The Nevada journal., 1854-08-11
Mining Laws.

MlninS Laws
At meeting held by the miners of Little
Deer Greek on Saturday, Aug. 5th, 1854, the
following laws were adopted
Art. l. This district shall be known by the
name OF Little Deer Creek mining district,
bounded as follows: On the north and west by
Big Deer Greek, on the south by Gold district,
and on the east by Donkeyville district.
Art. z. Each miner in this district may hold
slulce and Cayo,e claim by location and as
many more as he has or may hereafter purchase,
provided be has bona file bill of sale.
Art 3. All sluice claims shall be one hun
dred feet up and down the creek, from bank to
bank, and all Cayote claims sixty feet square.
Art 4. No person or persons title shall hold
good on mining claim. in the district unless
the following rules are complied with. First,
| if the said claim or claims held by any persons
can be worked to advantage. the owner shall
do one full days work in every ten days upon
the same. Secondly if the claims fany person
or persons cannot be worked to advantage on
account of draining or any other cause, the per-
son or persons owning the said claims may take
a stay upon them in the following manner, viz {:
He shall furnish the recorder of the district
with description of the said mining lot, and
where tn e same are located, and the reason
of wishing to take stay upon them; the
recorder shall record the same in book to be
kept by him for that purpose and give to the
owner or owners of the said lot, certificate of
the same with the length of time for which the
stay has been taken, which said stay shall in no
case be granted for more than three months at
one time The same may be renewed at the
expiration of the time for which the stay was
take, that IT fha nfu
the same shall still exist. The person or per-
sons taking stay for mining lots shall pay to
the recorder the sum of fifty cents for each claim
oy hlm recorded and certificate of stay. For
each renewal of said stay he or they shall pay
the sum Of one dollar to the recorder
Art. Work done upon one lot. where lots
other necessary labor. for the purpose of work
ing claims, shall be the same as working on all
the claims held by any person or persons.
Arts There shall be recorder elected by
the miners of the said district whose term of
office shall be one year from date of his election.
His duty shall be to record claims and give
certificates of the same that are presented to
him for the purpose of taking a stay upon them.
Art. T. All water running in its natural chan
mel belongs to the miners on said channel each
miner having right to use the same on his
own ground, but shall not be allowed to dam
! the same on his ground so as to overflow the
ground of another that may have clans above
him.
Art. 8. All disputes and difficulties between
miners for ownership of mining ground or for
damage done in all and every case, where a suit
at law might arise, respecting mining interest,
shall be settled by arbitration each party to
choose man, and the two to choose the third
arbitrator.
Art. g. No fee shall be paid to arbitraters or
witnesses for services as per Art 8th
Art. 10. If either party are dissatisfied at
the decision of any arbitration, they may take
an appeal before the recorder of this district
He shall make out list of eighteen miners Of
the district, giving each party a privilege oi
erasing six names; the remaining shall consti
tute a jury for the trial of the case whose deci-
sion shall be final.
Art. H. If the number of persons for the
| jury cannot be had in the district, any other
persons may fill the vacancies that the parties
may agree on.
Art. r. 1t shall be the duty Of the recorder
when an appeal comes before him, to swear the
jury; also all the witnesses for the said trial.
Art. l3, 1t shall be the duty of witnesses and
jurors to appear before the recorder on being
verbally notified by either party in the suit.
Art. IA. Each party to any suit before the
recorder shall pay their own witnesses in the
case. The said witnesses ehall not be bound to
appear or give testimony unless his fee has been
rendered him, which shall be three dollars for
each case
Art Is. Each Juror in an appeal case before
the recorder shall be entitled to three dollars
for each case.
Art 10. Each party to the suit shall deposit
with the recorder the sum of twenty-three dol
lars previous to the trial. and the final hearing
OF the suit the recorder shall retain five dollars
for his services and pay the jury eighteen dol.
lars for the trial of the case and return to the
successful party in the suit the sum he or thev
deposited.
Art. II. Any person who shall violate or re-
fuse to bego erned by the foregoing laws in this
district, shall not be entitled to hold anv min.
ing ground in the said district.
Art IL. These laws may be altered or amen
ded at q regular meeting of the miners of this
district Notice of said meeting shall be posted
and signed by at least eight names in the said
district ten days previous to the meeting.
Art. l9. George Davis was unanimously cleo
ted Recorder of the district for the term of one
year.
Art. 20. Resolved, That this code of laws be
signed by the Recorder and Secretary, and be
published in the Nevada papers ~--
G. 3. DENSMORE, Pres
WM. H. FURr, Secy.
democrat please copy and send bill to this
Office
From Salt Lake.
Lieutenant Beckwith, of the overland
surveying party. arrived at San Francisco
on tho 9d inst from Colt .l,a 80 A. .