The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1865-11-04
Quartz Mining Law.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly Of the
Territory of Montana:

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly OF the
Territory of Montana:
SECTION /. That any person or persons that may
hereafter discover any quartz lead, lode or ledge
shall be entitled to one claim thereon oy rlgnt Oh
discovery and one claim each by presumption.
SrcT1oS 2. That in order to entitle any person
or persons to record in the County Recorders once
of the proper county any lead, lode or ledge ethe
of gold or silver claims thereon there snail nrst
ba discovered on said lead, lode or ledge, vein or
crevIce OF quartz ore WIFI aI ie"s' oAie "eii ~
wall. .... ,l
either of gold or silver hereafter dis coVered sha
consist Of not more than two hundred feet along
the lode lead ledge, together with all dlps spurs
and angles emanating or diverglng from SAID lead,
lode or ledge as also fifty feet on each sde OF tne
center of said lead, lode or ledge, Tor WORKING pu
! noses; PROVIDED, that when two or more leauS'
Iodes or lodges shall be discovered within one nun
drad feet of each other either running paraliel OF
crossing each other, the ground between such leas
Iodes or lodges shall belong equally to the Claimants
of said leads lodes edges without regard TO tne
priority of discovery or Pre,emptlon; ,.i.o.
SECTION 4. When any leads, lodes; or ieuSes
shall cross each other, the quartz ore or mineral In
the creyce or vein at the place of crossing shall De-
long to- and be the property or the claimant upon
the lead lode, or ledge, first discovered;
: SECTION s. That before any record snail De maae
: rrJor the provisions of this Act there shall be
Ioced Mt each extremity of the discovery claim,
good and substantial stake, not less than h'e che
in diameter said stake to be hrrnly planted OF s"h
into the ground, extending two feet. above grouno
e 49, mon each stake there shall be placed, In legp
II bracers the name of the lead lode or LEDGE ant
tbat of the disceyeror discoverors, the date o
IT discovery and the of each pre-emptor or Claim
p'f nv biS or her claims Said stakes and the In
scrintions thereon, to be replaced at least once
twelve months by the claimants on SAID looe' ieao
. or Iedge, if torn down otherwise destroyed
SECTION g. Notice of the discovery OF pre-einF
1rla
racoyd in the County Recorders oflce OF the count
in which the same may be situated, within httee
davs of the date of the discovery or az
bere shall at the time, be an oath taken eelo
'i' Recorder that the claimant or elhlan'S | -
and all Of them bona fde residents OF the lerat0 o
+ Of Montana, and there shall be deposited IN the
ih cordprs Office either by the dlscoveror or some pr
an an,ntor specimen of the quartz ore or mineral
m tracted or taken from said lead, lode or wh
bile said specimen shall be properly iaDeleo ' VIC
of corder and preserved IN mis- ONCE. l,
ms SECTION l. That any person or persons VINO 81 sn
and take up or destroy cause the same 10 pe uo
to any of the said stakes, or who shall, Id any WI
rite nunoselv deface oblterate any part OF
oil b writing or inscriptions placed thereon, shall
ors Saar,ad entity of misdemeancr, and, upon COW
The ton thereof before any court of competent Juru
six tion, shall be punished by fine OF not more u
full one thousand dollars, or by Imprisonment III
om- county ialI not more than ninety uay1 VI W y
tish such fine and imprisonment II
1ovo SECTION g. That the amount OF gronnd WI
do NAV be taken upon any lead lode or ledge IN az
ltish tion to the discovery claim, shall be limited
40 tbonsand feet along said lead lode or leoge In
direction from the discovery claim thereon
'eh- SECTION g. Claims taken up and recorded IL
'sed uapce with the provisions of this Act snail en
not tba nerson recording to hold the same to the US
the himself his heirs and assigns, ard conveyance Is
m, ouartz claims shall hereafter require the same y
alities and shall be subject to the same rules Oh
we struction, as the transfer and conveyance ol
VIC estate. -: o,;ors r.
eral SECTION 10. That if at any time previous u
road of this Act, claims have been taken up
~ rrecor3ad in the Recorders office, In the pi
county, upon any actual or proper leaa, ioS
Sent ledge of quartz ore mineral, the owners o.
claimant of said respective claims, snail holS
Lake same to the use of themselves, their heirs an
stern signs. ,.;o, 70 ,bo III
- SECTION IL. That the Act relating 10 tne u
erv of gold and silver quartz lodea, ana the Ii
rail- of their location passed by the Idaho Lessia
num- and approved February 4th, 1864, and all osner
wing or parts of Acts inconsistent with TINS Aet'
orth the same are hereby repealed. ..,
- SECTION II. This Act to take ehec1 anu
ono force from and after its passage ,,r,,, ,,r
antic Speaker of the House of Representati
r.. LAWRENCE, President OF the Council-
T SIDNEY EDGERTON, Cover