Statistics of Mines and Mining in the States and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains: Being the ... Annual Report, Issue 3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1872 - Mines and mineral resources |
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... crushed 10 tons 800 pounds of Hayden rock in eight hours forty - five minutes , using one cord of wood , ( oak . ) On August 11 , 8,590 pounds of the hardest rock obtainable were crushed in five hours , with 65 pounds of steam . On ...
... crushed 10 tons 800 pounds of Hayden rock in eight hours forty - five minutes , using one cord of wood , ( oak . ) On August 11 , 8,590 pounds of the hardest rock obtainable were crushed in five hours , with 65 pounds of steam . On ...
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... crushing more cheaply and losing more gold than any others in the State . In their present form the desirable characteristic appears to have been retained and the other removed . All the product of the Josephine and Linda ( formerly ...
... crushing more cheaply and losing more gold than any others in the State . In their present form the desirable characteristic appears to have been retained and the other removed . All the product of the Josephine and Linda ( formerly ...
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... crushing . The product of this mine for the year ending July 1 , 1870 , was not far from $ 180,000 . Of placer ... crushing 15 tons per day , but with a capacity of crushing 25. Some twenty men are employed . They are now further ...
... crushing . The product of this mine for the year ending July 1 , 1870 , was not far from $ 180,000 . Of placer ... crushing 15 tons per day , but with a capacity of crushing 25. Some twenty men are employed . They are now further ...
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... crushing 15 tons per day , ( twenty - four hours , ) and the rock averages $ 5 per ton . " The Knox mine , mile from the Heslep , and midway between this and Poverty Hill , is 1,200 feet in length , with about a 20 - inch vein . It is ...
... crushing 15 tons per day , ( twenty - four hours , ) and the rock averages $ 5 per ton . " The Knox mine , mile from the Heslep , and midway between this and Poverty Hill , is 1,200 feet in length , with about a 20 - inch vein . It is ...
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... crushed , in twelve months , 450 tons of quartz , which yielded 187 ounces of gold , valued at $ 3,000 . John Bachman's mine was worked by two men during six months . They took out 200 tons of quartz , valued at $ 1,000 . A. Acerford's ...
... crushed , in twelve months , 450 tons of quartz , which yielded 187 ounces of gold , valued at $ 3,000 . John Bachman's mine was worked by two men during six months . They took out 200 tons of quartz , valued at $ 1,000 . A. Acerford's ...
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Page 498 - It shall be the duty of the adverse claimant, within thirty days after filing his claim, to commence proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to determine the question of the right of possession, and prosecute the same with reasonable diligence to final judgment; and a failure so to do shall be a waiver of his adverse claim.
Page 497 - Surveyor-General that five hundred dollars' worth of labor has been expended or improvements made upon the claim by himself or grantors; that the plat is correct, with such further description by such reference to natural objects or permanent monuments as shall identify the claim, and furnish an accurate description, to be incorporated in the patent. At the expiration of the sixty days of publication the claimant shall file his affidavit, showing that the plat and notice have been posted in a conspicuous...
Page 497 - States governing their possessory title, shall have the exclusive right of possession and enjoyment of all the surface included within the lines of their locations, and of all veins, lodes and ledges throughout their entire depth, the top or apex of which lies inside of such surface lines extended downward vertically, although such veins, lodes, or ledges may so far depart from a perpendicular in their course downward as to extend outside the vertical side lines of such surface locations.
Page 499 - ... the applicants, and they shall be at liberty to obtain the same at the most reasonable rates, and they shall also be at liberty to employ any United States Deputy Surveyor to make the survey.
Page 491 - placers," including all forms of deposit, excepting veins of quartz or other rock in place, shall be subject to entry and patent, under like circumstances and conditions, and upon similar proceedings, as are provided for vein or lode claims; but where the lands have been previously surveyed by the United States, the entry in its exterior limits shall conform to the legal subdivisions of the public lands.
Page 496 - Mining claims upon veins or lodes of quartz or other rock in place bearing gold, silver, cinnabar, lead, tin, copper, or other valuable deposits...
Page 493 - That all patents granted shall be subject to any vested and accrued water rights, or rights to ditches and reservoirs used in connection with such water rights as may have been acquired under or recognized by the preceding section.
Page 497 - All records of mining claims hereafter made shall contain the name or names of the locators, the date of the location, and such a description of the claim or claims located by reference to some natural object or permanent monument as will identify the claim. On each claim located after the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and until a patent has been issued therefor, not less than one hundred dollars' worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made during each year.
Page 497 - And nothing in this section shall authorize the locator or possessor of a vein or lode which extends in its downward course beyond the vertical lines of his claim to enter upon the surface of a claim owned or possessed by another.
Page 491 - That the right of way for the construction of highways over public lands, not reserved for public uses, is hereby granted.