Grass Valley telegraph., 1858-07-17
MINING Laws

Passed by the Miners Of Grass Valley July n lSaS
ARTICLE J. The Jurisdiction of the following Law
inc 0seb al quartz mines and quartz min
the County OF Nevada and State of California.
ART. 2. Each proprietor or locator or onArtz
claim, shall hereafter identified to clau, ~
oreo Ieer square, embracing all quartz ledgea surs
pay art or gravel that may De contained therein
ana the dlscoverer or first ealcr on vein OF lead az
quartz pay DIRT or graYel sLan be entitled To held
an additional claim of tho came size and With tie
same privileges.
ton privilege herein granted, hold ,unrtz clsi.as
1earer to each other than one half mile
ART 4 All quartz claims hereafter taken M. ar
located shall be surveyed by the County Surveyor Of
Nevada County said survey to be made from rneri
dian or base line to be established by the County Sr
veyor ,' loT that purpos end plat map Of the
same with claimants names fled and recorded in a
book keptfor that purpose the Office of the Cbnntv
Recorder of Nevada County
ART. 5. The regularly elected County Recorder as
Nevada County shah serve as Recorder Of Mining
Claims for the district or Township of Grass VALLEY
authenticatng his acts by the County Seal and hia
ices Tor recording shall be the the statute fees
tor recording per folio.
ART. o. ANY person shall hereafter be entitled to
nolo one claim by location provided in artfclea "a
ana 4th OF these Laws, and many more "a he nav
purchase in good faith, for valuable consideration
ol m Micn OF proprietorship shs be issued
oy the county Recorder.
ART. 6. The locator of quartz claim shall define
ms boundaries by stakes or notices the claim and
ne VIII be allowed thirty days from that time to have
nus CLAIMS surveyed and recorded provided for In
Article 4th OF these Laws.
ART g. Work to the extent Of One Hundred Dol
iars N value, or Twenty Days faithful labor shall be
performed by any person company holding claim
or claims adjoining each other, not to exceed Ten
IN number, within thirty days from the date of re-
cordlng the same provided for in Article 4th and
the owner of claim or the duly authorized repra
sentative of company making oath that such mon
ey has been expended, that such labor has baen
performed shall be entitled to certificate from tbe
County Recorder granting possession and pre-e,n
tion title to said claim claims for the enaca ~ No
year from The date Of recording the same and for q
like sum OF money, or amount of labor expended or
performed within sixty Gays of each succeeding vea
duly acknowledged herein named shall enfifie the
claimant, or company to like certificate of owner.
ship from year to year, under these laws nrov;dad
ena notning IN these articles shall be al any time in.
consletent Win the laws of the United States
II any person or company own more than fIe nr,,,-
Der OF claims specified above the same pronortiopafe
amount OF labor must be performed for each addit
lolaA claim or said claims are hereby abandoned.
AMI. . Any person or company holding claims
un9er the existing laws regulations may relocate
anu record their claims under the above written
laWs provided however, that they file their original
records as evidence of ownership in the Office OF the
County Recorder of Nevada County subject 10 future
reference u there should be any dispute hereaf
ter in regard to boundaries titles of said claims
ART TO- No title to quartz claim hereafter taken
up or purchased in the District of Grass Valley Town
ship will be valid unless surveyed and recorded ar
stated in article 4th of those Laws and all bills of
quartz claim shall be recorded in the books OF the
County Recorder of Nevada County within thirty
days after the same has been made.
ART IL These laws shall bein full force and effect
on and after the lst day Of August next, A. D. 1857
ART II The County Quartz Laws heretofore ex
stng and IN force, hereby repealed and declared
void SO far as they apply to the Township Of Grass
Valley