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L'liVJri O' III '1 . 0 CLAilf,

----- . --·. -.--.. ·--- .. -· 'thOllaa c. Ward n, l,eing duly •worn •a.r• that on

the 6th da,y ot April A.~. l88l he lorated a certain

m1n1nr claim kno~~ Al the SilTer King Mine, •ituated

upon ......... aurnyed public landa (.f the Ur:ited States;

that aaid lo, ·ator wae, at the t1me ot locating the eame,

a citizen ot the United State•, i that •aid claim waa

located after the diecovery ot a Tein or lode withir. the

Umite thereof; that sa!d claim ·,··a. distinctly marked

upon the ground so that ite boundari~a can be readily

traced, and that the record of said claim ccntair.a the

name of the locator, the date ot location, and such a

description thereof as •111 identity the claim, and that

aaid Thomae C. Warden 11 now in poeae•a1on ot said m!ne

THOICAS C, WAf.lU:!J

Subsc~ibed and eworn to betor ae thie lat d'Y ot ltarch A,~. 1882,

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lah lt Ult u, "' ot an all&all hlrt,

• • un\&ln1 rlt a rupt11 and abo)Uld ln narro•

•Un p rpeadloular or onr hangln walll Which

are ln plac•• two hun4red re,t or ore ln hel,:i:h\

~h• alntn~ claim llee at an arui:l• tram twenty to

tort7 de~rte1 on the eouthern tac• or a bare rock

Th• aurtace la exceedingly rough with high pillar•

and deep t1aaurea ' ....

The formation la porphyry ot a hard and dry char•

act~r in many place, capped with a Tery hard reddiah

brown lava like rock which haa a cellular and slag like

appearance and when struck it glTea a aound almoat aa

sharp aa iron,

The vein or mineral bearing rock ie apar auch of

it hlRhl7 atalned with iron.

The wall• of the mine are .. 11 defined and at the

loweat depth r~ached ar~ tina and free troa alld•• and

breaka,

The Teln between the wall• 11 traa three te

elp,hteen feet wldo in aoat place,,. aeurina tr .. · l '

to '1rtlv• tt. with about •lcht or ten In • or ••lw..-

or ,ouae

':ht yertloal 41p 11 '.,. ty , ... :ht .,. ,, euu, e,ru.:aJUI~ re UI

aatt•r ln 111111"-

l 11 ,~ re ..

I f ~ t , • •11, fOl&I' a~d a half f••t Wide,

t , a& , • •tn•• 1e,,en,1 tl•• t••' ••••• t•~

,,1 t i al 1'&.~t. tn• • ••~,, t•tt , the other n1net7

L~t a n'.ll'N>r of adltt, eutt, tunnelt an4 pro,

aha!tt at 4lft•r•nt pr\nta on ~h• cla1a, three

~~ndr•t &n4 tltt1 ft•t ot ttreet ear iron trac~ 1ron

care; t~ni ta~l••, alr plp,, ant ••ntllatora; wln4la11e1

ar.4 attacha•r.tt, alr.1nc blackta1th and earpent~r tool,,

1r.!nr t1abera, awning,; ~ump,, roa4t, trailt, board!ng

L"'.d :odf:1:ll houae, aggre~ate Talue four thousand.dollar,

':he ela1m 11 Joined on :he ea,t by t~e Oriental

cla!m w~:e~ 1• :e:ng deTeloped a~d wh!eh p~ese~ts tte

aame gentral !eatu~ea, on t~e Northeast by :r.e Little

!tnL.,Z& -, :.1,::h it &leo 't>eing deTeloped, on the nortt. "t-y

the Cali co ~ueen, · on the northn at , west 1.nd ,o,..thweat

by the ~urning Koacow, F.e4 ~acket, ~ed Cloud, ..._ot~

bei~ c~nteetecl 1!! :he Cc-·.irtt,

On t:.e 1c"..i:l: "t-~· ":!'l~ Oriental Cla1.a lo. 2

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u. s. Dep11ty

Clalm known 1

.Tohn C. !Cing,

G, w. Yager a Locatsd in Gr

County , Stat1

Rangs No. l Et

that aaid Sur

of our knowled

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I ti• It r.,, I• at• all tllaa lt aa, oonoern

