Arizona miner., 1866-05-09
h Ae Di.l,let co19t. sd Jasleial Di.t,.e.

n Ae District C0fBt. sd saSiciai Dis4y;k
 iasapai Lou.'g Ie-rlsosV of 4Siso,a. Before HoH. ". 7 Turner, Jn9ge ef said Court \ Van. (. smith, w. S Liiile. wn Cole. R ".
 Groom. Vim. FOry. E. W YanPaitt-s ! P Har. grave, II Brooks, J. C. Dunn, and J. W. Knott.
 piAintiiis and claimants ofthe Sterling Lode
 Come now the abovc named plaintifs. by their attorney. Jahlcs Anderson and for cssise of com. plaini aver G. follows, viz
 lst. That on or about the --th day uf Novefn. ber' A. D. lsiA Che said plaintiffs Smifh Liifln Cole aud Groom. ii-cOres,-d io,lted recrrded and became the O~uesz and pOssessOfs ss tenant. in common, and since saia date the lasyr of said plainffs have likewise become with rsern owners and POsses-Ofs a. tenant. iii commOn. by legal cOuyeyances duly recorded. in and to the follou- ing describcd mining grounds, rig9iis Or fanchis- cs, to-wit:
 A certain vein or lode Of gold isarfnY ouar,z irvtn ivr iO irii frt TjiE siruatei n rTe Hassa- yatnpa Mining District n said county about two miles south of Quartz Mountain, and hve miles sOHth-Westerly from the town of Prescott and one mile north-vcsterly from what is known as the [" Old Store, the Hassavamta river. said mine including and being composed CT one claim for discovery and four by pre-emption, er-h being sin hundred feet In length, and having three hun dred and hny feet on the northeast side and twO n1sr,ifv,i anu sii, f; t- sDutI.wcsf side run. ming parallel with the said eein, with all dips spurs, angles, side veins and feeders, coniainod within said space. said space being marked hv
 
 said vein having general course about S 55 deg E. and N s deg. W, sad having fof h. initial point post in a mOund Of rock in the Sterling r4yine, abnut twenty feet above sher. the said vein said rayine, from thence southeast erly flteeu hundred feet to juniper tree on tho southeast side of a rayine, for the selihern limit and from said pOst nOrth-wcsterly fifteen hundred ! feet 10 a mound rock on near the vein for the northern limit, said mine being located recorded \ siId knozn as the Sterling Lode 1H That safd F,1afufff41 i'm HLo A.. owners and pOssessors of a certain tract of land, containing 9ot exceeding one hundred and sixty acrps lying adjacent to said mine lOcaird and rr- corded auxiliary tO said mine on or about the 7th November. 1865, and suitable For q mill site and other works DecessaTy thereto, and to tine Op- erating Of said mine. Said lands bt4ng described and founded as follows, to.wii: Situated on Indian Greek, about five miles south Of said Prescott, commencing al pine tree a point of ridge about one hundred yards distant in a \. W. direction from the Sterling cabin. at tbe mouth Of said Sterling rarine, and running sOuth { chains to Sterling ravine runs east, 70 chains to large juniper tree in a raviBe which runs ucrfl- ' cast thence e~st 8 chains to Eagle creek runs south, % chains 70 a walnut tree about eight ncl- es in diameter, the west bank of Indian cT1e4s and on the east side and near the tran leading from Prescott 10 said " Old Store" thence north % chains so i;;e Tree, thence ~es, g chains ;o Eagle creek runs south, 70 eliaiBs to the place Of commencement.
 
 and about hfty feet from said Sterling rsvine, claimants have caused to be sunk a ghaft thirty feet in depth, sud averaging five by six feet in width. in manner 70 Gs tO test and which does tcst said vein from the surface.
 sth. That upon said auxiliary hands claimant have caused work and improyenents 10 be mad thereon in fitting the same for mill and e!hc- reduction works, 10 the yalnt of one hundred dol lars.
 Jlh. That upon the completion of the aforesaid work and Improvements plaintiffs notified the re- rs,f,if f ss.. sss..:. q: .l.=l -ast and that ttey intended 10 hold and work said mine, and tO maintain possession and use said lands sHxilia- " thereto.
 And thereupon the said recorder made sp eT aminaiiOu of said works and improvements, aEi of the limits O; said auxiliary lands in person, and duly certified the result Of saeh exnfnnallon, and recorded ihe same and fherTis certified that plain 9 tiiis had in all respects complied with the aT D and as syered hersin by eszsaants 0 9th That claimants have ever since said disco' cry and location and nov are in the actual exclu sIYe possession of said mines and lands, that thl same is not embraced in any organized mining dstrief
 Wherefore and bs reason of the premise plaintiffs pray il1; the title n said mines and aux
 liary lands be hy decree confirmed In them, and that they have snch other and further reilei as they may be entitled tO in law and equity. ,, JAMES ANDERSON, L Attorney for claimants. q On reading the foregoing complaint, and oH q motion of James Anders0n, attorney for com f pIAinanis ordered that summons isene in sad