Arizona weekly enterprise., 1881-12-17
Mexican Mines and Mining Laws.

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 To do this subject justice 1t would re- quire an abler pen than mine. Never theless, I can set forth information that will be of use to persons going into Mex leo to look after mining property.
 To locate mining claim in Mexico, you can first notify the proper author lty by word of month. which proceeding Is good for ten days. This dsss not cost anything and gives you time to look over your ground Thsn if you think it worth prospecting, the next proceeding iE to make out written statement describing the location and the names of the part ners, if any, and the shares each one owns in the claim Gall mines in Mexico are divided into twenty-four sharss) If tho location is on virgin ground, you are then allowed ninety days in which you must sink or tunnel work of thirty feet deep. Yet in case you have not been able to complete such work in the time specified, you can again make application to the proper authority for an extension of time, setting forth that owing to the scarcity of mining operatives, provisions 1 in the district, or the hardness of the rock, or other difficulties in the ground, that you have been unable to comply with the law. The authority, on exam ination of the ground and finding your ex- cuse valid, can grant you the time nsces- sary and no more to finish the work Then you have to make an application in writing to get possession of the property Tho mining engineer of the district calls on all the mine owners in your neighbor- hood to be present on day appointed, on which day in presence of all parties as sembled, lie measures of the ground to which you are entitled, all which pro- ceeding he takes down in writing and to- gether with the first papers of ths re- cording and application for possession, constitute what is called the title to the property, which document remains on file and you get an sttesto copy, which is what you have to show as your title The amount of ground you get varies little. If single individual makes the location, he gets 600 meters in length, the width varying from 100 to 200 If vein is per pendicular, or nearly 50, you only get
 
 1 100, and as the inclination increases you gre allowed more, until at an angle of forty-fve degrees you get 200 meters which Is the utmost; nor are you allowed anything outside your superficial lines. If at depth your vein should pass your side lines, it would then cease to be your property. If the owners are two or more, they are entitled to be considered as 2 company, in which case, if in new camp, they are entitled to 800 meters ss com pany, and GOO more for the merit of be- ing discoverers; also, if two or more per sons take up an old mine that has been abandoned, they are entitled to the same priviledges as a diseoverer, in being re storers of an ancient work In case you take up an old mine, you are only al lowed sixty days to complete the work o thirty feet, as in that case you would only have to clean out some of the shafi and put 1t in order to receive possession
 This, Mir. Editor, IS merely an intro duction to the subject, and if you con sider it worthy of publication, can giv' you much more on the same subject.
 Respectfully Yours,
 WILLIAM JENNINGS