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n. All  claims  shall  be  one  hundred  feet  front,  running  into  the  moun- tain to such  ilepch  as  the  parties  locating  may  desire.

III. Tliat it  is  necessary  to  thoroughly  prospect  the  said  ground,  and  that the prospecting  of  one  claim  will  test  the  whole. All persons  holdmg  claims are requested  to  assist  in  running  in  a  cut^to  be  commenced  so  soon  as  it

rains, and  all  persons  who  may  assist  in  the  cut  shall  be  entitled  to  one  claim  \^^^

extra as  discoverers.

IV. All claims  not  represented  in  the  cut  shall  have  two  full  day's  work in six,  done  on  them,  or  otherwise  are  subject  to  forfeiture.

V. Where  claims  are  not  workable  for  waiit  of  water,  a  notice  shall  be placed  on  them  and  renewed  every  thirty  days.

VI. John Wharton,  Sr,  was  duly  elected  recorder  of  said  district,  and all claims  shall  be  duly  recorded  within  three  days  from  day  of  location  or transfer.

At a  meeting  of  the  miners  of  Willow  Hollow  was held at  the  Willow  Valley  house,  in  Nevada  town- ship, on Monda}^,  January  23d,  to  organize  a  new mining district:

On motion  it  was  resolved  that  this  district  be  called  the  Willow  Valley Mining District,  and  is  bounded  as  follows,  viz:     On  the  south  commencing at Beck's  rancho — running  with  the  wagon  road  to  the  foot  of  Saccarrappa Flat, then  southeast,  to  the  head  of  Mosquito  creek,  thence  east  to  Slate creek — including both   l)anks  of  said  stream;  east    by   Slate  creek,   on   the north  by  the  Sugar  Loaf  movintain  range,  and  west  by  Beck's  rancho. On  motion  of  S.  B.  Herrick,  the  following  laws  were  adopted : Sec.  1 .  The  size  of  claims  on  gulch  or  ravine  diggings  shall  be  one  hun- dred feet  long,  and  across  the  same,  from  bank  to  bank,  on  flats,  one  hundred  y' feet  square.     The  discoverer  shall  be  entitled  to  two  claims  of  the  above size.     The  discoverer  of  quartz  leads  shall  be  entitled  to  two  hundred  feet  in length  by  the  width  of  the  lead,  including  its  dips  and  angles,  and  all  others one  hundred  feet  in  length.

2. All  claims  hereafter  located,  or  re-located,  shall  be  plainly  marked  out by a  stake  at  each  end,  with  the  owners'  name  inscribed  thereon,  and  aljo actual work  done  on  them  ;  they  must  also  be  recorded  within  three  days thereafter. The recorder  shall  receive  fifty  cents  for  each  claim  recorded.

3. The  work  done  on  gulch,  ravine,  or  flat  claims  shall  be  commenced within fifteen  days  after  they  are  in  a  workable  condition,  and  cayote  claims within twenty  days. The size  of  cayote  claims  shall  be  sixty  feet  square, and shall  be  prosecuted  so  long  as  said  claims  are  workable,  or  they  shall  be subject  to  re-location  by  posting  notices  on  both  ends  of  said  claim,  with the owner's  name  on  them,  and  commencing  and  prosecuting  the  work  so long  as  they  are  in  a  workable  condition.

4. Each  man  in  the  district  may  hold  one  hill  claim,  one  ravine  claim, one flat  claim,  and  one  quartz  claim  by  location,  and  as  many  more  as  he  has already, or  may  hereafter  purchase;  provided  he  has  bona  fide  bills  of  sale  of the  same.

5. A  company  or  companies  working  upon  one  claim  where  they  have claims adjoining,  or  upon  tail-races,  ditches,  shafts,  or  sluice-boxes,  for  the purpose of  working  claims,  shall  be  considered  as  working  upon  said  claims.

6. These  laws  may  be  altered  or  amended  at  a  regular  meeting  of  the miners of  this  district,  notice  of  which  shall  be  posted  in  three  public  places, ten days  previous  to  the  meeting.

7. The  recorder  shall  be  elected  by  ballot,  and  his  term  of  office  shall     * continue one  year.

8. Any  person  who  shall  violate  or  refuse  to  be  governed  by  the  laws  of. this district,  shall  not  be  entitled  to  hold  mining  ground  in