Manner of Locating and Holding Mineral Claims in California: With Forms (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Manner of Locating and Holding Mineral Claims in California: With FormsAmong the questions most frequently asked of the staff of the State Division of Mines, both in oral interviews and in letters received, are those pertaining to points concerning the location of mining claims, the rights accruing thereunder, and the maintenance of those rights. These and other phases of the American Mining Law, both statutory and interpreted by judicial decisions, are dealt with in detail in Bulletin No. 98, of this Division, American Mining Law, by Mr. A. H. Ricketts, giving also a wealth of citations and related matter.Although the bulletin referred to is written and presented in such language and arrangement as to be readily available and understandable to the layman, the engineer, and the lawyer, alike, we have found an insatiable demand for a simple and brief outline for distribution in an inexpensive pamphlet form. Such an outline covering the salient features needed by the average prospector and claim owner in initiating and maintaining his possessory rights to mineral ground, is the matter presented herein.The demand for the information contained herein having exhausted four printed editions of this summarized mining law bulletin, this fifth edition slightly revised is now prepared. To the third edition was added the new statutory requirement in California of so-called 'discovery' or 'location' work, and likewise the new requirement that 'grub-stake' contracts must now be in writing and recorded. These became effective, September 15, 1935.The further amendment, relating to 'location' work, effective September 19, 1939, is included in this fifth edition.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.