Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-09-04
ANNUAL MEETING OF MINERs.
Election Of Dissrics Recorder.

" 1SCOENSHs
OF late years it has been difficult TO
get up anything approximating general
interest among miners IL their annual
meetings. There has not been an cleo
ton OF Recorder by ballot since the
winter OF 1874. Geo. w. Kinney
succeeded himself for several years,
and after him came the present incum-
bent, NJ. G.. Cavanaugb. Mr.. Cava-
Daugh has been elected each time in
open meeting and without opposi-
ton.
A petition was circulated last week
among mine owners, requesting the
Recorder to call the regular annual
meeting. At least one gentleman who
was interested in the matter IA in
formed that the SENTINEL would ad-
vertise the official call free. 1t is JUS
tice to Mr.. Cavanaugh to state that no
communication of this character was
made to him, simply because no con-
versation was had with him on the
subject by any n authorized to speak
for the SENTINEL. He called the meet
ing by posting written notices at the
Postoffice and other places, fixing the
time at 8 o'clock, yesterday morning,
and the place at the United States
Land Office, in Ryland's building on
the corner OF Buel and Clark streets.
At the appointed hour about twenty
miners assem- blee J at the Land Office
and adjourned u the Office of Justice
Cromer, next door, where the follow.
inn nrnoonAinqa vvnra haAs Rarnrdar
Cavanaugh called the meeting to or
der, when DIR. James Williams was
chosen Chairman and Marshall At.
wood Secretary. After the object of
the meeting had been stated by the
Chair, Mr.. Cavanaugh was renominat-
ed aud unanimously reelected to the
Office of District Mining Recorder for
the ensuing year. A motion then pre-
vailed to appoint a committee Of five to
overhaul the district mining laws
and report to a second meeting of
miners, tn be held a month hence.
The following gentlemen were named
as such committee: Captain j. NJ.
Foley and John ID. Sullivan, Of Eure-
ka; Adam Hall. Prospect Mountain:
Frank Goblin, Ruby Hill; and X. r.
Mcdaniel, Eagle mine. The gathering
then adjourned to meet at 7 O'Clock
j.. NJ, October 1st, 1877. Considerable
dissatisfaction and talk of bulldosing
was ex pressed during the day by those
who had been prominent in having the
meeting called. They allege that Mr..
Cavanaugh's written notices were not
just the thing, and that thereby SNAP
judgment was taken. On the other
hand the Recorder claims to have fol.
lowed the rule sanctioned by the GUS
tom of the district, asserting, also, that
he had no public funds in his possess
sion with which to pay for a newspaper
advertisement. II Is proper to state.
In this connection, that the miners of
the district appear TO be divided on
the propriety Of adopting the United
States mining law OF 1872. That law
entities the locator to a claim l 500 feet
long by 600 feet wide. The present
district law limits the width Of a claim
tn 200 feet on each side of the ledge, and
allows each locator to appropriate
200 feet and no more along the course
Of the vein. Fear Is expressed on the
part Of some of the prospectors that to
allow an extension OF the territorial
limits OF claims at this time might
lead TO conflicts and much litigation.
Answer Is made tn this hat the adop-
ton Of the Congressional mining law
would have no such effect; that the
law can not be made re~troactive; that
all who have acquired titles under the
district laws would be secure in their
title, just the same as now, and that by
making the United States mining laws
applicable to the district persons here
AFTER could cover sufficient ground for
working purposes, etc. in one patent
without going to the expense Of pro-
curing two oil more to the same
ground which they are compelled un.
der the present order of things. We
have given both sides of the case and
must leave it to the miners to
decide for themselves at the October
meeting. 1t is a question of consider
able local importance, and one hat
should be determined understanding
ly by a full meeting OF the miners of
the district. There should at least be
a fair discussion of the subject in all
Of its bearings. Our columns are open
for all who may desire to advance
views regarding it.