| Show bylaws by laws of west mountain quartz mining district passed september 1863 at a meeting of the quartz miners of west mountain quartz mining district held bold at jordan ward house salt L lake ake valley on the day of september 1863 the fol following lowin bylaws by laws were passed article this district shall include that portion of territory situated in the territory of utah and bounded as follows commencing at the confluence of the river jordan with great salt lake and running thence in a southerly sout heily direction along the east bank of said river jordan to its point of exit fi om lake utah thence along the we west st margin of said lake to the leg of north lat thence along said deg of north lat to the deg of west long greenwich thence along said deg of west long to the deg of north lat thence along said d dog of coith lat to great salt lake thence alone along the margin of said lake in a southerly direction to the place of beginning article 2nd and the extent of a claim on any quartz lode or vein shall bo be two hundred feet to the claim with all its dips angles and variations article ad no person will be permitted to hold bold more than one claim by location on any one vein by purchase any number of shares can be hel held d article ath all claims located must have a notice posted upon them stating the number of shares and the probable coulse couise claimed and also recorded in the books of the district recorder within ten days after location article ath each company must do one faithful days work on their claim each month after the first day of april 1864 on a failure to do so the claim will be ju provided however that if the company are prevented by local insurrection or rebellion from working a failure to do so will not forfeit their claim article ath the discoverer of a vein of quartz containing gold silver copper or other valuable metals or minerals will be entitled to locate two shares article ath there shall be a district recorder elected from among the miners of the district whose duty it shall be to record all claims presented sell ted for the purpose giving the name of each locator or owner and receive as compensation a sum not exceeding one dollar per locator or owner his term of office shall be one year or until his successor is chosen article ath these laws will apply to locations of claims on veins of coal iron or other metals or minerals in this district archibald gardner was elected district re corder border of west mountain district for one year from the he date above written ARCHIBALD GARDNER president G W CARLETON secretary |
