Show bylaws by laws of gold canon mining district minutes Minute f a meeting of bf the miners of gold canon danon mining Minin district held on the ad ilay day of july Y A D 1864 1861 1 at depoe city in the county of Lai ider territory Nevada of pursuant to a call for a ni meeting epting of 0 f the miners of gold canon mining dis triet t such meeting was held on the ad day oi 4 july 1864 at the house of J edsall eq in steptoe step toe diky nevada territory and nd B urmy was called to the chair in ingham hani was chosen secretary on oil motion a committee of thre tareo P was appointed to report the order af business tile the committee consisted of thurmond bane la and nd pierce after thic the committee committed tec reported as follows on the order of business f pi first arst repeal of the alws of tle district r I 1 second 1 the consideration of ther the bylaws by laws third the election of a recorder tile the report was accepted and tile the committee discharged ori on motion a committee of five were appointed ted by the chairman to draft a new set of bylaws by laws for the government of claim holders and athers others i m n the district the committee consisted af pf N fei s rs john goi cpr dai cit i J jl li U I 1 el ely y thos bi beighel e g hel and I 1 hosmer after due consideration by the appointed for that purpose the following bylaws by laws were made and passed unanimously at a meeting of the claim holders in go gold d canon minin mining r district i lander aou I 1 nty fy nevada a territory held hald at steptoe city in said territory an county july ad A D 1864 the fol lowing preamble and laws were unanimously adopted for tile the government of the file mining interests int ernets 0 fhaid district whereas it 1 has 1 w been the P practice rac cc and led d right of minars S to form minin mining districts specifying the boun boundaries darlL IS mf making k fiig laws law S rules and regulations in for ti the le locating working and control controlling ing mine mines s when not ilot in conflict w with alth the constitution of the 1 unit united states or afie laws of 01 alie e state or territory in which said mines are sibil situated abed therefore be bc it r resolved esol ved SEC that tile the mining rules hereto heretofore foi e existing in th this is bi district astric be e alia an hereby are repealed EC and 2nd aliis tin s di bi strict shall be 1 known a as s the gold canon mariin alining disi dis brict and shall be bounded as follows tp wit com commencing at the tha south southeast east corner corne 4 city as laid ao down wn in in a arvey of the flie same thence ruu ningon a southerly direction alpi aldip the 0 eastern astern b base ase f of S the sl estop range rane pf af mountains ten nines 6 thence due west tp to the western 1 ase aase of said moun mountains ains 1 thence an in a northerly direction al along Q n g the western base pf af said saia twenty miles thence d due e east to the eastern base barc of saia mountains and ocoee lenac in in a i lierly ay iy I 1 direction io 1 ahe place 1 of be beginning i inning i sic 0 ap bere there allbe sli shall be A recorder cr ejected for this district Dist on flip 1 1 I day of Jl julya ilyA D 1944 1 f and each I 1 I 1 year thereafter alio shall hald his bis office I 1 jor for one year uness un joss sooner re 9 which C can il 0 only lily b be 6 doe us asin in hereafter ier pt prescribed 1 t SEC eth it shall bc e jhc thc duty of the recorder Be corder tp ip pe ep p boj or oi book I 1 a 4 aft f LIKI ruthei e proceeding di rj of all ab ic o anee meetings ings M tw sf AOL JI j W aff 11 I 1 k to him for that purpose but lie he shall ball no tiby ille party or parties requiting reque quck s uch record if such auch claim apter interferes tr or affects the right or interest of a prior location aud and mak making ing notes ol 01 0 uch such facts appended to the record re cording the same in the order of their being filed SQ shall keep his books ipen at all ordin ordinary try business hurs hours for the inspection of the uble he shall aall have the power to appoint a deputy to a act ct in his e f 0 r whose 0 official me i a 1 a acts qs li he shall be responsible and anda it sh aal it also be the he t duty auty of the recorder to deliver liver to his successor successor in in office all books records papers etc belonging to or pertaining perta inin 0 to his qufice SEC aih it shall 1 bp the duty pf af the recorder whenever application is made to him to record a claitt to gp go upon the ground measure accurately said claim and jact erect or cause caus e to be 6 erected 1 a maund ma und of ar at A ne poll point t of discovery of sa said T id claim three fel in diameter and two feet high wit with h a stake in the center of sufficient icier it height beigh above the mound fox for the notice to b be L 1 posted re on of said claim 1 which said notice shall s tate state particularly the