Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-03-30

corded which were dated back long prior to the
time of entry. Witness requested to make copy
OF the notice put on the north stake. Makes it,
and il is signed by the Judge for future Identifies
tion.l There were more Eames put on the no.
tice, but forget them. Shown what purported
to be plat made OH March 49, Mr.. Sherwood
made plat on the 18th; didn't see the plat until
We got to Salt Lake; believe that Is. to the best
of my recollection, the plat saw in Salt Lake,
or one just like it; something very much like it
was put in the record in Salt Lake; prior to
March IT there had been no survey of
the Panaca location to the best Of my
knowledge; we went to the Shirts location on
the road home, and think We saw notice up
there; didn't see Sherwood or any one else stake
off 30 or GO claims ON the Shirts lode that day;
don't know that he added names to the Shirts
lode in Salt Lake; he would add locations in
Salt Lake as the claimants OF ground requested;
the copy OF the plat (Thornton's) is same as the
original with the addition of an extension of
600 feet and the name of Fitz; to the best of my
recollection it is true copy, with thoss excep-
tions.
Direct resumed-Sherwood brought copy of
the mining laws here with him: don't know
that Sherwood made the plat on the ground on
the 18th; told him he had better make plat
ON the ground; think he did SO; 1 first saw the
plat in Salt Lake; Clark, a surveyor, came here
the following june didn't see him survey, but
saw the stakes he set; don't know where Clark
now is; he surveyed the ground for the holders
of the Panaca claims; there was o stake between
ant this survey and stalking was in accordance
with the original agreement, consolidation
contract; the line of this survey ran little east
of the reservoir the hill: never heard the laws
we passed objected to; we among ourselves al
ways respected the metes and bounds made by
Clark; the laws were recognized as long as the
records were open and in existence.
Cross-examined-The Meadow Valley laws
were recognized until the Ely district was
formed; DON'T of my own knowledge, know
that the Ely district organization had distinct
class of valid laws; think the Meadow Valley
laws hold good Us to all ground located under
them; Clark's survey understood to be to give
each man his ground according to the intention
of the original location; don't know that he
measured any other than the Panaca lode; think
his services were procured by Sherwood and
Box.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
II. r. Chamberlain called for plaintiffs. II
reside in Eagle Valley; know where the Pan
AGA location is; was at it in 1865, in the summer;
there was shaft there then about Is feet deep;
I saw cut near the shaft; don't remember what
side; think 1t was from six to ten feet deep, and
twenty to forty feet long; saw a rock wall near
the shaft; can't say how long the wall was.
Cross-examined-I don't know who did the
work. of my own knowledge; was one of the To-
Gators of the Hamlin claim.
Thomas Box called for plaintiffs.-First came
here about March II, 1864 it WAS rumored at my
home in Salt Lake that there were rich mines
down here; we had some Of the ore-said to be;
P. Shirts was the author Of the story; we came
| to find those mines; took my team; there were
| Sherwood Vandemark, p Shirts, Thomas NJ.
