The Placer herald., 1865-11-25
LAWS OF AUBURN QUARTZ
hHININC DISTRICT.

AHliCLE /. Is HlStTicl SNAIL DE called the
Auburn Quartz Mining District, and shall be
bounded as follows: Commencing at point on
the North Fork OF the American River, where
the dividing line between Congressional Town
ships II and Is North, and East Of Mt Diablo
Base and Meridian, strikes said river. thence due
West along said lue to the North West corner of
Section ), in Congressional Township II. (the
West line OF said Section being the dividing line
between Townships 2 and 3 Of Placer county y
thence South on said section line to the Ameri.
can river below Rattlesnake Bar, thence IN said
river and the North Fork OF the same. to the
place OF beginning.
ART. .. All quartz claims in this District for
Gold, Silver. Copper. or other metals. shall be
200 feet in length, measured horizontally in a
direct line upon the general course of the ledge,
and shall include all the dips, angles and spurs
Of the ledge and the width OF $50 feet OF ground
on each side OF the ledge shall be allowed Tor the
convenience and facility of working the claim.
Pr0uidcd, that the said right to the use of said
100 feet on each side OF the ledge shall not be so
construed as to confer a ight to any cross ledge
as against the lights OF any subsequent location
thereof. except to the extent OF ten feet horizon
tai measurement OF such cross ledge on each
side OF said first located ledge
Providrd also. that such subsequent loca-
Gators shall be entitled to the right of way and
drainage through first ledge. when the same can
be done without material interference with the
enjoyment of The rights of the said first To-
Gators. Prouidtd, turther. that the said right Of
way aud drainage last aforesaid. shall not be Sc
construed as to impair the right OF said first To-
Gators to the full and free use of the surface
ground to the extent Of $50 on each side OF the
! first located ledge.
ART. 3. Every location shall be made by post
! ing on some prominent natural object or on :,
post firmly set in the earth. at some point on or
! near the ledge or ledges intended to be located
a notice. legibly written or printed in the Enc
| lish language. containing the true date of the
posting Of the notice, the name of the location or
Company. the name or names of each locator the
number OF claims located, the general course and
direction OF the ledge or lodges located the
d, length or lengths, and distance or distances
claimed on each ledge or lodges, measuring from
said notice posted as aforesaid. \ so an utell-
gible description OF the locality of the ledge or
lodges, and the particular part or parts thereof
located SO that the same may be found and trac.
ed from the contents Of such notice. There shall
also be placed upon each end of the location of Il
claim or claims stake, upon which shall be the
name OF the Company or locator, and the die
tion OF said stakes from the written or printed
notice above provided for.
ART. 4. Every location may be for one or more
claims o the dimensions stated in Article 2nd
and each location shall be made on one LEDGE. or
on cross lodges and when on cross lodges the
location shall embrace the junction OF the cross
Lodges; or location may be made on two or
more ledges not crossing or intersecting each
other, but when so made the lodges so located
shall not be more than 800 feet apart in their
general course and direction. Every location of
one CT NOR. claims shall be designated in the
notice by some particular name. eycep, that
when locations are made Of one claim only or
less the name or designation may be only the
naine of the locator.
ART, 5. No person shall hold more than one
claim by location on the same ledge or lodges
when embraced in the same location.
ART q. No claim shall be recognized as valid
unless a true copy of the principal notice as re-
CURED in Article 3rd. is iled for record with
the Recorder within five days after the date OF
the location.
AET. 7. Work 10 the value of ten dollars on
or for each claim OF two hundred feet shall he
done within thirty days next after posting nori
ces OF locations, PyOoided, that any Company
may do an equivalent amount OF work. at aDv one
or more points on their ledge. which shall hold
their claims good for three months next after
posting SAID notices; at the expiration of which
time and within the next three months the per-
sou o. Company shall expend like sum to hold
SAID claim or claims good for said last named
period. and a like expenditure shall be made
within each succeeding three months for the like
purpose until such Company shall have eXpend-
ed in the aggregate for each claim of 200 feet
the sum OF one Hundred Dollars, when such per.
son or Company shall be deemed to have ii yes
ted right to such claim or claims. and the same
shall not be deemed jumpablc Prorided. hoy-
ere'. II within any one OF the above specified pe-
riods such person or Company shall expend. in
addition to The above required sum TO hold rood
such claim or claims, to the further sum of one
or more ten dollars for each claim then sGcb
such claim or claims shall he held good there
after ior period corresponding at said rate of
three months for each ten dollars expended for
each claim.
ART. s. The Recorder shall keep two we'll
bound bound books. each Of which shall be pro |
vded with an ample index. In one of said books |
he Recorder shall Immediately, upon the filing
81 any and every notice OF location Of a minn~
claim for Cold, Silver. Copper or other metal, |
record the same aud shall at time OF said filing
index such location by the name or designation |
Of such Company or claim. He shall also in
lorse on the back of each of said notices the
late and hour of the day when the same Shall be
ilcd for record, and subscribe the same. He
shall also when recording said notices append to
each record, to be subscribed by him certificate
Of the said date and hour Of filing, and the name
Of the person presenting the same for record and
shall at the same time carry out in said ndey
the page or pages of said book when said record
is lnade. In the other Of said books the Recor-
der shall in like manner index and record and
certify the record of every affidavit of labor and
.APenoi'"ie n'"c oy any company or person.
taking special care to index the same by the samn
name by which the same is indexcd and recorded
in the said first described book. And he shall in
the manner first above described as to notices
lille each OF affidavits. On the filing of said no.
ices and afidavits the Recorder shall carefnllv
ile the same away alphabetically and the sama
shall thereafter be thus carefully preserved in
MS office for reference. and shall be by him de-
vered over to his successor in office for the like
purpose, He shall also dpmonl on1 an a.
payment of his fees therefor make and certify
to any person a certificate of any notice or aAi-
iav't on file in his office or OF these laws or
those hereby repealed. The Recorder shall in
no case be required to file for record any of said
aouces oi claims or aifdayts of labor as herein