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At a meeting of the Miners of Frenchtown District held at Frenchtown Nov [November] 12th 1854 the following laws were adopted
1st That Frenchtown mining & District shall embrace all mining land [drained] by French Creek from a line running from the north side of Sugar Loaf to Shingle Springs Ravine on the West and to Big Canon on the East and from thence to its junction with Big Canon
2nd That Creek Claims shall not exceed one hundred feet in length and two hundred feet across. And Ravine claims shall not exceed one hundred and fifty feet by two hundred feet across the Ravine
3rd That in Hill or Cayote [Coyote] diggings the claims shall not exceed one hundred and fifty feet Square and every individual or company shall be entitled to fifty feet in width at the commencement of their Tunnel and running to their claims The first discoverer of such diggings shall be entitled to one extra claim
4th That Quartz Claims shall not exceed one hundred and fifty feet in length
including the dips and angles of the Vein and the first discover is entitled to one extra claim
5th That a man is entitled to hold a Creek claim a ravine or surface claim and a tunnel claim
6th That a man shall be required to work at least one of his claims once in seven days to hold them if workable except in case of sickness
7th That a claim shall not be considered workable unless water can be had free of charge
8th That there be a Recorder elected whose duty it shall be to keep a Book for recording of claims and shall be entitled to a fee of twenty five cents for each and every claim recorded. and furnish his own Stationery and that his Book be open for inspection at all seasonable hours
9th That a persons title to a claim shall not be considered good unless he has staked his boundaries and had it recorded except he is engaged in working it
G H H Forrester President
Wm [William] B Schenk Secretary
At a meeting of the miners of French Town District- held January 3rd 1858
Resolved: That Ravine and Flat claims be extended to three hundred feet in length and as wide as the parties may wish provided it takes no other ravines or gulches
Resolved: That creek claims be extended to two hundred feet in length and remain the same width as in the old laws (200 feet)
J Robinson President
W S Dikeman Secretary
At a meeting held April 6th 1859
On Motion of Moses Knight seconded by LT Waters the price of the recording of Claims will be fifty cents (50cts)
Joseph Edwards President
A Lynch Secretary
Copy of Mining Laws Frenchtown Dist [District]
Location
Frenchtown Mining District, Yuba County
Date Original
11-12-1854
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Miners of Frenchtown Mining District, "Meeting Minutes of Miners of Frenchtown Mining District, 1854, 1858, & 1859" (1854). Gold Rush Life. 41.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/grcc/41
