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  2. Placer claim - Wikipedia

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    Claims staked on Federal-managed lands fall under Federal rules. Typically, the claim size is limited to 660'x 1320', or 20 acres (81,000 m 2). The claim must be either placer or lode, and the discovery point must be clearly marked.

  3. Southern California real estate boom of the 1880s - Wikipedia

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    The Southern California real estate boom of the 1880s, also the boom of the eighties, and sometimes just called the 1887 real estate boom, was the first big settlement push into Los Angeles County (including what is now Orange County), San Diego County (including what is now Imperial County), San Bernardino County (including what is now ...

  4. General Mining Act of 1872 - Wikipedia

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    The reminder of the placer-claim, or any placer-claim not embracing any vein or lode claim, shall be paid for at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per acre, together with all costs of proceedings;. [15] [unreliable source?] It set the price of the land claim to range $2.50 to $5.00 per acre. This price set by law has remained the same ...

  5. Land claim - Wikipedia

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    A mining claim is the claim of the right to extract minerals from a tract of public land. In the United States, the practice began with the California gold rush of 1849. In the absence of organized government, the miners in each new mining camp made up their own rules, and to a large extent adopted Mexican mining law.

  6. Stockton Creek - Wikipedia

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    The mouth of Stockton Creek was, and still is, an area of general commercial development. Known as Mormon Bar, there were hard rock mines, placer claims, and a stockyard during the gold rush. [2] A sand and gravel company operated at Mormon bar in the mid 20th century, using mostly dredge tailings as a material source. [4]

  7. Klondike Big Inch Land Promotion - Wikipedia

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    Quaker Oats bought 19.11 acres (7.73 ha) of land in the Yukon Territory of Canada for the price of US$1000 and printed up 21 million deeds for one square inch (6.5 cm 2) of land. On advice of counsel, Quaker Oats set up and transferred the land to the Great Klondike Big Inch Land Company to make the company the registered owner and manager of ...

  8. California Land Act of 1851 - Wikipedia

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    California Senator William M. Gwin presented a bill that was approved by the Senate and the House and became law on March 3, 1851. [2]: 100 [1] [3]That for the purpose of ascertaining and settling private land claims in the State of California, a commission shall be, and is hereby, constituted, which shall consist of three commissioners, to be appointed by the President of the United States ...

  9. Jack McQuesten - Wikipedia

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    Leroy Napoleon "Jack" McQuesten (1836–1909) was an American pioneer explorer, trader, and prospector in Alaska and Yukon; he became known as the "Father of the Yukon."." Other nicknames included "Yukon Jack," "Captain Jack," "Golden Rule McQuesten," and "Father of Al