The Nevada journal., 1853-06-24
Mining Laws Gold Rum District

JUNE 10Th. A. D. 1858.
| At regular meeting of the miners oi
the Gold Flat Mining District, R. G
McCutcheon was called to the chair and
L. w. Williams appointed Secretary
The following laws and regulations were
adopted l.r
Arr. LIST. This district shall be known
by the name Of the Gold Fiat Mining
District, bounded as follows Com
mencing at the Bridge crossing Gold
Run; the road being the line in wes-
terly direction to Fordyee's ditch. follow
ing the ditch in souther'y direction to
the summit of the dividing ridge, be-
tween Gold Flat and Wolf Creek;
thence in an easterly direction to Will
liam's reservoir near Canada Hill; thence
in ncrtherly direction to Hirst's saw
mill !; thence westerly to the starting
point; amended to include Peck's ra-
vine and Little Wolf Greek.
ART. I'd. Each miner in this district
may hold one slnice and Cayote claim by
location and as many more as he has al
readyor may hereafter purchase -proyi-
ding he has bona fde bills of sale.
ART. Sd. All sluice claims shall be
100 feet SQUARE, and all Cayote claims
shall be 60 feet square.
ART. 4th No person or persons title
shall hold good on any mining claims in
this district, unless the following rules
are complied with. First, if the said
claim or claims held by any person, are
workable, and can be worked to advan-
tage, the owner shall do at least one
full days work in every ten days upon
the same. Second, if the claims of any
person cannot be worked for want Of wa
ter, or on account of draining, or other
unavoidable casualty the person own
ing the same may take stay upon them
in the following manner viz: He shall
furnish the Recorder of the district with
particular description of the said Min
ing Lots, and where the same are stu
ated and the reason why he wishes to
take stay upon them whereupon the
Recorder shall record the same in
book to be kept by him for that purpose,
and give to the owners Of said lots cer-
ti6cate Of the same with the length Of
time for which the stay has been taken,
which said stay shall in no case be gran
ted for more than three months at one
time, but the same may be renewed at
the expira ton of the time for which the
stay was taken. that is, if the impracti-
cability of working the same shall still
exist. The person or persons so taking
stay for Mining Lots shall pay to the
Recorder the sum of SO cents for each
lot by him recorded, and certificate of
stay and also for each renewal of said
stay he shall pay the sum of one dollar
to the Recorder.
ART. 5th Work done upon one lot,
where lots adjoin each other or upon
drain ditch, or other necessary labor for
the purpose of working claims, shall be
the same as working on all the claims
held by any person or persons.
ART 9th. There shall be Recorder
elected by the miners Of said district
whose term of Office shall be for one year
from the date of his election whose
duty it shall be to record all claims and
give certificates of the same that are
presented to him for the purpose of TAX
ing stay upon them, and also it shall
be, the duty of the said Recorder to stick
up in his Office, description Of, and the
names of owners of all Mining Lots, on
which stay has been taken with the date
of such stay and for what length of time.
ART 7th. All water running in its
natural channel belongs to the miners
on said channel, each miner having a
right to use the same on his own ground,
but shall not be allowed to dam up the
same in the day time when there is a
sluice head running. aei9
ART. 9Th. No person shall dam wa
ter on his own ground SO as to overflow
| the ground Of another that may have
claims above him.. -.fi a
ART. 9th. All disputes and difficulties
between miners for the ownership of
mining ground or for damages done, in
all and every case where a suit at law
might arise respecting mining interests
shall be settled by arbitrators, each par
| ty to choose man and they two to
choose third arbitrator. o .
ART. 10th. No fees shall be paid to
arbitrators or witnesses for their seryi-
ces as per Article 9th.
ART. 1lth. If either party shall feel
himself aggrieved at the decision of any
arbitration he may take an appeal to
the recorder of the district, who shall
place in a box, the names of "a miners
of the district, and shake them, then
draw out, and the first six names drawn
shall constitute a jury for the trial of
the case whose decision shall be final.
AkT. 18th. But if the six drawn per-
sons for the jury cannot all be had any
tother persons may FIJI the vacancy that
the parties may agree on. na
ART. 18th. To administer oaths and
when an appeal shall come before him,
he shall swear the jury and alse all wit
nesses for said trial. ~
ART. 14th. 1t shall be the duty of
witnesses and jurors to appear before
the Recorder on being cited to do 30
verbally by either party in the suit.
ART 18th. Each party to any suit be-
fore the Recorder shall pay his own wit