Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-03-28


line between Pulsifer and Thomas
Box; it contained the names of Thomas
NJ. Box, Jefferson Box, Josephine Box,
myself and others-10 or IL names in all
on that notice; the ground was stepped
off; there were l, $50 feet between the
outside notices; we then called meeting
at the Warm Springs, in Meadow Valley;
Hamlin, Thos. Box, Sill, Vandermark,
Shirts and myself were present; the place
is 10 or II miles southeast of here; the
ashes OF an old corral that was burned
down there enables me to identify the
spot; we then and there organized q
mining district; Hamlin was chair
man of the meeting; the laws we pass
ed were reduced to writing; do not
know where the laws now are; last saw
them in Meadow Valley; was the first
Recorder; had custody of the notices,
records, etc.; was elected March IL, 1864;
procured my books in Salt Lake city;
/ was Recorder 2 years; copied into
the record book the Panaca location; l
wrote in the book the notices, names of
locators and plat; do not know who the
original mining laws were written by;
had the papers on which the notices
were written; brought copy of the
laws adopted from Salt Lake City; got
them of Gen. Connor; they had been
adopted in Bingham Canyon, Utah; l
recorded them in the record book; the
records contained the laws, notices and
names of locators; there were three
books-the LIST, the original record,
marked ga" which was an account
book of ordinary size and thickness, the
| first few pages having been written on,
the 81 was thicker account book, and
the Sd was a merchants index book;
kept the books for years; then gave
them to David Sandersop, my successor
in Office; those books were all l
had except original copies; l
had n copy of the consolidation
contract; 1 gave copy to San
derson; also gave Box copy Of the
consolidation contract; / saw the books
often after Sanderson got them: saw
them often in 1866. and also in Novem-
Der, 1870; Sanderson was, think, Re
corder one year; think Falls succeeded
him; John H. Ely succeeded Falls; in
1870 the records were in Henry Ray
mond's possession; he was deputy OF
Ely; l then examined them; the
Panaca notice was the same in 1870 as
when originally recorded, with two ex-
ceptions-.Fitz' S name had been added,
and an extension made to the plat repre-
senting 600 feet; March 18th, 1864, when
we first visited the location, P. Shirts,
Vandermark, Thos Box, Hamblin, Sill,
and myself were together; promised to
give Hamlin the first choice and the
amount of ground be got; the $50 feet were
his for the Pulsifer claim; he controlled
us in its location; Shut my deputy, did
the writing; it was a correct record; after
recording we went off for provisions:
started to return to Salt Lake on March
18th; the day of location we did some
work; worked at the point Of discovery,
II or Is feet northeast of the present
Panaca shaft; dug hole feet deep; we
took out galena ore; the same ore
is there now; had no books when we
started to Salt Lake; got books in Salt
Lake; took the notices with me; they
were copied in Salt Lake; brought the
books with me when came back; got
back on the LIST of June; Vandermark,
McClusky, Sanderson, Shut Ralston,
Thos. NJ. Box, and think man named
Tandy returned with me; forget the
) others; we came to Meadow Valley; we
came up here to the mine, and went te
mining VII oAoNo'Shs Asoiotoh
, Shut. Vandermark, Harris, Townsend
} and Vernilion did little work on dis
covery; took out 2 or 3 tons of ore; VT
ran cut west of south from discovery II
} or Is feet and opened an ore body, we
stripped the ore and left it; we sunk the
present shaft southwest of discovery from
Is to 20 feet deep, and took out galena ore
all the way down; the work was done in
, Inn on1 T,,1,, 1874. h,,r
gagged in doing the work.. N. Wander
mark, s. 5. Shut, j. H. Ralston, Thos
M. Box, VIM. Hamlin and myself, and
! Barton was hired by Thomas Box
; we worked there till driven off by the
Indians; We went 20 or 25 feet south Of
, what is now the Panaca shaft, and ran O
cut easterly 10 feet deep; the indians
| troubled us necessarily; stole and ran
off our stock; we finally got II military
escort of 25 men; they left about the
, middle Of the summer; we made the
Indians presents, to keep them quiet
, the soldiers went off with the Indian
Agent; we then, in the latter part OF
| July, 1864, moved down into Meadow
: Valley, near where Panaca now is
, there were several families living there
: at the time; we staid there all the com
: ing fall and winter, guarding ourselves
against an Indian attack; we built q fort
and fortified ourselves; staid in the
3 country to hold my mines, the Panact
, location and others; had interests il
: Mammoth, Creole, Vernilion and othel
, lodges; went back to the Panaca mine
e after having been driven away by til,
9 Indians in the fall of 1864, but did no
q work; came back to see what could b.
e done; the Indians threatened to kill II.
if we did not leave; came back in 1861
g and 1866, but the Indians We're too hostil,
r for us to do anything; they were Digger
/ and Piutes; they killed stock and stole
n provisions; don't know that am tim
!; id man; they drew weapons on us; al
S Indian killed II man in the fall of 1865
It with his rife, on the Pahranagat road
$ he was going from Meadow Valley Il
Il Hike, and had got IS miles west o
4 Panaca and about 80 west of Pioch,
n when he was shot; he was a minel
# named Rogers; the indians said he was
d thus killed; his body was found; tn
IL perpetrator was hung by the miners ant
: settlers in Meadow Valley and Pahrana
h gait in 1864 we sunk the shaft; neve
e worked my mine after that; sold it il
r the winter of '65 and &c; retained a,
n interest under the consolidation contract
% drew up that contract; wrote it will