the claim shall be
deemed forfeited.
On motion, Mr. Charles Wicker, of San An
tonic camp, was elected Recorder, and it was
agreed that the Recorders fees should be one
dollar for recording each claim.
JAMES BEMIS, President,
JAMES SHANKLIN, Secretary.