' . r •• a , 1. 1. th , I. 1. IIU• l r . a. w. ht t "u Ui• ot t .. nt1•on• 1 art, ha•ln~ dlacoy•

r•4 a ••ln or l• of q,aarta or rot* ln place bear1n1

llln.ral, •l~hln t~• llmlta ot the claia hereby located

ha•• t~1t d,Y und rand ln accorda~c• with the Reviaed

Statut~• or th• United Stat••, Chapter Sis, Title Thirty

two, located ( lSOO) linear teet ot thia Teln or lode

'1'1 th au,·tace ,:round ( c JO ) feet in wldth . a1 tuated in

Clrape Vine lllning nistriot, County ot San Bernardino,

State ot Cali~o rn!a, mid lcncwn r:.z tlle Si her !'.ing Q.ua.rtz

Klning Claim, and extending l 1200) feet S. ~. to Kon­

Ulllen~ marked ( S. E.) end monument and ( 300 feet north

west to no,th west monument from 1hie :io ·. 1.ce at the dis­

co·,ery I the exterior· boundariea of thit claim being diet­

lnctly marked by reference ~o aome natural obJect or

permanent monument nr.d more particularly described a.e

followa to wit:

Coir:mencing at thia monument and notice and

running ( 1200) teet to ( S. Z. ) aonua nt, ttenc• at

right anglu ( 300) feet to s. z. corn r monua nt, !hence

1500) to S. w. corner monument, thence eoo teet to

( N. W,) corner monument, ~tenet ( 1~00) t et to I. •)

corner conument, thence ( lOO) teet to place of •1lnnt

aituate about alx ~11•• N, E. tr the Plat. •• atatlo

on a high red blu.tf tacin tald Statlo", an .. int

to hold and wort 1a1• elala at pro•1 • y the l•eal

cua~oa:a and rul•• ~t aln~r, and

f, c. WAJU)D

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:11ccT :-~4 Ap:-!l t, 1ee1, T. c. 1ard,n,

Loe ~,d AJ,r!l t, 1881.

Atte1t T. C. ~&rden

A Ml ':!"',t u.d corr,ct cop) cf the or!,::!nal recorded

raat ~:'cl:ck P. ~.

Co. :.eco!"c.er

't:y s. 1£. •&ll

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1ne, cla!me,

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or Ckli!'Cr!'lia

lit. Diarlo :a

.Dunlap, ~ . ~.

April 188 , t}

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ally~• rn, rn oa~h ~~1n t nd aay: tha~ wear, c1t1ze~

of tte Unlttd St ~ •, nrd ot the State or California,

that •• &l'f' well acquainted dth the 11tuat1on ar.d cl:ar··

&etrr or the Mining Claia kncwn ea the SilTt'r JC1n~ O.uart.:

Kine, claimed L.· .Tohn C. T.ing, et al1, locat,d in Grar,e

Vine Kining Dhtrict, in San Pernardino County, State

ot California, Township No. 10 North, Ran~e No. l ~aat,

)rt. Diablo Base and ~eridian, Surveyed by .Tohn c.

Dunlap, U, s. DeJ1uty lfineral :urvey , r, : in the Month or

April 188

eilnr .

that the same io a lode Claim, containing

that we haTe no financial intcreat in 1aid

Kining Claim; that we are converoant with the working of

Kining Claim•, and that to ~he beat ot our kr.owled~e and

belief, the amount expended on aaid Kining Claim in lahor

and improTemente by the aaid claiaanta or granter, 1•

not leas than two . thousand fiTe hundred dollara.

Said improvement• conaitt or tunncle, ehaft1, care, iron

trackwindlaea,a, roads, minin~ blackn:iith & carpenter

tool•, timbero houses ttc,

GEO, }! • COCIC

.T.Q!1;S ~IJlfTl~·'JTON

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Subacr1Ped ~d • : rn t o before ~o 'hi• third

day ot Kay A.~. 188;.

s. c. 'J'AJ!II

lotary Public,

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--• lil!..1.1:L µ;Jgf. S.: ~I::J •• -J!!J. · 91..£8.ll'H-::ll.:.... -

KAY~. 1681.

At the hou1e ot I. J. Miller 1t wa, re,otYed ~ha\

a IU?".in~ :'11tr1ct be fo1"111ed, when,ui:cin

Kr, a.~. Kc. Cullough •a• called to act

pre11cient er :he 11eet1r.g & teo. Hamil ton, Secretary

"PR1';s~:'r"

A, B. McCUllough, Jacea Read, Geo. P.ar:iilton, Wm. Lewis,

D&Tid Keachats A. T, Cooper, !!. J, Mille:-, Parley

Heap.

