The San Francisco call., 1907-02-11
Many Strikes Of Gold
in California Mines
Ore of High Grade Is Discovered Where
Work Progresses in the Mountains

rested. The form of affidavit handed
ont by the Department of the Interior
is ironclad and leaves no room for mis-
understanding. A part of such affidavit
in each instance is as follows:
That he is well acquainted with the character
Of said described land. and with each and every
legal subdivision thereof having frequently
passed the same; that his personal knowl-
testify understsndingly with regard thereto;
that there is not, to his knowledge, within the
limits thereof. any vein or lode of quartz or
other rock in place, bearing gold. silver, Gin
nsbar, lead. tin or copper, or any deposit of
coal; that there is not within the limits of said
gravel. other valuable mineral deposit: that
the land contains no salt spring or deposit of
salt in any form sufficient to render IL chiefly
valuable therefor: that no portion of said land
is claimed for mining purposes under the local
customs or rules of miners or otherwise: that no
portion OF said land is worked for mineral dur
ing any part of the year by any person or per-
sons; that said land is essentially nonmineral
made for the purpose of fraudulently obtaining
title 10 the mineral land, but with the object OF
securing said land for agricultural purposes;
that the said land is not occupied and improved
by any Indian
What may happen to the person who
makes false affidavit is set forth in the
Revised Statutes of the United States in
a chapter relating to crimes, as fol-
lows:
Section 5s92-Every person who. having taken
person. in any In which a law OF the
United States authorizes an oath TO be admin
istered, that he viii testify, declare, depose or
certify truly, or that any written testimony,
declaration, deposition certificate by him
subscribed is true. willfully and contrary to
such oath states of subscribes any material mat
ter which he does not believe to be true, is
guilty Of perjury. and shall be punished by fine
of not more than $1,000. and by Imprisonment.
at hard labor not more than i've years: and
shall, moreover. thereafter be incapable of CIV
ing any testimony in any court of the United
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him is reversed.
The Groveland Prospector says that
by the fraudulent acts of others one
hardworking miner in Tuolumne Coun-
ty lost a valuable claim that he had de-
veloped continuously during fourteen
years. His location, proofs of labor
and tax receipts were in perfect order,
but he lost through failing to file a
contest for a patent sought by land
grabber.
1T is hardly possible" says the Pros
pector, ito start out prospecting ip any
direction without running into a barb
wire fence. and any number of so-called
ranches, especially in the mother lode
counties. are valued almost entirely for
the mineral which they cover"
DAMAGES ARE $1,000. 900
One of the largest recent mining
suits on the Pacific Coast has been be-
. UA DE buS AiAIond milling ana De-
velopment Company in Cochise County,
against Joseph Mulheim and others for
1000, 900 damages and the possession
of the San Jose mine. A fight is also
on for the contract of the Realito Min
ing Company, which holds properties in
Sonora, Mexico. Several arrests have
been made and a suit for civil damages
amounting to $4,000 has been begun
by A. l. Shepard, who alleges that he
was arrested to prevent his attendance
at the annual meeting of the company.