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(1) 17 September 1863, West Mountain Mining District, Book A, p.1:

At a meeting of the Quarts Miners of West Mountain

Quarts Mining District held at Jordan Ward House

Salt Lake Valley on the 17th Day of Sept. 1863. The

following Bye Laws were passed.

Article No. 1. This District shall include that Portion

of Territory situated in the Territory of Utah, and bound

as follows. Commencing at the Confluence of the river

Jordan, with Great Salt Lake, and running thence in a

Southerly Direction along the East Bank of said River

Jordan to its point of Exit from Lake Utah, thence along

the West margin of said Lake Utah to the 40th Degree

of North Latitude (Greenwich) to the 114th Degree of West

Longitude (Greenwich) thence along said 114th Degree of

West Longitude to the 41st Degree of North Latitude (Greenwich)

thence along said 41st Degree of North Latitude to Great

Salt Lake, thence along the Margin of said Lake, in a

South Easterly direction to the place of Begin-ing.

Art. No. 2. The extent of a Claim on any Quarts Lead,

or Vein, Shall be Two hundred feet to the Claim with

all its Dips, Angles, and Variations.

Art. No. 3. No person will be permitted to hold more

than one Claim by Location, on any one Vein. - By

purchase can hold any Number of Shares.

Art. No. 4. All Claims located must have a Notice

Posted upon them, Stateing the Number of Shares and

the probable course claimed and also Recorded in the

Books of the District Recorder, within Ten Days after

location.

[p.2] Art. 5. Each Company must do one faithfull Days work

on their Claims, each Month, after the first Day of April

1864, a failure to do so, the Claim will be Jumpable, pro-

vided however, that if the Company are prevented by local

insurrection, or Rebbellion from Working. A failure to do so

will not forfeit their Claim.

Art. 6. The Discoverer of a Vein of Quarts, Containing Gold

Silver, Copper or other valuable Metals, or Minerals, will

be entitled to Locate Two Shares.

Art. 7. Their Shall be a District Recorder, Elected from

among the miners of the District, whose duty it shall be

to Record all Claims presented for the purpose: giving the

name of each location or Owner. And receive as compensation

a Sum not exceeding One Dollar per Location or Owner.

His Term of Office shall be One Year, or Untill his Successor

is Chosen.

Art. 8. These Laws will Apply to Locations of Claims or

Veins, of Coal, Iron, or other Metals, or Minerals in this

District.

Archibald Gardner Was Elected District Recorder of

West Mountain District, for One Year, from the Date above

written.

Archibald Gardner

) President

G.W. Carleton

) Secretary

(2) 17 September 1863, West Mountain Mining District, Book A, p.3:

Notice

Jordan S M Co

The Undersigned Members of the Jordan Silver Mining Co.

claim for Mining purposes one Share of Two Hundred feet each,

and one additional Claim of Two hundred feet for

the original Discoverer George B. Ogilvie on this Lead of Mine-

ral Ore, with all its Dips, Spurs, and Angles, beginning at the

Stake situated one Hundred feet North East of Gardners Shanties

in Bingham Kanyon, in West Mountain, and Running five

Thousand two Hundred feet in a Westerly Direction, along the

side of said Mountain on a line with Bingham Kanyon

and intend to work the same according to the Mining Laws

of this Mining District.

Archibald Gardner

1 Share |

M.G. Lewis

1 Share

Geo. B. Ogilvie

2 "

Alex Bexsted

1 "

Alex Ogilvie

1 "

James Finnerty

1 "

P.E. Connor

1 "

Saml. Egbert

1 "

R.C. Drum

1 "

G.W. Carleton

1 "

Wm. Hickman

1 "

Neil Anderson

1 "

Robert K. Reid

1 "

Edw. McGarry

1 "

John Hardcottle

1 "

M.J. Jenkins

1 "

C.J. Sprague

1 "

H.O. Pratt

1 "

Thomas Bexsted

1 "

Robert Pollock

1 "

James Branigan

1 "

Daniel McLean

1 "

Henry Bexsted

1 "

N.B. Eldred

1 "

Hugh O'Donnell

1 " |

Bingham Kanyon

Salt Lake Co.

