Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-02-02
MINING A w
Report of tho Special Committee TO
Revise the Mining Laws Of Eureka
District-Majority and Minority

The Committee appointed at the miners
meeting, held Jan. 10, 1882, to report q
revision of the mining laws Of Eureka Min
ing District, beg leave TO report as follows;
The Committee upon investigating the
old laws Of the district found an undigest-
ed mass of obsolete and impracticable reg
ulations, which can only serve to mislead
instead of assisting the prospector in the
method of locating claims. They, there
fore, have adopted the following rules.
after consulting the laws OF other States
| and districts, and listening to the sugges-
tions of old and reliable prospectors and
miners, and offer them to the miners and
mine-owners of the Eureka District for
their consideration at the next general
miners meeting:
Section /. 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
running south from the Devils Gate; and
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 be 800 feet on each side
Of the center Of the vein or crevice.
Sec. 4. The discoverer OF a lode shall,
within 30 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 a description by
reference 10 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. 5. Before filing such location
notice the discoverer shall locate his claim
by, First, sinking a discovery shaft, or run
ming an open cut, crosscut or tunnel so as
to expose the vein or ~crevice; second, by
posting a notice at the point Of discovery
on the surface, containing the name Of the
locator, the date of discovery and the gen.
eral course of the claim; third, by marking
the surface boundaries Of the claim.
Sec. 6. The surface boundaries shall
be marked by six substantial posts, hewed
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
~locators 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 identify
claims hereafter located, to wit: These
points will be fixed at the meeting.)
Sec. s. The amount Of work done or
improvements made during each year shall
be that prescribed by the laws of the United
States.
Sec. 9. Within three months after any
set time or annual period allowed for the
performance of labor or making improve
ments upon any lode claim, the person or
persons who did such work or on whose
behalf such outlay was made, shall make
and record an affidavit which shall state
the name of the parties who performed
the labor, the place where the work was
done on the mine, and specifically state
the value of the labor performed or i'm
provements made; the name Of the claim
and where situated, at whose expense and
at what time said expenditure was made;
and such affidavit shall be prima facie ev-
idence Of the performance of such labor.
Sec. 10. No location notice shall claim
more than one location, whether the loca-
| ton be made by one or several loeators.
Sec. IL. The County Recorder Of Eu-
| reka County shall be ex-ofiicio District
| Mining Recorder, and shall receive for his
services as such Mining Recorder the fees
prescribed at the miners meeting held
Jan. 10, 1882.
E. N. ROBINSON,
JOHN E. JONES,
e. j. BUTLER,
Committee.
Eureka, Jan. 81, 1882.
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