The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-12-01

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mously elected for the Office of Recorder of the
district. Moved that the Chair appoint COM
mittee Of three (3) to draft bylaws and report
Thursday evening Nov. 4th, 1869. Messrs
/ Geo. Grant, G. J. Mulder and Geo w Klink
were appointed said committee by the Chair
On motion, the meeting adjourned to Thursday
evening, Nov. 4th, SO
JAS. TATE, President.
JEROME p. CRoss, Secretary.
Meeting met Thursday evening. Nov. 4th,
/ go, pursuant to adjournment, President Tate
| III the chair. Minutes of last meeting read
and adopted The committee on bylaws
then reported as follows, which report was
adopted:
-.y WYOMING DISTRICT MINING LAWS.
| SIC. THE district shall be known as Wy
oming Mining District, and shall be bounded
as follows, to.wit: Commencingat point on
! Crystal creek, five (5) miles south of the town
/ site on Crystal creek, and running east five
| (5) miles, thence north ten (l0) miles, thence
west ten lO) miles, thence south ten (l0)
miles, thence east five (5) miles to the point
of starting.
SIC. There shall be Mining Recorder
elected for this district, who shall hold Office
| for one year from the first day of December
after his election, unless sooner removed 10y n
new election. which can only be done 10y
written call signed 10y ut least fifty (5O) bona
.fi,ie claim holders, giving notice of new
election tO he held after said notice shall have
been posted and published for at least twenty
(2O) days i'll some newspaper published in or
near to this district; and the Recorder shall
be resident of the district.
SIC. 3-It shall Toe the duty of the Recorder
to keep III suitable book or books full and
truihfulT record of procecdin - of all public meet
ings; 10 place on record all claims brought TO
him for that purpose. recording the same in
the order of their date, for which service he
. shall receive one dollar for each claim record
ed. 1t shall also be the duty of the Recorder
to keep his books open at nil times for the in-
spcction of the public. He shall also have
the power to appoint II deputy to act in his
: stead, for whuSt, official acts he shall be held
responsible. II shall also bo the duty of the
Recorder To deliver 10 his successor In Office
. all books, records, papers, Sc., belonging To or
pertaining to his office.
SIC. All examinations of the records
must be made i'll the presence of the Recorder
or his deputy.
SIC. 5-Notice of a claim or location Of
mining ground by any individual or by IA
company, on file in the Recorders Office, shall
be deemed equivalent To 1t record of the same
/ SIC. Each claimant shall be entitled to
hOidty location two hundred (2OO) feet on
any lead in the district, with all the dips,
spurs, angles, VUrintIOnS, utishuuts, outcTops.
depths and widths, and all the mineral and
other vnlunbcs contained therein; the discov-
. orrr and locator being entitled To one claim of
two hundred (2OO) feet for discovery.
SIC. The luc.,turs of any lead, lode or
ledge in the district shall be entitled To hold
on each side of the lead, lode or ledge so To-
Gated one hundred (lOO) feet for the convent
. cnt working of the same; but this shall not be
construed to mean any distinct or parallel
ledge within two hundred (2O0) feet other
than the one originally located.
SIC. S-Al locations shall be made by a
written or printed notice posted upon the
ground, and boundaries described and all the
claimants names posted on the notice.
SIC. 9-Evcry claim, whether by individual
or company shall be recorded within ten (l0)
days after the date Of location.
SEC. lO-Thc posting of II notice on n claim
and recording the same shall be sufficient 20
hold it for sixty (G0) days from the date of loca-
ton. At or before the expiration of said
term of sixty (GO) days it shall be necessary
TO perform two (2) day work for each claim
recorded, which will hold il for one year. II
at the expiration of year two (2) days addi-
tionai work ARE not performed for each claim,
said claim shall he deemed abandoned and
opened tn relocation.
SIC. ll-Work done on any tunnel cut
drift or shaft in good fnith shall be considered
as done npon the claim owned by such person
or company.
SIC. I2-Any individual or company may
locate the waters of any Of the streams in tho
district for mill or mining purposes, but If nj
the expiration of six (G) months they have
not made one hundred 10O) dollars worth OF
improvements on such stream located by
them. their rights to such water shall bc
deemed To I've abandoned and open TO rclo.
cation.
/ SEc. l3-Locatons of water privileges shall
/ he made by posting notice on the stream
claimed, stating the amount of water claimed
and for what purpose, and recording said no
tico with the Recorder.
SIC. lt--All miners locating mining claim
| in this district, shall place thereon good anC
{ substantial monument or stake, with motto,
I thereon Of the name of the claim. the names
, Of the locators date of location and record
and extent 'of claims.
@ SIC. l5-Thc Recorder shall go upon tn,
4 ground with any and all parties desiring hin
e to do sO who wish TO locate claims, and shnl
: he cntitled to receive for such services on
] dollar for each and every name in n location
: Of two hundred (20O) feet caCh
SIC. 1G-It is hereby made the duty Of tn
Mining Recorder, upon the written request o
: twenty-five (25) miners. 90 call meeting Il
o the miners of the district by giving notice q
Il ten (lO) days through some newspaper, or b.
y posting "a notice in three (3) conspicuou
Il places in the district, which notices shall stat
i the object of the meeting and the time an
! place Of holding the same.
!. SEC. 17--Placer clnms shall consist Of tw
i hundred (20O) feet in length. and shall oxton
II from summit To summit of the gulch, aud n
Il laws passed previous to the passage of thcs
laws regarding placer mines shall be interfere
with.
II Sgc. 1S--No rights acquired under thes
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