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County; its records (locations, bills of sale, etc.) are a riot of foreign names. The Chinese and French element was very large. On December 25, 1861, Baptiste Escude and B. Dusselin [?] of Jackass and Poorman's Creek are recorded as selling their mining claim, "two cabins, chickens, shovels, picks, two wheelbarrows, pans, floom [sic] and sluice boxes, etc." to China Cook and Co. for $145.]

MINING LAWS OF KANES CEEEK AND TRIBUTARIES (Vol. 3, p. 119)

Meeting

Pursuant to a call of the miners of Kanes Creek they met at the claim of Theodore Henry, Electing James Lawler President, Theodore Henry Secretary, J. Saffell, Clerk.

Article first

Creek Claims; Working Period

Each miner shall hold one hundred yards square of the creek for mining purposes, and that it shall be worked within five days after there is a sluice head of water in the creek.

Article second

Number of Claims to Be Held

A miner shall hold one claim by location and one by purchase.

Article third Gulch Claims

A gulch claim shall be one hundred yards long and to extend from bank to bank.

Article fourth Bar and Hill Claims

Each miner shall hold a bar or hill claim fifty yards front snd running back to the summit of the hill.

Article fifth Ditch Restriction No ditch shall be enlarged or dug out of the creek.

Article sixth Sickness Privilege No miner shall lose his claim b sickness.

Nov. 15, 1860. J