The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-03-14

N"S IA'A .
SPOKANE FALLS, Wash Special co,,a.s
ance, Feb. lS.-Whlle waiting here ~ rssa.
weather TO moderate before maxine eN
start toward the mines, there is little
but to listen to the talk of those gho Y
ing or have been to Eagle City. Tba ~
and saloons are daily and nightly xns
with these travellers, and acquaintance
easily made. This Is a very moral taus. w
no open gambling games, nor other evld.e
OF vice, except such as may be foundin ahs.
room with a back room for whist. Thess
none OF the mining camp appearance sh
1t, which o~haracterizes most of tha ~seel
points to the mines from the raiIroad sass r
stores are full OF goods to be sold and MI ~
into the mines, and the citizens are nsssx
preparations TO ecure as much Of tbe %ns
Incident TO the excitement a. meS u
turned their way. They are watchfuI ~ z
portunity, and liberal in expenditure qSYg
morning a sled went up loaded with s.,
n supplies for the building az W.
on the new trail iron Jackass Pralrie Y
Eagle City. The money for this woyb ~ =
easily raised among the business man 49, @@
and they believe that theirs will be the e
way in for freight Whether or nat fys III:
will take this longest road before The srstas
ways are open is a question for the ernsa
mentors TO answer. The trail VIII - ks~.,
ried along, and a road win follow a. fasta
possible, though time will be taken 10 bnms
still shorter way, The engineer whu wsss
over the trail, a Mr.. Hall, told me this morn
ing that he spent a day and q night Il IN.
camp at Eagle City. He saw no minsss
going forward, but there was Speculation &
town lots, and the houses were voine 81 Y
with n great clatter and din. He said fSs9rs
was demand for men to haul logs and wo,I
on the houses, but man of the camnsm
though idle, prefer 20 take it easy and draw1
on their grub" rather than work ii anytbine
bat gold hunting. The LOGS are haulsd III
requires many hands The houses now
going up are mostly OF lss&
In the houses there are, here ssd
there, stoves with ~stovepipes finnine IS
through the roofs; but this article a. ftrnk.
ture is very scarce. One man told Hall NJ
would give $3.50 for a good box stove. IVA
were started from here yesterday BY miners
going In. They took them apart, and 10 hepS
to get them safely in on their pack animals
The old sawbuck pack-saddle il Just now
doing q railroad business IN this way.
It is SO cold on the.roads into The nine
that there are many VINO have eamped a.
the trail, and the number arriving af Eaes
CITY each day will not exceed tMenEShnJ
A month ago the arrivals were about nffyT
day, The cold is SO severe that feet ara
frozen even when under blankets. M. Ba1
said the worst night he spent was in ! wei
chinked though abandoned cabin. His patty
struck it late at night and they could Ind ~
wood for a FIRE, SO they turned in. One BIZ
one they gave up the attempt g sleep. md
went tramping for wood, which they found
ut about 3 o'clock In the morning. Not one
Of them got over an hours sleep. On
other occasion, camping outside, they built
good fire in the woods. aRd slept ststing With
feet TO the blaze and heads resting against
trees. He said he saw no one there who
wanted TO come away, or expressed any r.
greet at having come. such Is expectation
1t mus be mainly a matter of hope, sincs
chat they will find what they came fcr. Tbs
town lot business liz good There WAS an
agreement, / am told, among a number Of
irst-cumcrs 20 the effect that they should Icy
off a town, and each one who would fene4
and otherwise improve a lot should have "
and the first bloodshed came Of q quarrel
over one of these town lots. There W1a
some ~disputing as to what constituted I'M
p-royementsS and when one OF these lct4
wa ~jumped" the Jumper vas shot fxgm
these circumstance the story grew unit u
wa told that a nan had been shot dead foE
jumping a mining claim. The man Is sou
alive, and his Jump Was q small mousse low
not a mining claim
LAWS.
There are many ways of the head and PRE-
dictions that there viii be shooting and uut'
ting and much trouble Of all kinds Vyer t1s
claims; but / am told that the men who TOOK
twenty-acre claims, fearing this, are unloaa'
ing q part, taking partners, or in some WY
dividing up, SO as to escape the charge y
being hoggish in the matter. In view Ok ts
amount OF talk there has been about posss,
sible troubles In the spring, have pake1
pains to secure q copy of the bylaws q tha
miners. These were adopted early IN tna
history OF the camp, and nave, y may ~
been somewhat modified since. am 4an@
certain they have never been printed ~ !
daily paper, and they will help your rean.
ers TO understand the preparations ano
precautions necessary for the government
OF q mining csmp:
Local laws Of Tie Gear d'Alene mining distfic'
located on Pritchard aud EEgie creeks, S2s
sh0ne county, Idaho territory.
BYLAWS.
Sec. i. All locations on lodes or veins OF qua511
TO conform with the United States laws q Mn'
10, 1872, as nearly as practicable, viz. fiftcs.
hundred 1900 in length, BY six hundred ~
Sec. 2. Placer mining claimants shall be e
lowed twenty acres. TO be located so that ~
length shall not exceed eighty rods. :.
Sec. ,. Each location shall be represented 1'
VIC tuchboL ~ HIS dutloftlcu a8chb
and recording.
Sec. 4. No person will be restricted 20 GU
claim, but may locate one claim In any s1fe1n
or gulch where vacant ground may pc fou1e
But no pers0a snail be allowed to locate mohh
than one claim on the same stream or 9u,so
Persons shall not be prohibited from hola'p
claims acquired by purchase
Sec. 3. Claimants shall have one wear tIon
the first OF january succeeding the date Of iocz
ton to work their first annual assessment. WIN,
shall be 800. Each year thereafter claims ~,
be represented by $40 worth Of labor each m04S
after the first OF june until the first OF Noyem
Der after the first years assessment. Furtnsz
more, all claims shalt De considered laid over frg,,
the first OF November TO the nrst Of June. 7. -
necessary work. such sas making roads or uaN:
building houses or AM improvement ~ So;
ing or working y claim win be allowed W r.
day as assessment labor.
Sec. 8. Claimants win be required to rec2r
their claims in the district record within nftes
days from the date Of location.
Sec. n The oldest or hrst claimants Fna'
have the first privilege OF water. but shall ~
prohibit others from using the surplus Wate
And all claimants shall be requested 70 repu1ll
the water to the channel o. the stream Tor "