San Andreas independent., 1856-12-27
Mining Laws.
adopted By the Mmers Of San Andreas District
at q Public Meeting held June 18Th, 1856.
BOUNDARY I

III u L ttOtfC 1utcCGty HeCU u UUe lOW, 1000.
BOUNDARY.
l. On the North by Murray's Creek. and on
the East, South and West, to include all of the
Territory drained by San Andreas Creek and
its Tributaries.
2. All Mining Claims, shall be properly de-
signated, by conspicuous stakes.
3. Claims for Shaft Dggings shall be one
hundred feet square.
4. A Tunnel Claim shall be one hundred feet
wide, running through the hill but no Com
pany shall hold more than one hundred feet to
each Member of the Company, when running
with the lead, or in pay-dirt.
5. A Gulch Claim shall be one hundred feet
square.
feet square.
I. Any person or persons discovering New
Diggings, shall be entitled to an extra Claim for
the discovery.
s. All Miners, on application, shall have the
right to examine adjoining Claims to prevent
encroachments.
8. All Mining Claims shall become forfeited
by being abandoned, or not worked for three
consecutive days, except in case of sickness,
provided water can be obtained for working
the same.
10. All Claims in Shafts or Tunnels, or any
Claims that have been worked in the dry season
shall be considered workable from June 1st,
until November lst.
IL. All Ridd1ings and Tailings shall be
deemed abandoned, and become forfeited, three
days after the abandonment of the Claim from
which they have been taken, provided they are
not worked, if workable.
u. All persons shall be entitled to hold, at
the same time, Sluice Claim, and Claim in
Deep Diggirgs, provided he works the same
according to law.
13. Persons holding Claims, where water
cannot be Immediately obtained, shall keep a
notice on the same, renewed every ten days, or
have the same Recorded, by a Recorder chosen
for that purpose, by the Miners, which shall
hold good until water can be obtained.
IA. All Claims to be Recorded shall be done
SO, by the owner or owners, IN person. of the
same.
Is. All Laws or parts of Laws conflicting
with the above are hereby repealed, and from
this date rendered void.
Adopted June Sth, SO. oct25-3m
RSga A Card publication lately ap-
peared in the San Francisco Uerald instigated
by representations from W. F. McDermott, who
recently held the Postoffice at his place, Cross
ing of the Calaveras, Mokelumne Hill Road
Said publication sets forth, among other things
that the Office has been removed from neigh
UOIHOOu WHICH ueprlVeS ~ Jnlckly SeCtleu scope
of country, some twenty miles in extent of post
al benefits 1t also says that the Office is now
located at house of bad drepute, kept as gam
bling and dance house, and general head
quarters of rowdies. All this deny. Thepub-
lication spoken of, also says that petition has
been forwarded to the Department to have the
office re-established at McDermott's signed by
near one hundred names Now, the truth is,
most of those who signed this petition, l have
seen myself, and have their statement that they
did not sign a petition for the re-establishment
of the office at McDermott's but with the un-
derstanding that the Office was to be brought
| above McDermotts, or at least nearer their set
tlement; and that the petition sets forth what
is claimed for it, it was without their knowledge
or consent. The whole statement which ap-
peared in the Herald of the 10Th of November
is false. A baser fabrication could not well be
imagined than that regarding the present loca-
ton of the Office. | deem further denial of
this libel unnecessary az the character of the
man who perpetrates it is too well known to
have any effect upon my standing in a commu-
nifty where have resided for years.
DANIEL w. TANNING.
Stockton November 8, 1867