Arizona ghost trails
by Richard J. Hinton 1969 Frontier Book Co., Publisher Fort Davis, Texas 79734
From The Handbook To Arizona c1877 Limited to 1000 copies
Summary of Mining Laws, Federal, Territorial, and Local; Desert and Timber Lands; Homestead and Pre-emption Rights; Spanish and Railroad Grants. Land Offices. Officers of the Territory. Legislation on Irrigation. Artesian Wells, Mining, Etc. Routes, Distances, and Fares from and to all the Principal Points east and west, and in the Territory. Altitude of Important Points. Meteorological Tables. Mineral Springs. Southern Pacific Railroad Lands, Etc.
Before the passage of the Act of 1866, by Congress, the ownership of the mineral lands was retained by the nation. The first discussion of the policy of selling such lands began in 1850, the argument being to make them a source of revenue. The policy of leaving the mineral land open for private exploration and development prevailed, and remained the rule until 1866. The uncertainty of titles, etc., was urged in 1865-6, as reason for a change. Under legislation preceding that date, no title could be or was conferred to mining claims, beyond possessory rights, maintained by working and payment of a small royalty. Citizens of the United States might explore and occupy under regulations as prescribed by law. In the absence of congressional enactment, local legislation was authorized to provide necessary rules; the local customs and district rules not in conflict with the United States laws were also recognized. The law was, in reality, a license only to go upon the mineral-bearing portions of the public domain. Ownership, however, attached to the minerals extracted, and the government had no claim to them, except so far as royalty or license fees were concerned.
Is not compulsory upon miners. They are not obliged to procure a United States patent for their claims. Those who do not, hold exactly the same relations that they did before its passage, provided no adverse claim is interposed. The Revised Statutes of the United States, Sections 2,318 to 2,352, of Title “Mineral Lands”; also, “Miscellaneous” provisions ditto, embracing Sections 910, 2,238, 2,258, 2,386 and 2,406, provide that for
Richard J. Hinton
ARIZONA GHOST TRAILS
The Act of 1872
Quartz Mines
Possession and Enjoyment
What Constitutes a Deposit.
Miners’ Form of Notice.
Recording Location.
Labor and Expenditures.
Adverse Claims.
Tunnels.
Placer Claims.
District Mining Regulations.
Bounds and Laws of —— District.
Water Rights.
Mill Sites.
Homestead and Pre-emption.
As Mineral,
Arizona Mine Mills.
APPENDIX
Table Showing the Value of any Amount of Gold Dust, from 1 grain to 10 ounces, at $16 to $23 per ounce.
The Ores of Gold and Silver.
Weight and Specific Gravity of the Common Minerals.
Excellent Advice to the Emigrant Traveler
Eastern Railroad Rates.
Schedule Time by Overland Stage from Yuma, leaving San Francisco by Southern Pacific R. R. thereto
United States Military Telegraph—California, Arizona and New Mexico Divisions.
ITINERARY.
Yuma, A. T., to Mesilla, N. M.—Overland Road and Stations of the S. P. O. M. S. Line.
Distances Between Stations, commencing at Dos Palmas, on S. P. R. R., and thence over Lines of Cal. and Arizona Stage Co.
Military Routes.
From Yuma.
From Prescott.
Camp Mojave to Willow Grove, A. T.
Willow Grove to Prescott, A. T.
Prescott (Fort Whipple) to Camp Verde, A. T. Route 1.
Prescott, (Fort Whipple) to Camp Verde, A. T. Route 2.
Prescott to Date Creek, A. T.
Camp Apache to Prescott, A. T.
Dos Palmas (S. P. R. R.) to Ehrenberg, A. T.
Ehrenberg to Camp McDowell, A. T., via Date Creek.
Camp McDowell to Maricopa Wells, A. T.
Camp McDowell to Camp Grant, A. T.
Maricopa Wells to Camp Grant, A. T.
Maricopa Wells.
Maricopa Wells to Tucson, A. T.
Camp Grant to Tucson, A. T.
Tucson
Tucson to Camp Goodwin, A. T.
Tucson to Camp Bowie, A. T.
Tucson to Camp Crittenden, A. T.
Tucson (via Tubac) to Camp Crittenden.
Camp Crittenden to Camp Bowie, A. T.
Camp Bowie to Camp Goodwin, A. T.
Tucson, A. T., to Guaymas, Mexico.
Fort Wingate, N. M., to Prescott, A. T., via Camp Verde, A. T.
Roads and Distances from the Colorado River (en route from Utah) South to Prescott.
Roads and Distances from the Colorado River South to Prescott.
Camp Wallen, (abandoned) A. T., to Guaymas, Mexico.
Tucson
Tucson to Camp Crittenden (east slope of Santa Rita Range) via Davidson’s.
The Same, via Tubac.
Prescott
Wickenburg
From Tubac.
Ehrenberg to
Mineral Park, Mojave County.
Phœnix
Florence
Railroad and Stage to Prescott.
Miscellaneous Distances.
Papagoria Distances.
Local Distances in Yavapai County
Local Distances in Mojave County
Colorado River Distances.
Local Distances in Pinal County.
Local Distances in Pima County.
Table of Altitudes—Principal Points in Arizona.
List of all Mining Companies who have Filed their Articles of Incorporation in the Office of the Secretary of Territory to October 1st, 1877.
Mining Districts in Yavapai County.
Composition of Soils in Arizona.
Bibliography of Arizona.
Arizona Business Directory.
Transcriber’s Notes
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