PRESENTED BY THE HEIRS OF PENRY D. LLOYD

THE

MINING LAWS

OF

THE UNITED STATES

COLORADO, NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA,

CONTAINING

STATUTES COMPLETE, WITH THE LATEST AMENDMENTS,
DECISIONS OF THE COURTS AND LAND OFFICE,
NOTES, FORMS, DIAGRAMS, SUGGESTIONS

TO PROSPECTORS, &c., &c.,

BY

CHARLES S. WILSON.

(tounselor at Law.

DENVER, COLO :
W. H. LAWRENCE & Co., PUBLISHERS.

I SSI

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1881,

By CHARLES S. WILSON, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

JAN - 1334
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PREFACE.

The design of this publication is to present in a convenient and comprehensive form the Mining Laws of the United States, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, together with such comments and directions by the compiler and constructions of the Courts and the Land Office as will make plain to all readers the provisions of the Statutes.

The notes are the result of a careful study of the law relating to mines, combined with the author's practical observations in some of the principal mining districts of Colorado.

The index at the end has been made quite full and will be found useful for easy reference.

DENVER, September 1st, 1881.