Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-12-11

ze ourselves into company properly
and fully for the better prosecuting our
work.
In testimony whereof We have here
unto set our hands and seals, this second
day of July, A. d. 1864.
WILLIAM H. HAMBLIS,
THGs. N. Box,
STEPHEN SHERWOOD,
JACOB N. VANDERMARx,
SAMUEL S. SHUT,
THos. Box.
At the time this instrument was drawn
and signed, WIN. Pulsifer was absent
from the district, but Hamblin, who
claimed to represent him, promised that
he would either join in the contract, or
that he (Hamblin) would procure con-
veyance Of his ground and bring it into
the consolidation.
At the request of the parties who did
sign, the instrument was recorded in
Book A, Of the Mining Records Of Mea-
dow Valley District. Thereafter work
was continued by the parties to the con-
tract as above stated, until the last of
July, the larger portion Of the work being
done subsequent to July I'd.
On the 18th of July Hamblin procured
deed from Pulsifer, in which Pulsifer
conveyed to him one hundred and fifty
feet OF the Panaca lode, describing it as
an undivided interest of thirteen hum
dred and fifty feet embracing the discov.
cry claim.
Towards the last of July. all but five or
six of the miners had left the vicinity Of
the Panaca mine.
The supplies of the company had be-
gun to run short. They had found that
the mine could not be worked profitably
at such distance from any source Of
supplies, and in the unsettled condition
of the country, without better appliances,
requiring larger capital than they could
command. The Indians, too, had be-
come troublesome, stealing their ami
mails and threatening their lives. I'm.
der these circumstances, they oil re-
turned to the Mormon settlements in
other parts of Utah. except Sherwood
who remained in the district at Meadow
Valley, where small Mormon settle
ment had been formed in May previous
and where they were then in July, forti
flying themselves against the Indians
Sherwood remained there until the Au
tumn of the following year.
In the mean time on the 18th of July
1864, in view OF q contemplated suspen
sion Of work the miners Of Meadow Val
ley district met and passed the following
amendments to the mining laws:
All claims in the district which hav'
been or shall be properly located and dul,
recorded shall be and are hereby declared
real estate and not subject to relocation
Resolved, That article fifth 18th sew
enth 7th and twelfth 18th of the olt
laws, relating to the representing o
claims are hereby repealed.
After the members of the Panaca com
pany left the ground the last of July
1854, no further work was done on tn
vein, until in September, 1865, whe,
Vandermark did few hours work clean
ing out the shaft for the purpose of hav
ing the mine inspected by party tina
he was trying to induce to invest in it.
Sherwood remained in Meadow Valle
till the Autumn of 1865, when he starte,
to the Eastern States for the purpose Q
trying to enlist capital in the develop
ment OF the Psnaca. In the Spring G
1866 he returned with man who cam
to examine the mine for party of Iii
nois capitalists who were contemplatin
an investment in it.
The report of this man was highly ia
vorable, but rumors of Indian disturban
ces caused the negotiations to be broker
off.
In the latter part of 1866, Sherwoo
started again to the East, leaving maj
at Meadow Valley to look after his min
ing claims, including the Panaca, an
furnishing him with hundred dollars
for the purpose Of having some furthe
work done on them.
fro BE coNTINuED.l