Silver and Gold: An Account of the Mining and Metallurgical Industry of the United States, with Reference Chiefly to the Precious MetalsJ. B. Ford, 1873 - 566 pages |
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... appear in this report , and letters and circu- lars soliciting information were sent to such mining counties as could not be visited by an agent . The following is a copy of a circular of which two hundred copies were dispatched to ...
... appear in this report , and letters and circu- lars soliciting information were sent to such mining counties as could not be visited by an agent . The following is a copy of a circular of which two hundred copies were dispatched to ...
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... appear that there has been some extravagant and even culpable expendi- ture incurred on mining account , it may yet be claimed that we have introduced many valuable improvements into this business , and ad- vanced it with an energy that ...
... appear that there has been some extravagant and even culpable expendi- ture incurred on mining account , it may yet be claimed that we have introduced many valuable improvements into this business , and ad- vanced it with an energy that ...
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... appears that not less than ten or twelve diamonds have probably been found within four or five miles of this town . And I have no doubt that many more have been picked up and looked at and thrown away , the finders not knowing what they ...
... appears that not less than ten or twelve diamonds have probably been found within four or five miles of this town . And I have no doubt that many more have been picked up and looked at and thrown away , the finders not knowing what they ...
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... appears to be about twenty per cent . more than in the great valleys of the Sacramento and San Joaquin . In Nevada City , at an elevation of about 2,500 feet above sea - level , the fall of rain has been more than double that of the ...
... appears to be about twenty per cent . more than in the great valleys of the Sacramento and San Joaquin . In Nevada City , at an elevation of about 2,500 feet above sea - level , the fall of rain has been more than double that of the ...
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... appear- auce like plowshares ) which , in the rapid revolution of the arms , break up the cemented gravel . An abundant supply of water is dis- tributed while the pan is in motion , and materially aids in the disintegra- tion of the ...
... appear- auce like plowshares ) which , in the rapid revolution of the arms , break up the cemented gravel . An abundant supply of water is dis- tributed while the pan is in motion , and materially aids in the disintegra- tion of the ...
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Page 455 - ... upon a failure to comply with these conditions, the claim or mine upon which such failure occurred shall be open to relocation in the same manner as if no location of the same had ever been made, provided that the original locators, their heirs, assigns, or legal representatives, have not resumed work upon the claim after failure and before such location.
Page 454 - No claim shall extend more than three hundred feet on each side of the middle of the vein at the surface, nor shall any claim be limited by any mining regulation to less than twenty-five feet on each side of the middle of the vein at the surface, except where adverse rights existing on the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, render such limitation necessary.
Page 454 - All valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging to the United States, both surveyed and unsurveyed, are hereby declared to be free and open to exploration and purchase, and the lands in which they are found to occupation and purchase, by citizens of the United States...
Page 456 - That where an adverse claim is filed during the period of publication it shall be upon oath of the person or persons making the same, and shall show the nature, boundaries, and extent of such adverse claim...
Page 456 - States 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 (Jie patent.
Page 456 - If no adverse claim shall have been filed with the register and the receiver of the proper land office at the expiration of the sixty days of publication, it shall be assumed that the applicant is entitled to a patent...
Page 456 - ... it shall be assumed that the applicant is entitled to a patent; upon the payment to the proper officer of five dollars per acre, and that no adverse claim exists; and thereafter no objection from third parties to the issuance of a patent shall be heard, except it be shown that the applicant has failed to comply with the terms of this chapter.
Page 458 - ... 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. The Commissioner of the General Land-office shall also have power to establish the maximum charges for surveys and publication of notices under this Act; and in case of excessive...
Page 455 - 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.
Page 455 - But their right of possession to such outside parts of such veins or ledges shall be confined to such portions thereof as lie between vertical planes drawn downward as above described, through the end lines of their locations, so continued in their own direction that such planes will intersect such exterior parts of such veins or ledges.