The San Juan Mines: A Compendium of the Mineral Resources of Southwestern Colorado, Together with a Description of Its Mountain Scenery ... Including the Mining Laws of Colorado and the Acts of Congress Relating Thereto |
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... certificate must be filed in the office of the Recorder , in the county in which the lode is situated , which should be in the following form : TERRITORY OR STATE OF COLORADO , COUNTY OF SS . KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS , That ...
... certificate must be filed in the office of the Recorder , in the county in which the lode is situated , which should be in the following form : TERRITORY OR STATE OF COLORADO , COUNTY OF SS . KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS , That ...
Page 63
... certificate shall claim more than one location , whether SEC . 15. Within six months after the location be made by one or several any set time , or annual period herein locators . And if it purport to claim allowed for the performance ...
... certificate shall claim more than one location , whether SEC . 15. Within six months after the location be made by one or several any set time , or annual period herein locators . And if it purport to claim allowed for the performance ...
Page 70
... certificate of lo- cation . be filed for record with the proper re - ing on the surface , made by other par- ties after the commencement of the tunnel and while the same is being prosecuted with reasonable diligence , shall be invalid ...
... certificate of lo- cation . be filed for record with the proper re - ing on the surface , made by other par- ties after the commencement of the tunnel and while the same is being prosecuted with reasonable diligence , shall be invalid ...
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... certificate of the surveyor gen- eral that not less than five hundred 33. In the event of the mining re - dollars ' worth of labor has been ex- cords in any case having been de- pended or improvements made upon stroyed by fire , or ...
... certificate of the surveyor gen- eral that not less than five hundred 33. In the event of the mining re - dollars ' worth of labor has been ex- cords in any case having been de- pended or improvements made upon stroyed by fire , or ...
Page 74
... certificate to state distinctly when such posting was done and how long continued . 42. The consecutive series of num- bers of mineral entries must be con- tinued , whether the same are of lode or placer claims . 43. The surveyor ...
... certificate to state distinctly when such posting was done and how long continued . 42. The consecutive series of num- bers of mineral entries must be con- tinued , whether the same are of lode or placer claims . 43. The surveyor ...
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Page 53 - The miners of each mining district may make regulations not in conflict with the laws of the United States, or with the laws of the State or Territory in which the district is situated, governing the location, manner of recording, amount of work necessary to hold possession of a mining claim, subject to the following requirements: The location must be distinctly marked on the ground so that its boundaries can be readily traced.
Page 69 - The location must be distinctly marked on the ground so that its boundaries can be readily traced. 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 53 - Upon the failure of any one of several co-owners to contribute his proportion of the expenditures required thereby, the co-owners who have performed the labor or made the improvements may, at the expiration of the year, give such delinquent co-owner personal notice in writing or notice by publication in the newspaper published nearest the claim, and in two newspapers published at Manila, one in the English language and the other in the Spanish language, to...
Page 57 - Where two or more veins intersect or cross each other, priority of title shall govern, and such prior location shall be entitled to all ore or mineral contained within the space of intersection ; but the subsequent location shall have the right of way through the space of intersection for the purposes of the convenient working of the mine.
Page 53 - On each claim located after the tenth 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 54 - States surveyor general, showing accurately the boundaries of the claim or claims, which shall be distinctly marked by monuments on the ground, and shall post a copy of such plat, together with a notice of such application for a patent...
Page 68 - ... 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 seventytwo, render such limitation necessary.
Page 67 - 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 55 - May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, shall conform as near as practicable with the United States system of publicland surveys, and the rectangular subdivisions of such surveys...
Page 54 - 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...