The Placer herald., 1869-09-25
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
GENERAL LAND OFFICE. Sept | 1869
Register and Receiver Sacramento. California,
- Gentlemen. This Office has examined the
case OF W. Dana Perkins and others. mineral
claimants, involving the question as to the ugr
cultural and mineral character of the hereinafter
described tracts Of land claimed to be mineral
as per alldavits flied at Marysvillc and Sacra-
mento California District Land offices, by Noah
Sexton and tbirty-three Others, and odd section
Claimed and shown to be within the limits of
withdrawal for railroad purposes, and being as
follows, viz Sections |, 2 and 3, Township 10
north, Range east Section l. l3 %, 26 and 3j,
Township ! | north. Range 6 east; sections s. g.,
8, 9, II. Is, 10, 20 u. 2S 20, 80, 81, 32 33, 25
26, "a, 35, II, IS, Ia, Is. lG. 2l. %, 23. "a,
|. 2. 3, 4, 10, IL and 20. Township II NORTH,
range seven east, and section 81, 81. 35, 81, 33,
23 "A, %, 26 and SO, Township twelve north,
Range east, Mount Diablo meridian. Notice
issued aud served personally far as practicable,
on mineral claimants, and published tor six weeks
conscculively, in newspaper having general
circulation in the vicinity of the land and else
where, to the parties interested. and to all whom
1T may concern. TO appear at the United States
Land Office at Sacramento California. March
25ih 1863. the time and place appointed for
hearing the testimony touching the issues involv
In said case.
The testimony submitted, which is voluminous
and minute, shows that many of the indvdua Is
making said ailiavs are either deceased. left the
country or engaged in other pursuits than min
ing; that the region of country, where said tracts
are situate has materially changed as TO mining
operations, since he year 1861. and that for the
last three or four years the proportion OF persons
lged in mining there at present is one to one
hundred so engaged at the periods last mention
ed, the minerals in said tract having been 'wogk-
cd out and exhausted. with few exceptions, and
abandoned even by Cinnamon as unremuncratve.
1t is also shown that the most of said tracts are
lIt N IN lisipf frYit
and grapes, and many Of thom are settled upon
10y different persons and used by them for agri-
cultural purposes, with remunerative results.
Some of the persons who filed aiidavits as TO
the mineral character Of the land. gave testimo.
ny in favor of its agricultural character. only
one or two of them being present to sustain its
mineral character. 1t is also shown that certain
ditch companies were actively engaged in pro-
curing said afiidavitS.
The testimony was directed specifically to the
agricultural and mineral character of each legal
subdivision OF S id tracts, and the evidence de
duced thcrcrom shows that the whole OF Sections
], l3, 25, 26 and. J5. Township | north Range
east; also Sections |, aud east one.half and
northwest one-quartcr of Sec ton g. and Sections
8, &. s, Q. TO- III. II, 49, Is. II, 10. 20, 2l, %.
%, "a 25, 26, q, 2S, 20, 81, 49, 81 35, and west
one half and north east one qnarter, and north
one'half o: south east oneqnarter of Section II,
Township IL north, Range east also Sections
2G. 81, 32 33. 81 sc, and west one half Of north
east one-quarter, and west one half of south east
one quarter OF Section 3j, Township II north,
Range east; also Sections |, 2. and Township
10 north, Range east, Monte Dablo meridian,
are agricultural in their chan acier. and should be
treated as such. and the same he subject also to
such pre-cmpion and homestead rights as may
have attached prior to the withdrawal for rail
road purposes.
Your decision bcin e in accordance herewith is
affirmed. You will notify he parties in interest
Of this decision, and allow thirty days from the
time OF service OF notice for an appeal Said no.
tce TO he given persc nally, if practicable, and il
not, then in the manner directed by law, or the
rules adopted by the Courts OF said State in like
cases, at The expense of W. Dana Perkins and
others, and Central Pacific Railroad Company.
In taking the appeal, the errors alleged in the
decision must be particularly indicated, In
your further report please refer to this letter rs
u by its date. Very respectfully.
JOS. S. WILSON, Commissioner.
UroN the least deviation from their regular
habits many persons ars subject to TO ul stomach,
feiid breath want OF appetite, nausea dizziness.
lassiiude and great weakness. Travellers upon
land or sea- should always provide themselves
with a bottle of DR.. Walkers Pegeta5ie Vinegar
Bitters. 1t correcs the arrangements OF the sys.
TEN arising from change of waters and irregular
ity OF diet, creates good appetite, and nvgor-
ates the stomach, as well as the mental faculties