Utah Territory

Sept 17th, 1863

A. Gardner, Recorder

(3) 17 September 1863, West Mountain Mining District, Book A, p.4:

Notice

N.E. Ex Jordan

The Undersigned hereby Claim for Mining purposes, one

Share of Two Hundred feet, and one additional Claim of

Two Hundred feet, for the Original Discoverer Mrs. Robert K.

Reid, on this Lead of Mineral Ore, with all its Dips, Spurs,

and Angles, begining at a Stake at the East end of the

Claims, of the Jordan Silver Mining Co., and situated one

Hundred feet North East of Gardner's Shanties, in Bingham

Kanyon in West Mountain, and running Two Thousand four

Hundred feet, along the side of said Mountain Easterly, on a

line with said Bingham Kanyon; and intend to work the

same according to the Mining Laws of this Mining District.

Stephen E. Jocelyn

1 shares

| Arthur Heitz

1 shares

Josiah Hosmer

1 "

| J.M. Williamson

1 "

Sol Pearsoll

1 "

| Thomas B. Gateley 1 "

James G. Rogers

1 "

| Mrs P.E. Connor

1 "

Edwd Pennington

1 "

| John F. Staples

1 "

Mrs. Robt K. Reid

2 "

| Enoch Conklin

1 "

Mrs. J.A. Nevett

1 "

| P.L. Snouff

1 "

James D. Dotey

1 "

| W.J.F. Douglas

1 "

Wm L. Ustick

1 "

| Peter Grant

1 "

Jos A. Thompson

1 "

| J.W. Elsworth

1 "

| P.A. Gallagher

1 "

Bingham Kanyon

Salt Lake Co

Utah Territory

Sept. 17th 1863.

A. Gardner, Recorder

(4) 17 September 1863, West Mountain Mining District, Book A, p.5:

Notice

Vedette M.C.

The Undersigned hereby Claim for Mining purposes One Share

of Two Hundred feet each, and one additional Claim of Two

Hundred feet, for the Original Discoverer George B. Ogilvie

on this Lead of Mineral Ore, with all its Dips, Spurs, and

Angles, Beggining at a Stake at a Pinnacle of Rocks,

about Two Hundred Yards West, from a large pine Tree

in Bingham Kanyon Salt Lake Co. U.T. about one Mile

South of What is known as Carr's Fork, and running from

said pinnacle of Rocks, in a Southernly direction, and about

parralell with said Bingham Kanyon, Two Thousand seven

hundred feet, and in a Northerly direction about paralell with

Bingham Kanyon Two Thousand seven Hundred feet, and in-

tend to Work the same according to the Mining Laws of this

District.---

George B. Ogilvie

2 shares

| Mrs. Robt K. Reid

1 shares

C.B. Waite

1 "

| Mrs. Danl McLean

1 "

Robert K. Reid

1 "

| Robert Pollock

1 "

Daniel McLean

1 "

| James Finnerty

1 "

N.B. Eldred

1 "

| G.W. Carleton

1 "

W.H. John

1 "

| H.O. Pratt

1 "

Albert Sinclair

1 "

| Edwd McGarry

1 "

Arthur Heitz

1 "

| Adam Croft

1 "

Alex Ogilvie

1 "

| Aldis L. Bailey

1 "

P.E. Connor

1 "

| Dennis Sullivan

1 "

Hugh O Donnell

1 "

| Mrs. J.H. Nevett

1 "

Mrs. Geo. B. Ogilvie

1 "

| J.C. Furguson

1 "

Mrs. C.B. Waite

1 "

| Howard Livingston

1 "

Vedette M. Co.

Bingham Kanyon

Salt Lake Co. U.T.

A. Gardner, Recorder

Sept. 17th 1863

(5) 17 November 1863, *A* Mining Deeds, p.5:

Territory of Utah )

County of Great Salt Lake ) ss.

The undersigned having this

day formed a corporation for the purpose of Minning, Do

hereby Certify that the name of said Corporation Shall

be "The Jordan Silver Minning Company"

That the object of Said Corporation, is to Carry

on, and conduct the businefs of Minning on a Certain Vein or

lode known by the name of Jordan Lode and Situated

and recorded in the District of West Mountain, Great Salt

Lake County, Territory of Utah, known as the Mine of the

Jordan Silver minning Company in Bingham Canion Great

Salt Lake County Utah Territory.

