Annual report of the State Mineralogist for the year ending ... . are not three thousand by one thousand fivehundred feet, but three thousand feet by the width of the tunnel. LOCATING CLAIMS. The act of locating a claim is simple, but should be carefully done, thatthe lines may be first established on the ground as the final survey andpatent will fix them, or as nearly so as possible. This can be done bycareful measurement at the time of location and a due regard to angles. LOCATION OF MINES. 893 DIAGRAM A Shows how to turn a right angle by measurement, and it is a very con-venient rule to rem
Annual report of the State Mineralogist for the year ending ... . are not three thousand by one thousand fivehundred feet, but three thousand feet by the width of the tunnel. LOCATING CLAIMS. The act of locating a claim is simple, but should be carefully done, thatthe lines may be first established on the ground as the final survey andpatent will fix them, or as nearly so as possible. This can be done bycareful measurement at the time of location and a due regard to angles. LOCATION OF MINES. 893 DIAGRAM A Shows how to turn a right angle by measurement, and it is a very con-venient rule to remember that the dimensions 3. 4. and 5, or any multi-ple of those numbers, as 6. 8, 10. or 30. 40. 50. when forming thethree sides of a triangle, always make it a right-angled triangle. This rule is useful for laying out an end line where it is desirable tomake it perpendicular to the lode line; e. measure from A along lineof lode forty feet to H. make IA equal thirty feet, and IH fifty feet, andthe line through AI will be perpendicular to the line #tL x& *< Diagram A. Should it be necessary to make an angle in the claim, as shown onthis diagram at the point B. in order to lay off the other end lineparallel to the first AI. measure some convenient distance along thelode, say one hundred feet, as BE. and find the point D one hundredfeet from B in the line CB produced; measure DE. which we will flup- - in this case is twelve feet: now. when the point C is reached at theextreme end of the claim, it is desired to lay out the end line KCLparallel to end line MAO; to do so. measure CF equal one hundredfeet. FG equal twelve feet, and CG equal one hundred feet: then willthe line CO be parallel with AB. and a perpendicular to CG (laid outas directed above) will be parallel to MO. Too much care cannot be used in the location of claims and a thor-ough understanding of local as well as general mining laws. Let the boundary monuments be large and plainly to be seen; thisfil
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