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above discovery 
of a mining claim, located at a position designated as being at a certain distance above or upstream from the original discovery claim on a creek.
See also: below discovery discovery claim
- 1897 They went up to 49 and 50 miles above Discovery, and also staked two claims on the right fork.
- 1926 There was "No. 1 above discovery," or the land immediately adjoining the claim upon which the gold was first found up the creek ....
- 1897 They went up to 49 and 50 miles above Discovery, and also staked two claims on the right fork.