Year: 1866

ARTICLE !. 1hIs District shall be called the
Auburn Quartz Mining District, and shall be
bounded rs follows: Commencing ut a point on
the North Fork Of the American River whore
the dividing line between Congressional Town
ships IL and l3 North. and East Of Mt. Dablo
Base and Meridian, strikes sa river, thence due
West along said line to the North West corner of
Section 5, in Congressional Township II. (the
West line OF said Section being the dividing line
between Townships 2 and 3 Of Placer county,
thence South on said section line to the Ameri-
can river below Rattesnake Bar, thence up said
river. and The North Fork OF the same, to the
place Of beginning.


ART. 2. All quartz claims in this District for
Gold. Silver. Copper. or other metals, shall be
200 feet in length measured horizontally in Il
direct line upon the general course of the ledge
and shall include all the dips, angles and spurs
of the ledge and the width OF 1870 feet of ground
each side OF the ledge shall he allowed for the
convenience and facility of working the claim
Prorided, that the said right to the use of said
$50 feet on each side OF the ledge shall not he
construed as to confer right to any cross /edge
as against the righ's of any subsequent location
thereof. except TO he extent OF ten feet horizon
tai measurement. OF such cross ledge on each
side of said first located ledge


Pr0oided. also. that such subsequent loca
Gators shall be entitled to the right of way and
drainage through first ledge. when the same can
be done without material interference with the
enjoyment Of the rights of the said first To-
Gators. Prorided. further. that the said right Of
way aud drainage last aforesaid shall not be so
construed rs to impair the light OF said first To-
Gators to the full and free use Of the surface
ground to the extent Of $50 on each side OF the
first located ledge.


ART. 3. Every location shall be made by post
ing on some prominent natural object, or on a
post firmly set in the earth, at some point on or
near the ledge or ledges intended TO be located
Il notice. legibly written Or printed in the Eng
| lish language, containing the true date of the
nOSfiuO Of the notice. the Of thp lOru tiop nj
Company. the name or names Of each locator, the
number OF claims located, the general course and
direction oil the ledge or ledges located the
length or lengths, and distance or distances
claimed on each ledge or lodges, measuring from
said notice posted as aforesaid a lso an ibtel)i-
gihle description Of the locality Of the ledge or
lodges. and the particular part or parts thereof
located so that he same may he found and trac
ed from the contents Of such notice. There shall
also he placed upon each end OF the location of II
claim or claims stake, upon which shall be the
name OF the Company or locator. and the direc-
tion OF said stakes from the written or printed
notice above provided for.


ART. 4. Every location may be for one or more
claims NJ the dimensions stated in Article 2nd,
and each location shall be made on one ledge or
on cross lodges, and when cross lcdgps the
location shall embrace the junction OF the cross
ledgrs; or location mas be made two or
more Lodges not crossing or intersecting each
other, but when SO made the lodges so located
shall moi be more than 30U feet apart in their
general course and direction. Every location of
one NOR. claims shall be designated in the
notice by some particular name. excep, thai,
when locations are made Of one claim only or
less the name or designation may be only the
name of the locator.


ART, 5. No person shall hold more than one
claim by location on the same ledge or ledges
when embraced in the same location.


ART. 6. No claim shall be recognized as valid
unless Il true copy Of the principal notice. as re-
quired in Article 3rd, is filed for record with
the Recorder within five days after the date Of
the location.


ART. Z. Work 10 the value of ten dollars on
or for each claim of two hundred feet shall be
done within thirty days next after posting roii
ces OF locations. PrOvided. that any Company
may do an equivalent amount of work. at any one
more points on their ledge. which shall hoid
their claims good for three months next after
posting said notices: at the expiration of which
time and within the next three months, the per.
son or Company shall expend like sum to hold
said claim or claims good for said last named