distances and direction id claim for which sa service arvi cc of recording 6 and ana locating he shall receive bec eive the sum one fd 1 dollar ollar fuld fifty 50 cents ceaf in the currency ency of the united states also fifty 50 cents each for all catra t f 1 SC I 1 1 I 1 I 1 tn t n furnished SEC the recorder el ecy before enteria cn upon ulion the duties of his officio shall ahall give bonds in id the sum of two i thousand 2000 dolla dollars rs with three good and sufficient sureties for the f faithful j I 1 performance of hi his duties 1 which gaid Said bou baya jfe shay W be filed fild e in ill t the t I 1 le clerks clerics office omec afi fi the cound of 14 biwer nevada territory f SEC at ITH vie recorder record er shall beep beep t two wa I 1 8 feie ra 1 of books bookin jq eife one af pf which bof row rp I 1 florall rd g all au Q I 1 in n the latter la ater lie he also I 1 place oil record ecord all deeds of shares A and claims presented for that sp for jr which he sh shall all receive receive a sum not ot exceeding two dollars in each cacci case and au all s uch such at 1 I 1 I 1 records with the necessary revenue stamps affixed shall be de deemed emed begal evidence evi deice as the case may f t bel i all rec emust 4 must loe be madain jn pr presencio pre senco of the lorder I 1 hi depuy sect SEC oni notice of all claims jor lo 10 antion or of mining grouner by any individual v or iby tany com company I 1 on ifil e in record e alti office chih equi a af pf the jaa tn I 1 JA pi each olai mint shall on onfri tp location two hu henr n d di od rd foot on ona any n y il aad adf or 0 r th district its itis dips spurs a ai agles depths detha lis offshoots off shoots out cromb and ya F ut tib RF 7 nd all th taip p min minerals therein contained coil wined tile the berer cr crand crerand r and 1 locator 0 c t t r of a alcad lead heilig eing entitled io one il claim i a i tra or ary c llan tile the 1 locator c ai r of a any bead ead loo 10 or lede led ge e inae in in is brict it I 1 ely shall hall be I 1 entitled to hold one c si 6 af pf efto tajo load lead lometor lode or edge ledger hiie oae hundred iffet for working purposes 11 SEC 12 TH all lop locations ions riall biall be TT 7 j 1 ellade by i a britten posted up upon oil the claim with boundaries boun danee defined imd the amm of all claimants on oil 1 fa t i l ali atie e notice 1 ac 1 1 V bated b by y or campp iky ahal be recorded withie tem teb days abe df aa af 1 t r rrt arf WA cwi 1 aau SEC S ec UTH work done on any cut u tunnel shaft or drift in in good d tar ui shall be considered as being donjon done I 1 the claim owned by such or company conigan 6 if proposed by said per 6 r company to intersect by such buch tunnel out cut shall shaft or drift his hie or their claims it SEC 15 rn Whenever 50 dasper acts per f foot 00 shall have been b n the clairfie of any company person n or pel persona loiis as 0 any ono OB locAti location clai claimed nied by wry any pep or compau company said blaim shall b be considered roal real and not su to forfeiture except by actual ababa downend do don men fc SEC I 1 every company shall bei be required to sink a hole five feet deep on each location ozior on or before the sc ec i d 1 ond end day of october A D 1864 and persons locating claims hereafter hair have three mont hsin which to perform said labor SEC ITH any enlisted men ja in afie military service odthe of the united states holding claims in this mining district 1 shalliot shall not be required to du do many any work upon them until ninety day after the expiration of his term of service the same tobe to be reckoned from the th etie time of his discharge dischar gc from the army SEC all claim holders in h this district shall do the prescribed wark wor on each locati location ori as prescribe din sec tion fifteen 16 on or before the sec 1 day or of july 1865 and here her e 1 after locati fig of claims shill shall ha haya veone one beir after date of bf locations which 16 do the said work ai SEC rules or mining laws aws may be altered rud and amended i e d bya ay a majority arity of arb sent at an any v ince meeting in the district at any time a at f 1 te ter r tac twenty ltv days notice e of haf anten 1 tion shall have been signed gy 1 twenty T five claim holders and pub published fished iiii in the lie nearest newspaper na in hi ane ter territory and shall ishall have bean posted n three public places in in the di dasti 7 particularly te time itne t plad place and olf ob eject of the mc meeting eting T v the next hext business in ake a Beoo reier TN T N thurmond and edw edly ingham iain were minced I 1 iw irv nomination for file same when mrs mr thurmond thu witha rew his bis nama and edw 6 harn vas was tin unanimously ejected y i r n i 1 t n recorder RC r rd e r for the t le ensuing eiju year JO JOHNB 11 4 13 mryr ah chil I 1 n 0 q EDV ingitti ING ITAi s SW 1 I 1 if 1 |