, 1862-11-22
Mining Laws of Eureka District---Boise
Mines

Mining Laws of Eureka District---Boise
Mines.
| At meeting of the miners of Boise River
Mines, held on Nov. I'd, 1862, the following laws
were passed;
PREAMBLE.-The name of this District shall
be called Eureka, and embrace all that portion
of country drained by "Grimes' Creek" commen-
cling at what is called the "Noon Camp" and run
ming down the creek to what is known as "Jack's
Fork" including all the country drained by the
said "Grimes' Creek" between the points above
mentioned.
Article 1st Each person mining in this district
shall be entitled to hold by location one Hill one
one Flat or Bar, one Creek one Gulch, and one
Quartz claim
Article I'd. Any person or persons discovering
a Quartz Ledge or Lode shall be entitled to one
claim each by location and one by right of dis
covery.
Article 3d. Hill claims shall be two hundred
feet in front and running back to the centre of the
hill. Gulch and creek claims shall be two hun
dred feet in length running up and down the
gulch or creek and extending from Bluff to Bluff
Flat or Bar claims shall be two hundred feet
front and running back to the centre of the Hill
Quartz claims shall consist of two hundred feet
each on the Ledge or Lode with all its width
depth and angles.
Article 4th. All claims through which 20
inches OF water runs at the lowest stage shall be
considered creek claims.
Article 9TH. All persons locating claims shall
have them recorded within fourteen days from
date of such location.
Article 9th. All persons holding Hil Gulch
and Flat claims shall not be required to perform
labor thereon until the first day of May, 1861
All creek claims recorded in this district shall not
fati hp CoU Of 1inn
from the date of this meeting.
Article 7th. Each claimant shall be entitled
to run drain race through any adjoining claim
or claims also tail race, provided that the tail
ings shall be removed when required by the own
er of the ground through which such "Tail
Race may run.
Article 8th. All water bitches and
privileges whatsoever necessary for mining
and incidental purposes in this dirtrict shall be
considered and held the same as mining claims
and subject to the same regulations as to notlf-
cation or recording All persons so notifying
upon any water privilege whatsoever in this dis
trict shall have completed the same by the first
day of August 1868 or their rights to such water
privilege or privileges shall be forfeited.
Article 9th No person or persons having To-
Gated claims, or who may hereafter locate claims
in other and adjacent claims Grimes creek
shall be entitled to hold similar claims by loca-
ton in this district
Article 10th. Claims held by purchase shall
be noted as such by the Recorder, and the Re-
cord shall always exhibit copy of the Bills of
sale which shall be noticed to all the world.
Article l1th. All controversies between mi
ners in relation to mining claims shall be settled
on the claims in dispute by a meeting of the mi
ners of the district or by arbitration in the fol-
lowing manner, to-wt: Each person or con-
tending party shall choose one arbitrator and the
two arbitrators thus chosen shall choose third,
whose decision shall be in writing and be fnal.-
But in case of decision settlement of any
claim dispute by miners meeting then the ver
dict shall be given in writing to the party gaining
the case by the Chairman of such meeting.
Article 18th This district shall elect Re
corder who shall hold his office subject to remov-
al or reelection at any time by the miners OF the
district. All verdics given either by miners
meetings or arbitrators in the settlements of
claim disputes shall be recorded at an expense of
$500 to be paid by the party gaining the CASE
All Bills of sale shall be recorded at the same
rate, and for a mining claim the recording shall
be one dollar.
Article 18th. No person, unless claim hold
er in this district shall have any voice or share
in determining controversies between persons con-
tending in relation to mining claims or in the
election of Recorder.
Passed by meeting of the miners of Eureka
Mining District, on Grimes creek, Idahoe county
w. T., on the I'd day of November, 1862.
LYMAN SHAFFER, Recorder.