Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-03-29

location: have been in CARRIER and Thornton's |
Office five or six times probably, in the last three
weeks, on business connected with this trial; |
have been there oftener on my own business;
came here q witness in this case from Glover !
Valley; left Illinois two years ago. year ago
the 4th Of of last April; plaintiffs did not show
me copies of plats till yesterday. or the day be-
fore. being directed to do SO, he drew and re-
turned copy of what he thought was the orig
inal plat.) Levitt, Hamlin, Chamberlain and
WINS were not on the ground when locations
were made; their names were put on the notices
at Hamblins request; did the undersigning
for the absenfees at Hamlins request; wrote the
notices common white paper; wrote three
notices in all; might have written notice
for Shirts, for the Shirts lode; the notices
were all different; don't know whether
can make copy of either of the notices;
Thomas Box did not sign his name to the notice;
signed it for him; I signed Thomas NJ. Boxs
name by request of his father. lThe questioning
attorney read names from long list of purport-
ing locators of 1864, the witness generally an
swering that he had written their names at the
request of their friends and acquaintances;)
think the names were signed right under the
notices; the names were written with the No. Of
claim attached to each; took up claim for my
partner, S. s. Shut, and signed for him: his
notice was on the stake at the southwest end Of
Pulsifer's claim; Shuts claim was No. 6; can't
remember all located for who were absent;
located for my two sons in Illinois; might have
located 50 claims, in all; the Shirts lode was
recorded the same day. were two lodes located on
March 49, the Panaca and Shirts; we all had friends
and acquaintances, and we located for them; we
also located mill-site in Meadow Valley; the
notices in the record book were written to each
claimant: all that was written on the ground
went to Salt Lake, and was recorded there; Shut
thought the notices should be written separate
ly, and they were; Shut did the recording at
Salt Lake us my deputy; he was not
my Recorder on March Is; was appointed
three weeks after; the mill-site was taken up by
myself, Hsmlin, Shut, vandermark, and forget
81 rI,na Do krnlr thn
Springs ranch; wrote his notice Of location for
him. don't know whether he signed his name or
whether signed it for him.. dou't know how
many locations were taken up on Shirts lode;
probably from 40 to GO, in all; they were made
the same day of the Panaca locations; the Shirts
notices were not put up that day; think they
were afterwards: don't know why Shirts didn't
get location on the Panaca lode; he took one
discovery claim and one location claim on the
18th on the Shirts lode; don't know that he put
up any notices on that day: he was on the
ground on discovery day; with in Salt
Lake; he took up on the Shirts lode so or 60 300
foot claims he took up over 10000 feet; he gave
me notice to record think 1t was recorded ;
don't know that Shirts took out ore on discovery
| day; don't know but he staid at camp
all day; the notice he gave me had num-
Der on it named Shirts and many
others; don't know that there was
such lode as the Shirts lode of my own know
LEDGE don't know who put the names on Shirts
| notice; we did not manufacture the Shirts loca-
in Salt Lake; wrote the original OF Shirts notice;
| don't know that Shirts claims were staked on
| discovery day; think saw notice at what pur-
| ported to be discovery Of the Shirts lode on the
| evening Of the 18th; Shirts didn't borrow pen
| and ink of me; don't known where he got pen
and ink; don't know who was County Surveyor
| in 1861; didn't put in book "a" that County Sur
| veyor had surveyed the Panaca location prior to
| the adoption of the laws; wrote the claims
running northerly and southerly;" didn't spec.
lily in the record that the ground had been sur.
l .,1o f,rv ar.,lt,
think pointed out the difference between the re.
cord as it was when left it and MS it was when ex
amined by Col. Thornton; don't know who extend
| ed the plat and added the name of FitZ; added
| quite a number of names on the Mammoth ledge
recorded extensions us they were requested
sometimes added dates and sometimes didn't
the extensions were put down SO as to be dis
tingushed from the original locations the distinc
tion was marked by single line between them
many names were added to the records as exten
sions of the Panaca ledge after the first location
| 1.-THE cross-examinationc continued as to amount o
ground located by witness, the number of Lode
he claimed on, what he had done towards rep
resenting his property between 1870, why h
had left his property that length of time, etc
1t would add little, or nothing. to the fact
already elected, if we had the space to publish
it in extenso, which we have not
Mr.. Perley, of counsel for the defense
directed his Honor's attention to the fac
that Joseph E. Patten, committed tn
day previous for contempt, was walkin
the streets in charge of a Deputy Sheriff
The Judge replied that he had that priv
ilege whenever he expressed desire t.
look for the missing Meadow Valley Min
ing District records; which leaves tn
presumption that Joseph may be Looking
, for them. ........
Direct resumed. - Between 1866 and 1870
left Barber, Goodfellow, McLane and Townsen
, to look after my interests; left 800 with Town
send to be paid for representing my propert
with labor; left my two sons here when l Wen
; back; made sales to two companies the War
| kegan and Chicago, but they never accepted tn
, property; considered had not finally parte
with the property as they paid no money an
+ did nothing towards development; we differed a
Q to the run of the ledge: ] thought 1t ran in
e southwesterly direction towards whsse the re.
K ervor now Isl think the words used in the be,
: ord were "southerly' and "northerly." iva
!; | shown q copy of the record, in which they ~
\ peared "northward" and "southward.' Belle,
D this copy is correct; think now it reads in til
G record according to this copy; Hamlin told m
, the Panaca location had been surveyed; h
mentioned Ivans as the County Surveyo
: Was shown copy of the mining laws
t amended, and pronounced it correct.l
e Henry Shafer called for plaintiffs-My nan
d is Henry Shafer: was first here in &c or g.
think it was in 81; came to the Panaca shaft;
y man named Falls was with me; have not bee
t at the old shaft for year and half that sha
|
/; cut running from it 10 the northward, five
II seven feet wide; there was dump there wit
{, ore on it; wall was built on one side; the wa
t; 20 or 80 feet long, think; the cut was six
n eight feet long, or may be more; didn't measu
'. anything; owned in the ground, and examin,
lie particularly; thought the shaft was Is or
f feet deep; there We're two trees [logsl in Il
q | shaft; Falls said it had been deeper, but h,
s caved in some; Falls came with me from
r. naca; he had ranch in Meadow Valley. and tt
le records were ut his house; read the notice
n, location in the record book; read the mini
Is laws, but not at that time; when read the lay
st the book was held by a man named Townsen
~ that was in '67. U..
IN Cross-examined-1 now claim an interest
st the Panaca location; was not here before ;,
to made two locations in this district in 1870; dor
I'd know how long the trees (logsl wer. in the sha
It, the shaft was both square and round; me
q square on top than below; 1t was smaller at I
ID bottom than top; it would have been taken q,
st mining shaft; there was cut leading from t
I'd shaft ON the north side; don't remember I
10. depth OF the cut; the wall was west of the dun
re 1t ran north aud south; it was probably 30 I,
en- from the shaft; there was probably ton of {
st | out Ul ...- M
DIS Taylor Bird called for plaintiffs. first
Panaca in the Summer of 1864; went there
,w cause the Indians were bad here, and they &C
m to st. George for help Is or 10 Of US came
he the settlers assistance; found the people tn
to living in tents; there weressome families, amo
he them Lees, Atchison's and Hatch's; we bU
OK forts of sods; my party were armed; we W
on under military organization; came from
George on horseback; had baggage wagon;
he Indians stole stock. etc.' some Indians