Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-12
raE psorosED nISINe Law.

Following is the text OF the mining
Law drafted by Judge Bedford. Of Colo
rado. to be submitted for consideration
At the coming session Of Congress:
"Be IL enacted by the Senate and House
OF Representatives Of the United States OF
America In Congress assembled: That
hereafter any person DESTROYS Of prospect.
ing and exploring the public domain OF
the United States. for the discovery Of de-
posits Of gold and silver bearing ore.
which do not outcrop or appear on the
surfsce, may locate . mining claim l,500
feet In length and 600 feet in width. which
location shall DO made BY marking the
boundaries Of the same on the surface OF
the ground by at least six Substantial
stakes, one at each corner OF the claim and
ous Al the center Of each side line. After
the making Of said location. the party
makipg the same shall have ninety days
within which to expose and dedne the MIN
srsl deposit, which may be done either BY
ths sinking Of . discovery shaft or oy an
omen cut, crosscut or tunnel. II within
aid period Of ninety days he shall fall to
expose said mineral deposit. his location
shall bs void, aud the claim 90 located
.hsll be o to relocation In the same
manner Is II no location Of the same had
sver been made. No person discovering
mipsral deposit under this Act shall have
the right 20 follow IL beyond the point
where Il IL intersectsd BY the exterior lines
Of the claim; nor shall any person under
this Act be allowed to locate . second
claim In the same mining district until he
has perfected his title to the hrst located
claim BY IN exposure OF the mineral de-
posit therein, in the manner above set
forth. and. by recording the Same a. re.
quired BY law. Provided, this Act shall
not apply to mining claims on veins or
lodes Of quartz found between vell-denned
walls Of rock In place."
As will be perceived BY reference to
the last three or four lines. this Act IL
not intended to apply to 'mining claims
on veins or lodss Of quartz found be-
tween wsll.dshnsd walls Of rock In
place." but only to beds or deposits OF
mineral. Fifteen hundred feet In length
BY six hundred in width Of . carbonate.
argsntifsrous salsns, suri!erous cement.
or gravel gold deposit ought surely to be
snoush to satisfy almost any n man
We're the Coms,ock Of that style Of dig
gings'' q dozen men might monopolizs
the whole Of II under such . Law a. that.
Essentially and practically speaking. the
proposed Law is Q very good one. the
main point In question being a. to the
proper and equitable quantity or space
Of mining ground which should be al.
lowed to each claimant. Moreover such
Law should be considered Of general sp-
plicaiion. subject to modification or
adaptation to various and peculiar local.
tiles.
At shaw's Flat, California. in the
winter OF 40. for instance. the size OF
claims allowed was only twenty by
thirty feet. This. however. gave several
hundred men a chance. where this law
would have allowed three or four men to
hold the whole fat. In those days. too.
every man was expected to actively work
his claim or give somebody else . chance
att. Mining ground was correctly as
sumsd to belong temporarily to the man
who was actually working 1t, the pre-
cious metal contained in 1t constituting
its only value. man actually working
his claim. or q "tool left in the hole"
was the only title or evidence Of pos
session. and . three days abandonment,
tool or no tool. subjected the claim to
relocation OF . Jump" Judge Bel
ford's Law would allow ninety days, in
stead OF three. before the claim would
be thus legally forfeited. It 10 merely Q
crude old California gold disssrs' law
on . more extended scale" Forty.
nine" repeating itself. a. Il were. thirty
years aitsrward.