The Placer herald., 1866-01-20
LAWS OF AUBURN QUARTZ
RAINING DISTRICT.

ARTICLE |. This District shall be called the
Auburn Quartz Mining District. and shall be
bounded MS follows Commencing at a point on
the North Fork Of the American River, where
the dividing line between Congressional Town
ships II and l3 North. and E,st OF Mt. Diabo
Base and Mcridan strikes 81 d river, thence due
West along said line to the North West corner of
Section 5, in Congressional Township y. (the
West line OF said Section being The dividing line
between Townships and 3 Of Placer county. J
thence South on said section line to the Ameri.
can river below Rattlesnake Bar, thence up said
river, and the North Fork Of the same, to the
place Of beginning
ART. 2. All quartz claims in this District for
Gold. Silver. Copper. other metals. shall be
200 feet in length measured horizontally in n
direct line upon the general course of the ledge,
ana shall include all the dips, angles and spurs
OF the ledge. and the width OF $50 feet of ground
each side Of the ledge shall be allowed for the
convenience and facility of working the claim
Pr0uided. that the said right to tn. use Of i'd
$50 feet on each side of the ledge shall not be so
construed as to conlor right to any cross Iedee
as against the rights 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.
Proyided. also. that such subsequent oca-
Gators shall be entitled TO the right of way and
drainage through first ledge, when the same can
be done without IN tterial interference with tba
Gators. Pr0uided. further. that the said right of
way aud drainage last aforesaid. shall moi be so
construed as to impair the light 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. g. Every location shall be made by most
ing on some prominent natural object, or on a
| post firmly set in the earth, at some point on or
near the ledge or lodges intendad to be located
notice, legibly written or printed in the Eng
| lsh 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 tbe
| number of claims located the general course and
| direction of the ledge or ledges located the
| length or lengths, and distance or distances
claimed on each ledge or ledges, measuring from
said notice posted rs aforesaid. Also an inte)i-
gihle 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 a
claim or claims stake, upon which shall be the
name OF the Company Or locator, and the direc-
ton of said stakes from the written or Min, od
notice above provided for.
ART 4. Every location may be for one or more
claims ot the dimensions stated in Article End.
and each location shall be made on one ledge. or
on cross ledges and when on cross lodges the
location shall embrace the junction of the cross
ledgcs or a location may be made on two or
other, but when made the lodges so located
shall not be more than 300 feet apart in their
general course and direction. Every location of
one r NOR. claims shall be designated in the
notice by some particular name, except that
when locations are made of one claim only or
less the name or designation may be only the
name of the locator.
ART, s. No person shall hold more than one
claim by location on the same ledge or ledpes
when embraced in the same location.
ART. 6. No claim shall be recognized as valid
unless true copy of the principal notice, as re-
oured in Article 3rd, is filed for record with
the Recorder within five days after the date OF
the location
ART. 7. Work TO the value of ten dollars on
or for each claim of two hundred feet shall be
done within thirty days next after posting mott
ces OF locations, Prorided that any Company
may do an equivalent amount of work, at any one
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.
son or Company shall cxpend like sum to hold
said cltim-cr claims good for said last named