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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... operations of one or two large companies at Meadow Valley , and the base - metal smelting operations of Eureka , have added heavy sums to the bullion - product of the State . At Austin , Mineral Hill , and elsewhere the Stetefeldt ...
... operations of one or two large companies at Meadow Valley , and the base - metal smelting operations of Eureka , have added heavy sums to the bullion - product of the State . At Austin , Mineral Hill , and elsewhere the Stetefeldt ...
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... operations on a large scale . The Amargoza district lies in San Bernardino County , State of Cali- fornia , sixty - five to seventy miles in a westerly direction from Yellow Pine , in an isolated mountain called Amargoza Mountain ...
... operations on a large scale . The Amargoza district lies in San Bernardino County , State of Cali- fornia , sixty - five to seventy miles in a westerly direction from Yellow Pine , in an isolated mountain called Amargoza Mountain ...
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... operations entirely . There are several other mines of small capacity now being worked - the Pope Valley mine , near Napa , and one or two in Lake County , near the Redington mine - all of which may be made to pay at the present high ...
... operations entirely . There are several other mines of small capacity now being worked - the Pope Valley mine , near Napa , and one or two in Lake County , near the Redington mine - all of which may be made to pay at the present high ...
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... operations at Cerro Gordo thus far , but in time it can be remedied by sinking more wells , and bringing water from a point nine miles north of the city in pipes or ditches and flumes . There is quite a supply at the locality spoken of ...
... operations at Cerro Gordo thus far , but in time it can be remedied by sinking more wells , and bringing water from a point nine miles north of the city in pipes or ditches and flumes . There is quite a supply at the locality spoken of ...
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... operations without further addition of lead ores . Fifty feet below the mouth of the incline an assay of $ 178 32 in silver per ton , from an ore seam of 15 feet in width , was obtained . At the time of Mr. Luckhardt's visit nine men ...
... operations without further addition of lead ores . Fifty feet below the mouth of the incline an assay of $ 178 32 in silver per ton , from an ore seam of 15 feet in width , was obtained . At the time of Mr. Luckhardt's visit nine men ...
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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.