, 1879-04-14
A Complicated Labyrinth OF
Mining Claims.
Overlapping Eath othts Sometimes -Four Detp..'
tlsW Thtse Inconsistencies Aro
Settled.
The Profession OF Jumping as
Praotlced In the Silver
District.
Preventing tho Sale of Mine, and
6oheming to Bont Your
Noighbor.


mining claims of this district have been pub
lished lately. A stranger Interested In Lend
vile, and Anxtous Tor Information regarding tic
hummer of cIatms and the axtcnt OF territory
occupied by them, would he hston'sticd, on uti-
lo9tlig mid spreading OUT before himself ofc OF
thcse maps, At The apparent tncohcrcncs anil IT.
re gularttT OF the complicated network Of lines.
Tie boundaries Of tic c'alnls overlap md run
acfoss one another without regard To rulc or
reason. The surveys seem TO have been made
with reckless disregard OK ollicr peoples prop-
ertyt and total absence OF method 30 far aa
they themselves arc concerned. There aro ccr-
tain points on tue map which seem to bo covered
BY portions Of four, or aso, OF stx dit!crcnt>]
claims. Then, somo claims arc Of tho rcgula-
ar, tr4anrn,rr. so,,or. samt.ctrrw,nr octororoi
10 , .'ansa s4uM MISUNDERSTANDING % oasaaoa', .,
W" 'nau5 *'e VI ipauset'o"o'e 'o'"' lnc hrst
thought occurring to tha observer Of thetc
pcculiarttlcs 10, that the locatcrs Of the
icadyiIle claims must hare d.f1cu,ty
T., .,r,,,r I'M, ,,,1 ,,,,,. -, ,,,o,r Tt,
M sysL sIs ~ @ ~. r.. ~ ,u's
natueal supposHson Is potne OUT ny me tacts 10
certain extent; there s considerable lltiga-
tton In Lenlyile, rs In all mining regions, co1,-
c4rn,nr horndorv,itno.. sam, this ,vtl IL fnr
io.. r1r.n,,,.n,o t,,,n ~ ,xout' ,h,a,, r., ~
.esa n io.mluao1e a. 1'au o'c "otlu t"'nN. !" u'e
drst place, the maps do not fnrly represent
TuH LOCATION or THE CLAtM8,
II muat bo remembered TINT mans .how on,va
-,,i, ~ ,,y.t .,rf.,o will, r.. .oa,,..
p""; .Iss, .. '""o ~ 'cuutt
Tue lana WHICH they represent fe rocky
hhu nlliy III 1lle o11fetne. hehcc two
c!Astnb which on tic map may eecM to
touch each other may be roally q thousand
feet apart, one being At the bottom Or Oh thc
si,e ~ s,son ,,cr,,yi.r ,oJ tho otbar hcIno ~,
tLc TOP AS nave stated IN preSiona letters.
Tho general s1opo Of the district Is west, md
from tic MOSQUITO RANGE On the cast down to
Nm c,mn IN +he ,vc,t thcrc oro nitar.
. .s .s 80 81" .,n,''
hase boatp cosce aho na'fo" suiches
running Utmost parallel With ouc another.
This explains partly the confusion which ap-
pears on tic imp. It fe a fnct. however, that
inlr among lie exfssinE c]nims. Less than yenr
~ nnsscd sjnc+ nmhjtc nttrnt;nn y.at Iirectrd
to he Leadviio 1strict by The discovery Of til,
Fryef iiiji bonanxas. In lint timo nearly ali
taken up for mining purposes, UoIer thc
United States Inn no miner f,aa LEGAL raht to
any claim until be nas discovered mineral IN
place upon It. Hence Two nun might sink
shafts adjoining each other, and both might
survey md Claim the satnn ground, but the one
stake oil tho ground and survey In Ills ntlgflbor.
These surveys arc taken according 70 tho vhtm
81 the pertons ordering thcln; they may %
Interfere w1th otlIcr clams upon Th!eh mineral
has already been found. In Leadvllc re have
had tue experience Of 800 or 4oo men or CONF
panIcs .-.----.-.
p1ooEEo At TIE sAMH TINE
In senrch Of the precious orc. In almost every
fnstnnco the mIptrs. nj eoon IA thcy had iocn,ed.
proceeded to survey md stake their clai,n, with
out waiting to sos whether or not there was
in and knowing That the first ones wore upt as
vet irrnljy nofscase1 Of tha gronnd. nufatty sur.
yeyed oycf and across them and thea went to
dlgg!ug, hoping to roach mineral t!sss: 1lsnce
ssd % ed 1ss % so*n Poe s aes qt asa
llas been struck upor two conflicting clnItns al
lie same, or nearly tic sa.nc, time. In
those cases tho owners hays either comnro-
mIscl bY dividing IN TIC ground, or thcy
Inva chnson the mora unHIsu course of 90
inr Ia law. In Il low INSTANCES thcy hayo re-
sorted to violence, and placed an armed forco
on guard night and day TO defend what they be.
"Jumping" perhaps tho latter course is the
most elective. For several months LAST 1all
TIE IRON NINE
was converted into an arsenal, and a guard OF
sistsut wore the iaprefs ia their efforts 10 Cpt
sIicc OF tI,e lmloenso fortune which It con-
taimeti. This minc, which ID bcttct known ia
Cicaro as tie LeIlor Mine, llas pqsseI through
strnITe exncr,onces. It ia 4 t1,uncI or incitnoin
lis siie Of Tie ulounta,n, and lis owners ciasIn
thnt I'm ora in 1t lea in true lss,,ro vein. and
thnt they oro outitjed by law to follow thu vein
to its sIid. Tie Mining law on tllis point Is q
cr dc[lnItiou o{ assure veins In thc case Of all
dcnosits miners aTa ontftled onlT to ian acres
Of rround.-tiat Ia, pIcco 1,50OxB0Q feet, nut
In fIssuro vein Tia law saws that nny dlsrayeser
cnn ~ worr Il Ia lin end. Iere. however. ti,o Inv
sfnns. isnynr to CT ofrts tllu JutY OF flndnr ont
what mines are In fssuro veins a.,d which or1cs
nre III deposits. II the word Of some interested
sartiea In Leadviile could oe rolled upon, oil