The Placer herald., 1871-05-27
LAWS OF
Auburn Quartz Mining District.

These laws were adopted after published
notices, and two successive meetings, largely
attended, on Monday evening, October 30th,
1865
ARTICLE l. This District shall be called
the Auburn Quartz Mining District, and
shall be bounded as follows: Commencing
a. point on the North fork of the American
River, where the dividing line between Con
gressional Townships II and 13 North, and
East of Mt. Diablo Base and Meridian
strikes said river, thence due west along said
line to the northwest corner of Section 5, in
Congressional Township 12, Uhe west line
of said Section being the dividing line be-
tween Townships 2 aud of Placer county }
thence south on said section line to the
American 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, or other metals,
shall be 200 feet.in length, measured hori-
zontally in direct line upon the general
course of the ledge, and shall include all the
dips, angles and spurs of the ledge, and the
wid,n Of $50 feet of ground on each side OF
the ledge shall be allowed for the convent
ence and facility of working the claim. Pro-
rided, that the said right to the use of said
$50 feet on each side of the ledge shall not
be so construed as to confer right to any
cross ledge as against the right of any sub
sequent location thereof, except to the ex-
tent of ten feet, horizontal measurement, of
uupb loIn ci 10 ,f I
Gated ledge.
Prorided also, that such subsequent To-
Gators shall be entitled to the right of way
and drainage through first ledge, when the
same can be done without material intcrfer-
Q &C with the enjoyment of the rights of the
said first locators. Procidcd, .fu,fher, that
the said right of way and drainage last afore-
said, shall not be so construed as to implr
the right of said first locators to the full and
free use of the surface ground to the extent
Of $50 feet On each side of the first located
ledge
ART. 3. Every location shall be made by
posting on some prominent natural object, or
on a 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 English lar.c....-.sv, containing
the true date of the posting of the notice,
the name of ihc location or Company, the
name or names Of each loc ,tgf, the number
of cl aims located, the general course and di-
rection Of the ledge or lcdgcs located, the
length OF lengths, and distance or distances
claimed on each ledge or lodges, measuring
frou said notice posted as aforesaid, Also
an ineligible description of the locality of
tie ledge or led ges, ana the particular part
or parts thereof located SO that the sainc may
be found and traced from the contents OF
such notice. There shall also be placed upon
each end of the location Of claim or claim
"A stake, upon which sha'l be the name OF
the Company or locator, and all the direc-
ton of said atakcs from the written o: print
ed notice above provided for.
AR. 4. Every lotat'on may be for one OF
more claims of the dimensions stated in Ar
ticle End, and each location shall be made on
enc ledge, or on cross lodges, and when on
cross ledges the location shall embrace the
junction of the cross ledges; or location may
be made on two or more ledge. 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 di-
recton. Every location of one or more
claims shall be designated in the notice by
some particular name, except that when To-
cations are made of one claim only or less
the name or designation may be only the
name of the locator
ART. 5. No person shall hold more thar
one claim by location on the same ledge OF
lodges when embraced in the same location
ART. g. No claim shall be recognized a:
valid unless true copy of the principal no
tice, as required in Article 3rd, is filed fo
record with the Recorder within five day:
after the date of location.
ART. Z. Work to tia value Of ten dollarr
on or for each claim Of two hundred feet shall
be done within thirty days next after post
ing notices Of locations, Prorided, that any
Company may do an equivalent amount Of
work, at any 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 person or Com
pany shall expend like sum to hold said
claim or claims go d for said last named
period, and like expenditure shall be made
within each succeeding three months for the
like purpose until such Company shall have
expended in the aggregate for each claim Of
200 feet the sum of one Hundred Dollais
when such person or Company shall be deem
ed to have vested right to such claim OIL
claims, and the same shall not be deemed
umpable, Prorided, ho,cerer, if within any
one of the above specified periods, such per
son or Company shall expcnd, in addition
to the above required sum to hold good such
claim or claims, to the further some of one
or more ten dollars for each claim, then such
claim or claims shall be held good thereafter
for period corresponding at faid rate o,
three months for each ten dollars expended
for each claim. =,
ART. 8. The Recorder shall keep two well
bound books, eacl, of which shall be provid,
ed with an ample index. In one OF SAID
books the Recorder shall Immediately, upon
A. ci:.... oc or,- opJ ova,y notirp Of location