Older Survey information for the State of Oregon.

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The following is a link for Surveys in the State of Oregon. Will not be of interest to some however can be a quick way of looking up some hard rock mines. Can be useful to some looking for this type of information.
Many of the mines are around the turn of the century time frame.

Mineral Surveys and Surveyors for the State of Oregon
http://www.olsonengr.com/sites/defa.../files/glosurveyorsmineralsurveyorsoregon.pdf

Anyone contact the Surveyors from around the 1990's for information and all the current 'Road blocks' now in place?

 

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The following will have a bearing on this list:

Neither federal nor state statutes provide any specific time within which the location must be made, but until the boundaries are distinctly marked, and notice posted, the location is not complete. Patterson v. Tarbell, (1894) 26 Or. 29, 37 P. 76.

A discovery subsequent to the posting of notice validates the claim if no adverse rights have accrued. Sharkey v. Candiani, (1906) 48 Or. 112, 85 P. 219, 7 L.R.A. (N.S.) 791
https://books.google.com/books?id=e...ndiani, (1906) 48 Or. 112, 85 P. 219,&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=3...ndiani, (1906) 48 Or. 112, 85 P. 219,&f=false

Diligence in marking the boundaries of a claim, the law being otherwise complied with, will protect the rights of a discoverer of a mineral vein against a subsequent locator. Patterson v. Tarbell, (1884) 26 Or. 29, 37 P. 76.
https://books.google.com/books?id=e... Tarbell, (1884) 26 Or. 29, 37 P. 76.&f=false

A claim occupied under color of title for more than twenty years is not public mineral land of the United States. Risch v. Wiseman, (1900) 36 Or. 484, 59 P. 1111, 78 Am. St. Rep. 783.
https://books.google.com/books?id=e...484, 59 P. 1111, 78 Am. St. Rep. 783.&f=false
https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3569060/esmeralda-water-v-mackley/

Where assessment work by a prior locator has not been done within its limits, a claim is subject to relocation. Wagner v. Dorris, (1903) 43 Or. 392, 73 P. 318.
https://books.google.com/books?id=f...XAhXjqlQKHb7QCbwQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=a...gner v. Dorris, (1903) 43 Or. 392, 73&f=false

Failure to place monuments at the center ends of the claim is a fatal omission. Wright v. Lyons, (1904) 45 Or. 167, 77 P. 81.
https://books.google.com/books?id=e.... Lyons, (1904) 45 Or. 167, 77 P. 81.&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=a.... Lyons, (1904) 45 Or. 167, 77 P. 81.&f=false

A claimant who locates a claim in good faith, as discoverer of a vein afterward found to be part of one great lode underlying a large tract, is entitled to the additional two hundred feet of the vein allowed by law to discoverers. Richmond M. Co. v. Rose, 114 U.S. 576
https://books.google.com/books?id=n...ral vein against a subsequent locator&f=false
Ground actually held and possessed by right of a discovery, even though not located, is reserved from location by a subsequent discoverer. Faxon v. Rarnard, 2 McCrary, 44; 4 Fed. Rep. 702 ; Colo. Law Rep. 147; 9Ror. Min. Rep. 515.

 

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Records of Oregon Land Offices

49.7.10 Records of the Office of the Surveyor General of Oregon
Textual Records (in Seattle): Letters sent to the Commissioner, 1851-1921; deputy surveyors, 1875-1904; deputy mineral surveyors, 1887-1903; and land offices, 1856-1906. Letters received from the Commissioner, 1865-1913; deputy surveyors, 1851-1902; and land offices, 1873-1903. Miscellaneous letters sent, 1851-1921, and received, 1851-1913. Registers of donation land claims, 1853- 1910. Contracts and bonds for surveys, 1851-1910.
https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/049.html#49.7.10
49.1 ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY
Established: In the Department of the Interior by Secretary's Order 2225, July 15, 1946, implementing Reorganization Plan No. III of 1946, effective July 16, 1946.
Predecessor Agencies:
In the Department of the Treasury:
• Office of the Secretary of the Treasury (1789-1812)
• Register of the Treasury (1789-1812)
• General Land Office (1812-49)
https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/049.html#49.1
49.2.3 Other records
Textual Records: Railroad mortgages, 1886-1938. Register of mining entries, 1875-1907. Federal reimbursements for tax revenues lost by counties in Oregon and California when railroad land grant titles were revested in the United States, 1916-31.
https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/049.html#49.2.3
49.9.24 Records of Oregon land offices
Textual Records (in Seattle): Records of the Portland land office (1905-27) and its predecessor at Oregon City (1854-1905), consisting of letters received by the register and receiver, 1858-1915; Oregon Donation Land Claims land entry papers, 1853- 1900; registers of cash sales and land entries, 1857-1908; Oregon and California Railroad selection lists, 1870-1920; lists of state selections, 1857-1908; and Indian allotment registers for the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation, 1891-1904, and the Siletz Reservation, 1873-1904. Records of the Roseburg land office (1860-1948) and its predecessor at Winchester (1855-60), consisting of letters received by the register and receiver, 1859-1910; Oregon Donation Land Claims land entry papers, 1857- 80; registers of cash sales and land entries, 1863-1908; Oregon and California Railroad selection lists, 1870-1920; register for public domain Indian allotments under Section 4 of the General Allotment Act, 1892-1901; publications, 1942-80; interagency, advisory, or international committee files, 1948-61; and management plans for public lands, 1946-62. Records of The Dalles land office (1875-1948), consisting of correspondence, 1930-48; registers of cash sales and land entries, 1875-1908; lists of state selections, 1875-1908; register for Indian allotments under Section 4 of the General Allotment Act, 1891-1921; and Fort Dalles military reservation town lot lists, 1882-1908. Records of the La Grande land office (1867-1925), consisting of registers of cash sales and land entries, 1867-1908; lists of state selections, 1851-1910; Indian allotment lists for lots on the Umatilla Indian Reservation, 1891-93; and Pendleton town lot lists, 1883-1905. Records of the Lakeview land office (1877-1948) and its predecessor at Linkville (1873-77), consisting of correspondence, 1908-48; registers of cash sales and land entries, 1896-1908; lists of state selections, 1884-1909; Oregon and California Railroad selection lists, 1901-20; and register of public domain Indian allotments for absentee Wyandotte Indians under Section 4 of the General Allotment Act, 1900-7.
https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/049.html#49.7.10

 

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The Railroad information is still used today a lot.

 

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Any one take a look at the registers of cash sales and land entries, 1857-1908?
This one bets it was only in silver and gold what do you think.

 

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MINERAL SURVEY – (MINE)- A cadastral survey of a lode claim, placer claim or millsite with all its notes and plats. This type of survey is executed by a U.S. Mineral Surveyor for the purpose of marking the legal boundaries of mining claims on the public domain. The location and estimated value of mining improvements are returned by the survey but no reference is made to mineral deposits.