The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-07-31
The Watchword Of Astoria's Pioneers
20 the Far North
THE ELDERnlAND PASSENGERS
ship Loaded the Guards with All Kinds of Freight
Hundreds OF Prospcctors-NI Mining Laws
I1ondvse 2ush 5tin Continues.

/ British Colgmbla. bot to the general laas
" the Dominion
on the American side. in Alaska,
mining Operations are subject 20 United
States mining laws and the general laws
~ the state Of oregon az they existed IN
l,.i when the nw providing Tor a civil
govcriment FOR Alaska was passed This
law provided "iha, the general lawz Of
;nc stat. u Oregon row IN force are re-
by dsalar,d to be- the law In said district,
20 far ns ih- same be applicable and not
10 c9unIe, with IA. provisions o; this
act or the laws OF the United States"
hence the laws of Oregon Ia force May
Il; 1881. ar, the laws of Alaska.
on the Wild frontiers Of Alaska, how
ever little attention has been paid TO the
literal provisions Of laws OF any kind.
aud mining has been carried on In n
prlmatlve and Independent manner.
PLACER MINING.
Mature and s.ze OF Claims.
For Bar Diggings"--A strip Of land
TO Zee, wide at high-watcr mark aud
thence extending into the river at its
lowest water level
FOR Dry pigg.ngs One hundred
feet square.
For Greek and River Claims
hundred feet mgnE the direction Of the
stream. extending Ia width from base TO
base Of the hill on either side The width
Of such claims, however Is limited 10 oo
feet when the benches are a greater
distance apart than that. In such case
claims are iaid out IN areas Of ten acres
with boundaries running north and south
east and west
For Bench Claims"-one hundred feet
square.
size OF claims to discoyerers or parties
OF discoyerers:
To one discoyerer. 800 feet In length; to
party OF two, Goo feet In length; to
rarity OF three. So0 feet In length: to
Marty Of four, l0OO feet In length; to
party OF more than four, ordinary sized
claim only
New strata OF auriferous gravel in a
locality where claims are abandoned, or
dry diggings discovered in the vicinity
OF bar dlggings, or vice versa shall DC
deemed new mines
Rights and Duties Of Miners;
Entries OF grants for placer mining
must he renewed and entry fee paid
every year.
No miner shall receive more than one
claim In the same locality, but may hold
any number OF claims by purchase and
any number Of miners may unite TO work
their claims IN common, provided an
agreement be duly registered and reg
istrauion fee Of s. be duly paid therefor
Claims may be mortgaged or disposed
of provided such disposal be registered
and a registration fee OF 500 be paid
therefor,
Although miners shall have eXcluSiv'
right OF entry upon their claims for th'
",piner-like" working OF them, holders
u adjacent claims shall be granted sucf
right of entry thereon as may seem rea
sonable 10 the superintendent OF III,
mines.
Each miner shall be entitled to Sc
much OF the water not previously up
propriated flowing through or past his
claim as the superintendent of mines
shall deem necessary to work it, anC
shall be entitled TO drain his claim free
OF charge.
claims remaining unwoIked on work
ing days for seventy-two hours arr
deemed abandoned. unless sickness o.
other reasonable cause is shown or un
less the grantee is absent on leave.
For the convenience of miners on baei
claims, on benches or slopes, permission
imay be granted by the superintendent
of mines to tunnel through claims front
ing on water courses.
In case of the death of a miner tn
proylslons of abandonment do not appl
during his last illness or after his death
ACQUISITION Of Mining Locations
Marx Of Locations-Wooden posts
four inches square, driven eightee
inches into the ground and protectin
eighteen inchse above 1t, must mark tn
four corners of a location. In rock
ground. stone mounds three feet In di
ameter may be piled about the post. 1
lt,mbered land, well-blazed lines mus
ioin the posts. In rolling or uneven lC
callties. fiattened posts must be place
M intervals along the lines to mar
them. SO that subsequent explorers sha
have no trouble in tracing such lines
When locations are bounded by hn'
running north and south, east and ives
the stake at the northeast corner sha
be- marked by a cutting instrument
lbv colored chalk. MI. No. l. (minin
, location, stake number y. Likewise II
/, southeasterly stake shall be marked n
L. No. q" the southwesterly NJ. L. N
, is' and the northeasterly NIL. No. i