Arizona weekly miner., 1875-11-12
Laws of the Peck Mining District

Ad"s oi eoe fec6 miCauS 0SuIcc Pursuant to a call, made ten days previous by posting notices at the Peck camp, th
 Silver Prince camp, Lounts camp and Good
 win & McKinnon's camp, miners meetin,
 was held at Ed Peck's house, near the Peel mine, on Saturday, October 23d. No actiol
 was had and the meeting was adjourned [,
 Saturday, Oct. 90.
 Saturday, Oct So.-The adjourned meet
 ing was called to order at the mess-h house O
 the Peck Mining Company, at 2:30 o'clocl
 P- m,, and organized by the election of Geo
 Hogle, chairman, and Henry A. Bigelow, sec
 retary.
 On motion, the chairman appointed George
 Opdyke and II. A. Bigelow a committee to
 draft resolutions, define boundaries of new
 district, etc. On motion the chairman was added to the committee.
 After the lapse of little time tue com mittee reported as fsllows: l WHEREAS: We, the miners in the neigh borbood of what is known as the Peck min l are located in Turkey Creek district, Brad shaw Mountain district, Bradshaw, Pine Grove, or Agua Fria district, and as no or ganization has been in operation in either of said districts, or in any district adjoining. for a year past; and as all claims recently locat. cd have been taken up under the Congress sional laws,
 1hergoT, We now proceed to make a new district, defined as follows: This shall be known as the Peck Mining District, and shall be bounded thus Commencing at tue mouth of Poland creek, at its junction with Turkey creek, thence running up Turkey creek to the mouth of Bear creek, to where Battle Flat creek empiies into it; thence up the ridge, on the top of the same, between Bear creek and Battle Fl;t creek, to the top Of Bradshaw mountain, at the head of said ridge; thence running due south to Poland creek; thence down Poland creek to the l place of beginning.
 That, with the exception of regulations hereinafter specified, the Congressional laws | of May 10th, 1872, and subsequent amend ments thereto, shall be the laws of this dis | trict.
 That the County Recorder of Yavapai | county is hereby declared the recorder of this district.
 That all claims already located in this dis trict, and not recor led, shall be recorded within thirty days, and all claims hereafter located shall be recorded within thirty days rom the date of location.
 That all claims hereafter located in this district shall, in addition to the principal mo- ice claiming the ground and stating the have brief notice in each of the orner monuments and centre end monu- nents stating which corner or end monument is, and giving the name of the claim, and be name or names of the owner or owners ! hereof, and we urge all owners of claims in his district to put such notices in their cor CT and end monuments at as early day as ossible in order to clearly show to other liners and prospectors the limits of their {! espective claims. All laws of any other mining district or istricts which may have included within it's oundares part or the whole of this dis jet are, within the limits of this district, ereby repealed.
 On motion, the report of the committee as accepted and the committee discharged. On motion, the report of the committee as adopted as the action of the meeting. e Id the secretary was requested to furnish a u py of the proceedings To the Editor of the a' RIzoNA MINER for publication.
 On motion of Mr. Opdyke the meeting ad- re urned sine de. h,
 GEO. T. HoGLE. Chairman. h, HENRY A. BIGELow, Secretary. '