It was reer.lYed ~tF..t a ~1n1ns : 1 str:ct be !on:ied

and orgar.ized to be called and kr.own as !r.e Grape Vine

Dis~rict, bounded and deacr!bed P~ follow1 1

Beginning at a point known aa the Cotton Yood

Station, on the KohaTe RiTe:''' tl':.ence runninc an euterly

course to the tork1 ot the roa4, at Hawleya 1tatl~a.

thence runninc a nort~erly couru to a place tnown u

Parad.11e Valley, thence runn1~ .a ••1terly cour1• about

t .. nty !1Te miles to a place tr.own as llacka Ranch,

~e~ce ~c Co~to~ Wood Station, to tt• place ct· be~i~~!r.c

Reached that the Ot!!cf ·r, ct t..":11 l'ht:-!ct con•

~ht ct a Prelident, ~ecr@tary, ar.d :-.eccrdtr, tc 1trn

tor the t•r ot one y•ar

Reao1Tt4, t~at the minlnc La•• o! the U. !tw4

Statva, ~• &4ort•4 en .ettc•,

R 1olY t, tha\ the ~•c~•tar1 t• • 1, ~r• 1

au•tor1&•4 and~ •~r• ~ e ! a'' tt ·• • t~•

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r.t fer rPTl1lon or th• ,,1a .. a netlc• lhall be

t llat.•• ln en oraor ,ap,ra ln ~h• county, t.hlrty

d~e pr-.lnu1 to ••ld • rtlnca and bu1ln111 ahall bo

tranaacted at 1ald .. Ptlna except \hereby preaent at

lea,t two ~hlr41 ,/sot th• 1~,.a1 1oc.tor1 a4optt4,

On 11o~tc,n rf'aoh,d that U 1hall bt the duty ot

the Recorder to ketp a book ot Record and record all

clalaa therf' 1 n ude !n accordance w1 th the requlr'eme nta

ot Cl:apter Six, ~1t1e Thirty-two, ot the ReTiaed Statut~•

and the lAwa, cuatoma and ~,~ulationa ot thia ~ietrict a

and the Recorder ahall receiTe aa compeneation for such

record ~he aurn ot one dollar and a mileage ot twenty fiTe

cent& 01:,, way for each recorded clala to be paid by the

lecator

On aotton of Geo, H111ilton & seconded by Powley

Heap X, 1. Killer was nominated tor Recorder and unanl•

mously elected

On motion the president and Secretary of this

meeting be declared the officers ot the District for.the

term of one year from this date, Adppted,

It waa reaolTed that each locator ahall haTe on

each location anen monumerts, one in the center ot th•

location and three at each end directly in a li~ •1th

each c,~'-·t>r and that each corner aonua:ent ahall haTe a

notice ! ~- it atati ng what corner 1t may be '-"d the n

ot the mine,

It was rf'aol~,d ~hat Soc.Dot Kinin« Statute, or

Uay 10, 18?2, ~e adopted aa tollowa:

That the ainPro ~reach a1nlng Dlatrict aa,y aak9

lawa rule• and reculationa not in contllc\ •ltll the l•

or the United Stat•• or with the lawa of U.. State or

territory in which the Diatr1ct 11 11tuatet -«o,,•rn1nc

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t?:• r. • : ! ~ fl cf th• lccatcra tl'.• d.&h r::! t:.11

1~:a-:~ -= a·d 11.ch a ~tac:-!fticn :! tt• c!&ia or c:a~

:r: • tei 'ty re!'e!"enc• t : •~• :-ati.r&! cbJtct er pe:"ll&.'".~::t

==~-Z! ~t aa r.ll 1d•nt1!7 the cl&!.a one~ cl&ia ~:-

t c~ c!a!a :ccattd &rte:- the p&al&f:t ; ! t~ia a.ct and

·..;:: ':11 a ~&tt::t at.a.:.l h&Te teu: h•~•d t!:.e:-etcr nc: !esa

I :e:-t!!y t!:at t!:.e !"::-!"ti:oia« h a true copy :~

t!:e ':~· lan ct ;;:-ape Vine Ki!:l!'!~ :-:.!t:-:ct. !an !e:-:-&.""i!!::o

!. : . )(!:.1$

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C&lit'crn1a, c!o h"rel

h~reto attached Fie:

Claim kncwr. aa ~te

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claimed by John c. 1

located 1r: G:-ape \'ir

County, 1 n To'lfn:i". iJ,

nard1 no !' as e and li!e:

executed be John c. in ~he m~~th o~ Apr!

Office dated April c

ed, &nd tte neces~ar

and ~hat the aaid :1

cribt'd .. are hereb~ a

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