The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1865-05-20
MINING LAWS OF PARK DISTRICT

at q meeting Of the miners Of this District,
held on the 10th day of May 1865, at DelhaTa
Fiat, in said District the following laws and
resolutions were adopted:
ARTICLE l. This District shalLbe knoWn,as the
AtPARK DIsTRIoT.n
ART. 2. This District shall be bounded as fol
lows: Commencing at point five miles due
South Of said Flat, near Birch creek, and run
ming from thence, due West ten miles from
thence, due North,te miles from thence, due
East ten miles; from thence, due South FIVE miles
to the place OF beginning, at Delhara Flat.
ART. 3. Each person shall be entitled to hold
by location, one creek or river claim, one bar
claim, one gulch claim, onehar and one hill claim;
except the discoveries and locaters of this dis.
'trict who shall be entitled to hold one claim by
location and two additional claims each Of the
different characters, by right of discovery, and
the said discoveries claims taken up to this date,
shall not be forfeited under any consideration
h3 after.
ART. 4. Creek or river claims shall be four
hundred feet in length and extend each side ofthe
stream to a four feet raise in the bedrock gulch
claims shall be four hundred feet in length and
two hundred feet each side of the center of the
gulch !; fiat elaims shall be four hundred feet
square; hill claims shall be two hundred feet
front. running back to the summit of the hin !;
bar claims shall be four hundred feet front, rum
ming back to the raise of the hill.
ART. 5. All persons shall be allowed a drain
race through adjoining claims.
ART. 6. Each claim shall be entitled to 300 feet
square for dumping ground below.
ART. All claims Except the discoveries
Claims as mentioned in Article 50 shall be repre-
s-nted by one days laber in every seven, when not
laid over /: claims may be represented by digging
a Wat5r-dltch to convey water to said claims
saving lumber for sluiees for said claim, or build
ing cabin Persons owning two or more claims
IN company may represent the whole by per-
forming labor on any one of them,
ART. s. All creeks or rivers, and gulches shall
be allowed sufficient water to work them.
ART. g.. All persons locating ditch or water
right shall have the same recorded in the District,
aad perform labor on it within forty days after
locating.
ART. TO- All claims in the District can be laid
over IN the record book from the first of October
until the first of June.
ARL. IL. All difficulties in regard to claims
shall be settled by the Recorder, which shall be
final, and he shall receive reasonable compensa-
ton therefor.
ART. H. There shall be Recorder elected
whose duty shall be to record all claims located
and laid over and all water rights, and all bills of
sale, for which he shah be entitled to the sum of
three dollars for each claim recorded or otherwise
entered on his record.
On motion, ]. ". Park was elected Recorder.
Or motion, The following resolution was passed:
Resolved, That the Secretary be and is hereby
requested to have the above laws published in the
Idaho World.
On motion, The meeting adjourned.
j. G. DUNCAN, President.
lAttest) HENRY I. SINS Secretary.