Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-02-24
THE N MEETING.
Yesterdays Proceedings-A Lively
Gathering-The New Laws.

Yesterdays Proceedings-A Lively
Gathering-The New Laws.
Yesterday at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
being the day appointed by Recorder
Molinelli for a miners meeting, about 100
miners assembled at the Courtroom. e.
H. Rose was elected Secretary and H. W.
Brooks Assistant Secretary, and after some
lively discussions pro and con, the follow
ing laws we're adopted, which from now
on will govern all locations made in the
district:
Section l.. This district shall be known
as the Eureka Mining District.
Sec. 2. The boundaries Of this district
shall be as follows: Beginning at the pass
known as the DEVILS Gate on the old Austin
and Hamilton road, and running thence
easterly, following the old Austin and
Hamilton road past the Italian Ranch to
the summit of Diamond Mountain; thence
southwesterly, following the summit Of
the Diamond Range OF mountains to the
monument on the highest Peak Of Pros
pect Mountain; thence continuing along
the summit Of the Diamond Range to its
intersection with the range OF mountains
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thence northerly along the summit Of this
range to DEVILS Gate, including all OF the
territory south OF the old Austin and
Hamilton road, that drains into Diamond
Valley.
Sec. 8. The width Of lode claims here
after located shall not exceed 100 feet on
each side OF the center OF the vein or
c~revice.
Sec. f.. The discoverer OF a lode shall,
within 80 days from the date OF discovery,
record his claim in the Office of the Mining
Recorder Of this district by a notice Of To-
cation, which shall contain, first, the
name of the locator; second, the name OF
the lode; third, the date of location; fourth,
the number OF feet claimed on each side Of
the discovery shaft; fifth, the general
course Of the lode as near as may be, and
the number Of feet claimed along the
course Of the vein each way from the dis
covery shaft; sixth, such description by
reference to some natural object or per-
manent monument as shall identify the
claim with reasonable certainty. And
every notice Of location which shall not
contain all Of the above requisites shall be
void.
Sec. s. Before filing such location no.
tice the discoverer shall locate his claim
by, first, sinking a discovery shaft, or
running an open cut, crosscut or tunnel
so as to expose the vein or c~revice; second,
by posting q notice at the point OF dis
covery on the surface, containing the name
Of the locator, the date Of discovery and
the general course of the claim; third, By
marking the surface boundaries Of the
claim.
Sec. 6. The surface boundaries shall
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and marked on the side or sides which are
in toward the claim, and sunk in the
ground, or by six stone monuments, at
least three feet high, to wit: One at each
corner and one at the center OF each side
line. Said corner posts or monuments
shall designate the name Of the claim and
what corner Of the claim in relation to the
magnetic points of the compass they are
intended. to mark.
Sec. Z. In order to more fully enable
l~ocators Of claims to comply with the pro-
visions of Section 4 OF these laws, the fol-
lowing points are recognized as such per-
manent monuments and natural objects
as may be referred to in order to iden-
tify claims hereafter located, to wit:
The same being monuments Nos. /, 2, 3,
4, 8, 6, Z, s and 9, as established by the
United States Geological Survey.
Sec. 8. The amount OF work done or
improvements made during each year shall
be that prescribed by the laws Of the
United States.
Sec. 8. Within three months after any
set time or annual period allowed for the
performance OF their labor or making i'm
provements upon any lode claim, the per-
son or persons who did such work or on
whose behalf such outlay was made, shall
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state the names Of the parties who per-
work was done on the mine, and specific
ally state the value Of the labor performed
or improvements made; the name of the
claim and where situated, at whose ex-
pense and at what time said expenditure
was made; and such affidavit shall be
prima facie evidence OF the performance
of such labor.
seca1o. No location notice shall claim
more than n location, whether the loca-
ton be made by one or several locators.
Sec. IL. The County Recorder OF Eu-
reka County shall be ex-officio District
Mining Recorder. and shall receive for his
services as such Mining Recorder the fees
prescribed at the miners meeting held
Jan. 19, 1882.
The committee appointed to draft the
foregoing laws. upon investigating the old
laws of the district, found an undigested
mass OF obsolete and impracticable regula-
tions, which can only serve to mislead in
stead Of assisting the prospector in the
method Of locating claims. They, there
fore. have adopted the above rules, after
consulting the laws Of other States and
districts, and listening to the suggestions
OF old and reliable prospectors and miners,
and offer them to the miners and mine
owners OF the Eureka District, believing
that they will prove beneficial and advan-
tageous In locating claims in the future.