The Nevada Democrat., 1861-03-16
QUARTZ MINING LAWS OF NEVADA
COUNTY, PASSED Dec. 40, 1859.

Article LIST. The jurisdiction of the fol-
lowing laws shall extend over all Quartz
mining property within the county Of Ne
vada.
Article I'd. Each proprietor of a quartz
claim, shall hereafter be entitled to one
hundred feet on quartz ledge or vein. and
the discoverer shall be allowed one hundred
feet additional. Each claim shall include
all the dips, angles aud variations of the
vein.
Article Sd. On the discovery of a vein
of quartz, three days shall be allowed TO
mark, aud stake off the same, in such
manner, by the name of the owner and the
number Of the claim, or otherwise, as shall
properly and fully identify such claims.
Parties having claims may cause a map or
plan to be made, and copy filed with the
Recorder, if deemed requisite to more par
ticularly fix the locality.
Article 4th. Work to the extent of one
hundred dollars in value, or twenty days
faithful labor, shall be performed by each
company holding claims, within thirty days
from the date OF recording the same, as pro-
vided for in Article 9th of these laws and
the duly authorized representative of a
company making oath that such money has
been expended, or that such labor has been
performed, shall be entitled to certificate
from County Recorder or deputy, guar
anteeing undisputed possession of said claim
Tor the term OF one year and for like
sum OF money or amount Of labor expend-
ed or performed within the first twenty
days OF each succeeding year, duly acknow.
!edged as herein named, shall entitle the
claimants or company from year TO year TO
further certificates of undisputed propre-
torship aud possession, and company hav-
ing mill contracted for, ia good faith, to
the amount Of five thousand dollars for the
working Of its claim or claims, the proper
representative of the company making oath
of the same, shall be entitled to receive
from said County Recorder, O title deed to
the said claims, guaranteeing to the claim
ants or company, their successors and as
signs, undisputed possession aud proprietor
ship forever under these laws, provided
nothing in this Article, shall be at any
time inconsistent with the laws of the Uni
ted States.
Article 9th. Whenever the requisite
amount of money or labor, as provided for
in Article 4th has not been expended with
in thirty days from the adoption of these
laws, the claim or claims thus neglected.
shall be considered abandoned and Subject
ed to be relocated by any other party or
parties.
Article 9th. ANY person citizen of the
United States, or any person having taken
the necessary steps TO become a citizen of
the United States, shall be entitled to hold
one quartz claim as provided for In Article
lst, and as many more as may be purohas.
ed in good faith for valuable considera-
tion, for which certificates Of fproprietorship
shall be Issued by the County Recorder.
Article 7tb. The regularly elected Coun-
ty Recorder of Nevada county, shall serve
as Recorder for this county, 10 quartz
claims authenticatng his acts by the county
seal he shall appoint as his deputy, such
person from Grass Valley as may be elect
ed by the district of Grass Valley, and he
shall pass his records TO his successor.
Article 9th. The fees Of the Recorder
and deputy, shall be the same as the stat
ute fees for recording per folio.
Article 9th. No title claim hereafter ta-
ken up, or purchased, shall be valid unless
recorded in the books of the aforesaid Coun-
ty Recorder, or deputy, within ten days of
its location or purchase.