| Box and myself; didn't find mines where We
| expected to; heard Hamln had found mines over
here; called on him; he agreed to show it to us;
| we started to the place indicated day ahead OF
Hamin; arrived and made camp at the hot
springs in Meadow Valley; the next day one staid
| in camp and the others came up here myself,
| Sherwood and Vandemark came up here and
| found Hamlin and Sill on the groud; when we
| got there Hamlin was picking in an ore deposit
| and had taken out several hundred pounds;
! there WAS 10 feet of galena ore exposed there;
! Hamlin told us a couple had previously been
there and surveyed the ground: this was I think
March II, 1864; Sill was with Hamin, and
seemed to be interested; he showed me some
| old stakes; said they Were set by the surveying
party; Sherwood had been explaining to Hainlin
miners rules while l was off with Sill; told
Hamlin he had copy of mining code; Ham
| lin agreed to adopt those laws in consideration
| that he and Sill should have choice of ground
| it was marked by stakes; stake was put up al
the point of discovery; he got discovery claim
200 feet, and $50 feet more for Pulsfer; he also
got 200 feet more on the other side Of discovery
Sherwood then went to writing notices in nc
cordance with agreement; giving hamlin wha
he claimed; there are landmarks there now
understand, such as big rock and a cut; hrs
notice was put up at the discovery claim; Is o
20 feet north of the present Panaca shaft was
stake claimed for discovery; We did not know
the course Of the lude thought it would rul
southwest we stepped off the ground i'll
southwesterly direction; 200 and 100 feet meas
ured that way for Hamlin and Pusifer; then W
put down stake and notice on it, and WI
measured our ground on southwesterly; at tn
southwest extremity we put down anothe
stake and notice; then returned and stepped of
Hamlns ground; saw Sherwood and Sill set
stake and put notice on it, on the northeast TO
Hamlin; then went to camp, first making min
utes of what had been done and agreed to; Ham
lin and Sill then went with us to the camp a
Warm Springs; the next morning we called
meeting Hamlin was Chairman and Sherwoo'
Secretary; We made a district, and laws wer
adopted from the copy brought by Sherwood
some amendments We're made to the laws pre-
scented by Sherwood; laws We're adopted section
by section every man sanctioned the organize
ton of Meadow Valley district; all partie
agreed that the records Of the Panaca Location
should be according to the appropriation O
ground the day previous; We had copies OF tn
notices; had written down what each man wa
to have; l went to Salt Lake because it was In
home; then We had no provisions or tools; GU
supplies were scant On the 18th; at SAT- Lake
according to agreement We assembled together
Mr.. Shut coming in Us Sherwood's partner
then copied all We had done into recor
book; making the record was the first thin
done in salt Lake; we compared the record
with the originals and found the recording col
rectly done; Mr.. Shut did the writing as Shei
woods Deputy; We had elected Sherwood Re
cOruer III MEADOW valley, we tnen aSreeu 10 4
back and work the Panaca mines; organized y
expedition, buying tools and provisions; rig
r ged up two teams and loaded thel
5 with most Of the things for the exped
: ton; the majority got here, think,
or sixteen days after starting; they went to wor
. on Panaca ledge; there were Sherwood, Vandt
mark, Shut Thos NJ. Box, and q black ma
, named Barton (for mel; staid back a few day
on account of sickness; when l arrived some or
had been taken out; they were stripping tn
e ledge; they had worked also on the present P,
t naca shaft; the shaft was Is or 20 feet from tn
t northeast boundary; didn't see the discover
: stake when got in; the southwest stake was a
J | right, with the notice; continued to work ii
q the 18th or 10th of July, believe; sank
shaft II or 10 feet deep, and traced little vel
9 of ore from that shaft; we quit work on al
J, count of Indians; the Indians had stolen stoc
o and were threatening; interpreter told us the
l. didn't want us to take this country; q coltrat
q was entered into by the owners of the Pana6
: ledge think this was in June, GA; it write
/, | by Sherwood it was recorded by Shut; don
v know what became of the original; it was LEI
/. | with Sherwood as Recorder; can't now produt
J. it; have copy ut home; we all signed it at Il
y Mountain Spring.
!: Cross-examined-My home is in Salt Lal
!. and has been for IA years; was here in Il
), summer of 1870; hadn't before been here sim
j July, 1864; was not here personally; met yt
u and others on the ground in 1870; showed W
: the Panaca ground; Vandemark and didn't di
10 agree over three or four feet in 1870 to whe
1t the discovery shaft was; have no interest
K | the Panaca ground; sold my interest in Il
N Panaca three times; will sell to you again,
lie YOU want it; sold to Henry Raymond and Jol
,e Ely; sold to Raymond Il Ely in 1871; cal
in tell the exact date without reference to paper
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