The Placer herald., 1866-09-29
Mining Laws Of Township No. 10, Placer
County. California,

ARTICLE l. The jurisdic ion of the following
laws shall extend over all mineral veins within
Township No. 10. Placer comfy.
ART.2. Amy person n citizen of the Unised
States, or any person having taken the necess ry
steps to become u citizen of the Uuiied States,
shall be entitled to locate one quartz claim on Il
quartz ledge or vein OF mineral; each claim
shall be two hundred feet in length. and shall in
clude all the dips. spurs. angles and variations Of
the ledge. and twenty feet OF all cross lodges on
each side Of the ledge claimed. and said claim mt
shall be entitled to one hundred feet OF ground
on each side OF the ledge. for the purpose of
working the ledge: proridrd. however. that the
granting of the above-ment toned hundred
feet on each side Of the ledge shall not be con-
alrued to include any parallel lodges or inter
fere or prevent the working Of such parallel ledg
es or cross ledges. except within twenty icet Oh
eaah side OF the ledge claimed.
ART. 3. On the location OF claim or claims
by any person or persons. notices shall be ilnme-
diately posted on siid claim or claims, describing g
the same by metes and bounds, and within ten
days from the time of such location n copy Of
such notice must be recorded in the office OF The
County Recorder: such notice to be so recorded
as 10 contain full description Of such clatm or
claims. together with the name or names oil the
person or persons locating the same
ART. 4. Work to the extent OF twenty dollars
in value shall be performed by each person or
company holding any claim or e,aims within
.
as provided for in Article of these laws. for
every two hundred feet OF ledge vein cl,irned
ny suen- persian or company; and the du y author-
lied agent or any member oil 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 certificate from
the County Recorder. or his Deputy. guarantee
ing unlisturbed possession of said claim or
claims for one year from the date Of recording
raid cl lin or claims, and a like sum OF money
or the value thereof expended or p-rtorg,r1
within thirty days of each succeeding year. duly
acknowledged as herein raued, shall entilc the
claimants or company from year 10 year to
further certificates OF undisputed proprietorship. p.
ART. S. Whenever The requisite amount of
money or labor. as provided Tor, in Article 4, has
not been expended within sixty days from the
date of recording any claim or claims then such
claim or claims so neglected shall be considered
nbandoued, and shall be subject to he relocated
tby any other party parties; pr0uided. that
when any person or company have located any
claim or clams under these laws. and have failed
to perform the necessary amount OF labor as pro-
vided for in Article f. they shall not be entitled
10 relocate the same claims until alter the expi-
ration of ten days from the time said claims be-
came abandoned
ART g. All claims heretofore located under
the District laws not complying with the provs-
ions Of these laws. shall be considered abandoned
after he expiration Of sixty days from the date
of the adoption OF 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 :. The regularly elected County Recor-
der shall serve as Recorder OF Mining Claims
for Township No 10, aulhenticating his acts with
bis official seal. and he shall pass his records TO
his successor in office.
ART. 8. No title to 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
A8T. 0. The County Recorder shall receive
the san of fifty cents TOR 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 2lst. 1866.
W. II. SMYTH, Chairman.
A B1CKNELL Secretary.