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 the same.

9. All  water  running  in  its  natural  channel  belongs  to  the  miners  on  said channel, each  miner  having  a  right  to  use  the  same  on  his  own  ground.

10. All  claims  held  by  companies  or  individuals  in  this  district  shall  Ijc recorded by  the  1st  of  January.

11. These  laws  are  not  intended  to  apply  to  private  rights,  heretofore obtained in  accordance  with  the  common  customs  and  usages  of  miners.

At a  meeting  of  the  miners  of  Bear  river,  for  the purpose of  making  laws  and  regulations  for  said  min- ing locality, it  was  resolved  :

1. That  the  newly  discovered  mining  district  shall  be  known  as  Mammoth Springs diggings.

'2. That  all  claims  in  the  bed  of  the  river  shall  be  ninety  feet  in  length, running up  or  down  said  stream.

3. That  the  bed  of  the  stream  be  considered  that  part  of  said  stream lying between  its  bars  and  banks.

4. That  all  claims  in  bars  or  banks  of  said  stream  shall  be  sixty  feet running up  and  down  the  same.

5. That  notices  of  claims  shall  hold  good  for  ten  days  from  date  of  notice, when, if  not  worked,  said  claims  are  forfeited.

6. That  all  bank  claims  that  are  not  workable  shall  hold  good  until  they are workable.

A meeting  of  the  miners  of  Mammoth  Springs diggings was  held,  pursuant  to  previous  notice,  at the  store  of  S.  M.  Young,  on  Bear  river,  when  a recorder  of  claims  in  the  district  and  judges  were elected, and  the  following  resolutions  offered:

1. That  the  price  of  recording  claims  shall  be  one  dollar  for  each  claim.

2. That  when  miners  are  working  on  their  claims  said  claims  shall  be considered  good  Avhether  recorded  or  not.

3. That  river  claims  shall  hold  good  until  considered  workable  by  a majority  of  miners  of  this  district.

4. That  the  boundaries  of  Mammoth  Springs  diggings  be  considered  from Wm Bradley  &  Co. 's claim  up  the  river  to  Bear  valley.

5. That  no  person  be  allowed  more  than  one  workable  claim  at  a  time  by location.

G. That  a  person  may  hold  as  many  claims  by  purchase  as  he  thinks proper.

7. That  claims  in  this  district  if  not  represented  or  recorded  within  ten days from  this  date  shall  be  considered  jumpable.

8. As  amendment  to  resolution,  know,  too,  that  the  time  for  workmg  the bed of  the  stream  shall  be  the  first  of  June.

9. That  a  copy  of  these  laws  be  left  in  possession  of  the  recorder,  and the chairman  of  this  meeting.

10. That  the  laws  of  this  district  heretofore  enacted  and  also  the  proceed- ings of this  meeting  be  published  in  the  Nevada  Journal  and  Yomnj  A  menca.

At a  meeting  of  the  miners  in  Nevada  county, Januarv 15,  1854,  the  followino;  laws  were  read  and adopted :

Sec. 1.  The  name  of  this  mining  ground  shall  be  called  Myres  Ravine Mining district.

2d. Said district  is  bounded  as  follows:  On  the  east  by  the  Native  Ameri- can ravine, south  by  West  Hill  district,  west  by  a  straight  north  and  south line running   past  the  head  waters  of  Myres  ravine  to  the  Yu