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

The above is copy of the claims and
and the names OF the owners interested,
which runs one hundred aud fifty feet
more or less from the discovery stake, to
stake placed in the ground by Thomas
Box southwark from discovery stake,
and northwest eight hundred feet more
or less from discovery stake, to a stake
set in the ground by Stephen Sherwood,
this 18th day of March, A. d. 1864.
Stephen Sherwood Recorder, per S. S.
Shut, Deputy"
lowing the plat, the words discovery
stake were no doubt used by mistake
instead Of discovery claim The plat
also probably contains something which
were not on the notices as posted.
The statement in the first part of the
record that the plat had been surveyed,
etc, was based upon something said on
the l7th of March, by Hamblin or Gill, to
the effect that there had been a sort Of
survey of the old claims by the surveyor
Of Washington county, Utah.
The record which was actually made in
Salt Lake City in April, 1864, was dated
back to March 18th, when Sherwood first
received the notices as Mining Recorder.
The claim of Thomas Box, which CON-
menced at the southern end of the Pulsi-
fer claim was recorded in the following
This certifies that Thomas Boz claims,
by pre-emption, two hundred feet in
length by one thousand in width on the
Panaea silver lead, as claim number two
[2 southwark from discovery claim,
This 18th day Of March, A. d. 1864.
STEPHEN SHERWOOD, Recorder,
per s. s. SHUT, Deputy"
Immediately following the above comes
the erecord of the claims OF Thomas NJ. Box,
No. 3, south; Stephen Sherwood, No. 4,
south; j. N. Vandermark, No. 5, south
>. S. Shut, No. 6,south, and large mum.
Der of Others in consecutive mum.
bers, all similar to the claim of Thos
Box. Some OF these recorded claims-al
in fact, after No II, south-were never
madsiby any act Of location on the ground
but were simply put upon the record q,
the request of parties who thought thai
would constitute location.
After making these records and finding
themselves with two or three Thousand
dollors worth Of supplies, the Salt Lake
party, considerably augmented in mum
bers, returned to the Meadow Valley
Mining District.
Sherwood brought with him the record
book and the files OF his Office, and es
tablshed himself as Recorder of the dis
trlct. From that time until the organi "a
ton Of the Ely District out of portion
Of the Meadow Valley District, Sherwood
and his successors in Office, or thei
linn in ha lictr; ~.
those records were recognized as the dis
trict records.
1t was the 2d of June, 1864, that tk,
n Salt Lake party returned and resumet
u work on the Panaca vein. Early in tn
same month Sherwood and Hamblin EN-
q ployed q surveyor to make an accurat
survey of their claims on the Panaca
and those of their colocators, and to re
set the boundary stakes according to col
rect measurements
The surveyor first marked upon
cedar tree in the vicinity the bearing an
distance OF the discovery stake. Thsl
starting from that point, he claimed tw
hundred feet south, one hundred an,
seventy feet west, and adjusted tn
stake at the south line of Hamblin's dis
covery claim. Next he measured, on th
same course, one hundred and fifty fec
and set stake for the south line Of tn
fulsifer claim No. l, south, which
marked and numbered. In the sam
way he measured off the next ten Q
Twelve claims OF two hundred fect each
setting stakes and marking and number
ing them as claim No. 2, No. 3, ett
lhen he returned to the discovery stake
and measured distance of eight hur
ared feet in an opposite direction an
set another stake. 1t was found in reset
llhg these stakes that the original meas
hrements by stepping were correct with
IN few feet During the months {
June and July, 1853, large amount c
WORK was done by Sherwood, Wander
marx, the Boxes, Shut and Hambli
On the groupings Of the ledge at and nee
discovery point. They sunk the Panac
smart to depth of eighteen feet, an
made cuts and surface excavations |
Two or three directions. They built
Jump and piled upon it from Ave to te
IONS OF ore, q portion Of which Hambli
afterwards had hauled to Salt Lake Cit
and smelted, The total value of the wor
uone by these parties were about on
thousand dollars; at least three hundre
folars worth OF which was done prior
yuIy 10; While it WIS in progress, o
ane "a day Of July, 1864, the followin
aTRreement was made and executed
mos. Box, Thos. NJ. Box, Stephen She
SSood, j. N. Vandermark, Samuel {
onntt and VIM. H. Hamblin:
ranacca Mining Company: know q
hen oy these presents, that we the vi
TTrerslgned citizens of Utah Territory or
united States Of America, being desire,
vl forming ourselves into COMPANY {,
one purpose of better working and deve
npang nr a certain silver vein, and 9th
a;, p;l,ecious metals, known az the Panao,
VaW aser lead or vein, situated in Meade
w;ny whey Mining District, discovered
Mam Hamblin, and recorded upon Il
meadow Valley District record, Book
u Pagef. We do hereby agree wi
eas eaca other. each for himself, his hei
inmss isns, and legal representatives, a. ft
;u, ;;uss, to-wit: That we consolidate O.
~ 'erest equally and exactly, accordil
.Ie number Of feet severally owne
sh shall hold an undivided interest
Of S so company, according to the numb
fo,io. ne may own, and in the claim
rIa;ws' Inows' William Hamblin, discove
dam, dam, and William Pulsifer, one hu
Tn eu and fifty feet, No. southwar
RUS Rus box, No. 2 southwark. Thos.
81, claim No. southwark. Steph
Nvvrwood, claim No. 4 southwark. Jac
anusrmark, claim No. southwar
fra fmuei 3. Shut, claim No. 6 southwa
RON discovery claim,
"no at 10 further noreed that - oros