Excerpt from Titles to Mines in the United States: With the Statutes and References to the Decisions of the Courts Relating TheretoUpon discovering a claim, the discoverer had to give Proceedings notice thereof to the Deputation of Miners (the Stannary upon discover Court of the district), with a full description of himself, and such a description of the vein as to fully identify it, all which particulars were thereupon recorded and posted at the church-door for three successive Sundays. This notice was equivalent to the Location certificate of American law.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.