Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-10-30
REORGAkIZED.
rho Miner. of smith District Change Its Name to Greaterviile District and Redefine the Boundaries.

GREArERvI1LE, October 23.-At the call of r. J. Coyne and others ot The old Smith District, in these noun tains. a large and telestlng meeting of actlve miners was held here this afiernoon at tEe village store Of .. Katzrnsteln. $. C. Phebe being duly elected Chairman and r. J. Coyne Secretary. the meeting proceeded to business.
 Mir. Harvey spoke of the long eX- isting controversy between the miners of smith District, and of a party of five soreheads who met together some time ego in secret and found what tbey were pleased 10 call Helvelia District out of a portion of the Smith District. and which controversy had almost or entirely put Q stop 10 the development and activity or thls sec ton of valuable mining country. He said that those parties were not only not majority of smith District min CTS, but a very small and inactive representation of the vast amount of uroperty owned and being worked here: that many Eastern capitalists desirous of buying and developing the mines were deterred from doing so on account of thIs trouble.
 \ number of others spoke Tn the same strain, and finally motion was made to declare the Helvetia District formed as it was in secret out of the land within the lines of Smith Dis trlct. and contrary to the wishes and interests of the bulk of the properly owners of the Smith District-to be illegal and discontinued from this date. The motion was unanimously carried, and the meeting proceeded 10 the next principal object ot the call that Of curtailing the lines of the dls- trict which formerly included large area of territory of the Santa Cruz valley. After an animated discussion on all sides the boundaries were de cided on and the district gwen a new name, as the following resolution will show:
 Resolved. That a mining district Is hereby formed which shall be known as the .'GreatervIlle Mining District
 Resolved, That the boundaries ol the said district shall be as follows: Commencing at a point where the read from GardIner's Ranch Jons the road coming down the Ophlr Gulch from Greaterville; thence north to Davidson's Springs; thence west to lone mountain one mile west ot the Henry mine thence south 10 Welisch'S Ranch; thence east to the slle of Gardiner's old saw-mill; thence east to the place of beginning.
 Rcsolved-That all claims hereto fore located in the Territory, included in these lines established at this meet ing as those of the Greaterville Dis triCt. and which have been recorded in records known as Smith District, are hereby recognized as being legal ly recorded, and the same Smith District records are hereby adopted as legal records of this district and are to be respected accordingly.
 A committee of three, consisting Cf W. C Fullerton, P. J Coyne and E. B. Blanchard, was then appointed to revise the old Smith District laws Co meet the requirements ot the Great ervllle District, and to report at an adjourned meeting to be held on next Saturday afternoon, Oct 30th, at o'clock al the GreatervIile store
 P. J. Coyne was unanimously ap- pointed Recorder for the new Great Crville District.
 The resolutions and proceedings were then signed by those present. twenty three miners in all, which, by the way, as it was raining heavily. was considered a good turnout.
 The result of the meeting has given universal satisfaction, and many wbO have been holding of for long time will at once proceed 10 push work on their respective claims, so that we look confidently for good reports from this district, SO long dormant, and which has some of the finest mines m the Territory within its limits
 In my next report l will give spec ial mention of few of the principal workings in this vicinity.
 FRANK C. CHER.