The Placer herald., 1866-10-13
Mining Laws of Township No. 10, Placer
County, California

ARTICLE l. The jurisdiction of the following
laws shall extend over all mineral veins within
Township No. TO- Placer county.
ART. 2. Any person citizen Of the Uused
States, or any person having taken the necess 'ry
steps TO become citizen OF the United States.
shall be entitled to locate one quartz claim on 4
quartz ledge or vein ol mineral; each claim
shall be two hundred feet in length. and shall in
cludc all the dips. spurs. angles and variations of
the ledge. aud twenty feet of all cross hedges on
each side of the ledge claimed and slid claimant
shall be entitled 10 one hundred feet OF ground
on each side OF the ledge for the purpose of
working the ledge: prOrided. however that the
granting of the above mentioned one hundred
feet on each side OF the ledge shall not be con
slrued to include any parallel ledges or inter
fere OF prevent the working Of such parallel ledg-
cs. or cross lcd9es. except within twenty feet on
eaah side OF the ledge claimed
ART. g. On the loc ,ttion OF claim or claims
by any person or persons. notices shall he nme
diatey posted on said claim or claims. describing
the same by metes and bounds. and within ten
days from the time Of such location copy Of
such notice must be recorded in the office OF the
County Recorder: such notice to be so recorded
as 10 contain a full descrp lion OF such clttm or
claims, together with The name or names of the
person or persons locating the slmc.
ART t. Work to the extent OF twenty dollars
in value shall be performed by each person or
company holding any claim or claims within
sixty days from the date Of recording the same.
as provided for in Article 8 of these laws for
every two hundred feet Of ledge or vein cltimrd
hy such person or company; and the duly au hor
lied agent or any member OF Il company making
oath that Labor to the value of twenty dollars for
each claim Of said company has been actually
performed, shall be entitled to ccr iiicate from
the County Recorder. or his Deputy. guarantee
ing undsturbed possession OF said claim or
claims Tor one year from the date OF recording
said cl i'm or claims, and like sum OF money.
Inn lnl ,,t
within thirty DAYS Of each succeeding year. duly
acknowledged as herein named. shall entitle the
claimants or company from year to year to
further certificates OF undisputed proprietorship.
ART. 8. Whenever the requisite amount OF
money or labor. rs provided Tor in Article 4. has
not been expended within sixty days from the
date OF ecordng any claim or claims, then such
claim or claims so neglected shall be considered
abandoned. aud shall be subject to be relocated
by any other party or parties; proridea. that
when any person or company have locat' any
claim or claims under these laws and have failed
to perform the necessary amount OF labor as pro-
vded lor in Article 4 they shall not be entitled
to relocate the same claims until after the cXpi-
ration Of ten days from the lime said claims be-
came abandoned.
ART g. All Claims heretofore located under
the District laws, not complying with the provis-
ions Of these laws. shall be considered abandoned
after he expiration OF sixty days from the date
of the adoption oil these laws by the District
in which such claims are located; and shall be
subject to be relocated by any other party or par
ties.
ART T. The regularly elected County Recor-
der shall serve as Recorder Of Mining Claims
for Township No TO- au hcnicatng his acts with
his official seal. and he shall pass his records to
his successor in Office.
ART s. No title to a claim hereafter located
or taken up shall be valid. unless recorded in
the books of the County Recorder within ten
days from the date OF such location
ART o. The County Recorder shall receive
the sum OF fifty cents for each and every claim
recorded in Township No. 10.
The foregoing laws were enacted by the citi-
sens of Township No. 10. Placer county, at Val
ley View, Tuesday, August 2Ist, 1866
W. II. SMYTH, Chairman.
A BICKNELL. Secretary.