Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-12-31
A NEW MINING DISTRICT.
Bonanzs Mining District Boundarie, and

Pursuant to Lotice, the miners in tn
 neighborhood of the Seventy nine mine m the Dripping Spring range of noun
 tains m PInal and Gila euuuties, 4. T
 met together on the 23d of December A. D., 1882, at the camp of Scott, Hal and Town for the purpose of forming mining district and making the nee essary laws tc govern the same.
 Mir, Franklin Rector was called to tn, chair and Geo. Scott elected Secrt tar of the meeting.
 The Chairman stated the object of tn, meeting and his remarks We're followe, by motion that the district about To b, ] formed should be called the Buuanz, Mining distinct, which was earned. \ motion carried that the boundarIe. . oi sand district be as follows. at th. i Juucu on of the Gila and San Pedr, l Rivers; thence up the GIIa rIyer to the Lost Gulch or Lost Valley near Chas Rapp's COW ranch; thence up Lost Vsl.ey Co the old Government trail: thence southwest to the GIla river, opposite Scotts ranch; thence up the Gila river To the place Of beginning. Sand bound arles include an area of about twelve miles square and including the entire southeast end of the saId range of noun tains'
 Motion carried that s committee of three be appointed by the chair to draft bylaws aud regulations to govern the sald district. Col. E. Town, J. M. Watson and George Scott were appoint ed to act as said committee: whefpupon the following regulations and rules were presented and adopted:
 Section l. That each and every clam located in this district should be record. ed ID the district records within thirty days after the date of location, and any failure to comply with these terms should be considered an abandonment and the claim subject to relocation. as though 1t had never been located.
 Sec ? That the Mining Act of Con- gress, approved May 10, 1882. and all subsequent amendments to that Act, are hereby adopted as the laws govern ing this district.
 See. 3. All claims located III this dis trlct prior tO ttIs date sha be recorded m the district records within ninety days from the date of the organization Of this district.
 Sec. f. Each notice of location pre- sented for record shall bear the sigma ture of one or more witnesses.
 Sec. ,. The Recorder shall be entitled to a fee of one dollar for each and every mining notice recorded, and also one dollar for each and every official certit- cate issued from the records.
 Sec. 6. It shall b. the duty of the Re corder to appoint deputy to act in his stead during hls ab-ence from the dis trict.
 Sec. :. There shail be notices posted lu three conspicuous olaces ln said dis trict ten days p7eyiou- to the assembling miners meeting. Five names owning mines in said mining distrIct can call a miuer's meeting
 Sec. <. At all miners meetings here after called m this district fifteen mine owners in the district shall be con sldered quorum to transact business and a two-thirds vote of all mine owners present at any meeting shall be required to alter, abohsh or make new laws for this district.
 Sec. 9. That ou the 23d of December, A. D., lSS2. of each year, there shall be meeting of the miners held for pur- pose of electng a Recorder, and for such other business as may be brought before it
 Sec 10. It shall toe the duty of the i Recorder to keep the books and papers ! of this office in said district.
 Sec. II. The Recorder shall be elected . to serve the term of one year only. | Nominations for Recorder were then ID 1 order, and Mir c. W. Hale was nominated and elected by exclamation. l
 Resolved. That the Secretary be I instructed to toward a copy of these | proceedings 70 the Arizona Silver Belt, ! Florence Enterprise and ARIZONA CITI- ! ZTN.
 Signed Franklin Rector. Chairman; | Geo. Scott. Secretary; J. C. Solons, ! Richard Town, J. M. Watson, Chas. ] W. Hale, John Rooms and many others. i
 Meeting adjourned
 GEO. SCoTT, Secretary.