Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-07-23

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ate rulch, Grow Greek. Hender-
SON gulch. Last Chance guich.
Alder gulch, Cedar creek. Ger
man guIch and many other MILL
ion-dollar producers ring once
more to the prospectors pick
The glory Of the Treasure state
AZ producer Of the yellow metal
Il recalled in memoir S Of the
state bureau OF mines and ge-
oiogy. placer Mining Possible
t,es in Montana" written BY
prof. Oscar A. Dingman Of Mon
tana School OF Mines. Part OF
the publication is devoted to .
comprehensive list Of the placer
mining districts Of Montana, com
piled BY Juno NJ. Sabine, Stats
tician for the bureau.
The bureau makes no attempt
to predict that gold will be
found by amateur prospectors in
any Of the localities mentioned
but does suggest promising piae-
es.
Quaint names come again TO
light In the list-Avalanche. Dark
Horse. Bear, KIondike. Secret,
Cayuse. Gambler, Chicken Run.
First Chance, Top o'Deep. Eure-
Ia. boomerang. Galena, Golcon-
da Prickly Pear, Lump. Home
stake. Running Wolf, Yogo,
Greenhorn, GrizzIy. Last Chance,
seven Up Pete. sauerkraut, Poor
man, Magpie. Scratch Gravel,
Fool Hen, Tobacco, Ramshorn,
West Georgia, windfall, Snow
shoe. Butcher, Crevasse. Dead
wood, Yankee Doodle. Soap and
others, mostly spilled 70 creeks
and gulches.
After the names Of many his
toric gold producing creeks -
the notation, actlve IN 1883"
The memoir. which contains
much information Of value TO
prospectors. viii be mailed from
the bureaus office In Butte on
receipt OF 10 cents in stamps or
coin to cover mailing charges.
A knowledge Of laws applying
to mineral lands is vital to the
men who are now prospecting
Montana's placer grounds in
large numbers.
Professor Dingman summarizes
the state and federal statutes az
follows:
Il. Citizens and those who
have declared their intention to
become such may locate and de-
velop placer mining claims in
Montana. (Alisns may do 80 at
their own risk.l
-. One person may locate for
himself not more than 20 acres
in one claim and an association
OF two or more persons up to
the number OF eight may locate
one claim containing 20 acres
for each person in the associa-
ton.
"s. One discovery Of mineral
is necessary for each location.
"A. A placer location on sur
veyed ground shall conform to
the United States public land sur
veys and therefore. the claim +,
VIII be rectangular or square in
shape.
"5. Where this h impractic-
able, Is In the case Of 'gulch
pIacers or where the land Is nm
surveyed. 1t is preferable that
the lines run as nearly as pos
sible north and south. and east
and west. since this Is required
By the general land office when
patent rs applied for.
g. The necessary steps in
acquiring title to q placer claim
are as follows: Discovery Of
mineral. posting notice OF loca-
ton, establishing corners within
80 days, performing discovery
work within so days, filing Ger
tificate o. location within 90
days. performing annual assess-
ment work 800 9 year. and ap-
plying for patent after $500 has
been spent Tor development.
Memoir s contains information
ON methods and appliances for
individual placer operators.
list Of the placer mining dis
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