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Manner of Locating and Holding Mineral Claims in California by A H Ricketts (PH 2-7) (1948) (32 pages)

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MANNER OF LOCATING AND HOLDING MINERAL
CLAIMS IN CALIFORNIA*
By A. H. Ricketts
(WITH REVISIONS By C, A. LoGAN)
OUTLINE OF REPORT
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Essential elements in locating mining claims 4
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California statutes governing location of mining claims__._____._._._.____ 7
Discovery
Locators ~_--_
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Form of placer location notice (on unsurveyed land)__---_____--_ 14
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TEAC OY re ea ae ES 18
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Annual expenditure or assessment work_______-______
Forfeiture of interest for failure to pay share of taxes
War-time exemptions from annual labor.
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FReSUMP CON GOL ADO Keen ee 22
Relief Act for Gold and Silver Mining Operators_._.-..----_-_-_-_-_ 23
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BEET 24
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Location work and assessment work distinguished__--__-_-_____-_ 30
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* These notes are based upon American Mining Law, by A. H. Ricketts, State Division of Mines Bulletin 98, 1931 (republished as Bulletin 123, 1934), and briefly outline
the salient information needed by the average prospector and clalin owner in initiating
und maintaining his possessory rights to mineral ground.
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