The Amount of the Capital Stock of Said Corporation

shall be One hundred and four thousand Dollars, Which

Shall be divided into five Hundred and Twenty Shares

at Two Hundred (200) Dollars Each

The Said Corporation shall exist for the term of Fifty

(50) years, and its Concerns shall be managed by a board,

composed of five Trustees

The principal place of businefs of Said Corporation

Shall be in the County of Great Salt Lake, where an office

Shall be kept for the purpose

The following persons to Wit: P Edw Conner, Robert Pollock

Howard Livingston, G.W. Carlton and William Jennings, Shall

be the Trustees to mannage the Concern of Said Corporation

for the first three months

In witnefs whereof We have hereunto set our hands

and Seals this Seventeenth (17) day of November A.D. 1863

Witnefed

)

P. Edw Conner

ss.

In Presents of

)

Howard Livingston ss.

M G Lewis

)

G.W. Carlton

ss.

J A Thompson

)

William Jennings ss.

W.W. Phelps

)

Rob Pollock

ss.

(6) 5 February 1864, *A* Mining Deeds, p.6:

Territory of Utah

)

Great Salt Lake County

)

ss.

Now at this day Comes

before me the undersigned, Notary Public, within and for the

said above mentioned County and Territory, P. Edw. Conner

Howard Livingston, George W Carlton, William Jennings

and Robt Pollock, and Acknowledged that they had ma-

de, Executed and Signed the within agreement, or instru-

ments of writing for the uses and purposes therein specified

----

/ \

In testimony of Which I have

/ \

hereunto Set my official Seal of Office

|Utah Territory|

and Subscribed my name at Great

| GSL City |

Salt Lake City this 5th day of February,

\ /

A.D. 1864

\ /

W.W. Phelps Notary Public

----

I Amos Reed, Secretary of the Territory of

Utah, Do Certify that W.W. Phelps, before whom

the foregoing Acknowledgement was taken is and was

at the time of taking said Acknowledgement a Notary

Public duly commissioned and qualified to act

as such for the County of Great Salt Lake in the

---

Territory of Utah

/ \

In witnefs whereof I have hereunto

/ \

set my hand and affixed the Seal

/ \

of Said Territory this tenth day

|Territory of Utah|

of February A.D. 1864, and of

| |

the Independance of the United

\ MDCCCL /

States the Eighty Eighth

\ /

Amos Reed

\ /

Secretary of Utah

---

(7) 12 April 1864, Book A, West Mountain Mining District, p.96:

Notice

Womans lode

We the undersigned "Strong Minded Woman,

do hereby determine and make Manifest our

intention and right to take up "Feet" ore anything Else

in our own names. And to Work the Same independant

of Any other Man. We do therefore take up and Claim in our

own Right "200" Two Hundred feet Each and "200" Two Hundred

feet for discovery on this "Womans" Lode. Comcing at this

Notice and Runing in a N.E.ly direction 1000 One Thousand

feet and in a "SW"ly direction from the Same 1000 One

thousand feet with all its dips Spurs & Angles & Variations

& Whatever other Rights and priveledges the Laws or guns

of this district give to Lodes so taken up.

Names

Mrs Genl. P Edw Connor

200 feet

Mrs Col R Pollock

200 "

Mrs Col W Jones

200 "

Mrs Capt- Ketcham

200 "

Mrs Capt- Ormy

200 "

Mrs Capt- Hemstead

200 "

Mrs B Kirkpatrick

200 "

Mrs Nevitt

200 "

Mrs E W Farnham

200 "

Mrs G B Kirby

200 "

Located April 12th 1864

Recorded May 7th 1864

Rush Valley Tooella Co, West Mountain Dist

Jas S Warren

Deputy Rcdr

(8) 7 May 1864, Book A, West Mountain Mining District, p.109:

Notice

Orphan Boy Extention

We the undersigned Claim for Mining purposes

one Share of Two Hundred (200) feet Each on Extention

of this lead or lode of minerals with all its dips Spurs

& Angles. Commencing at this Stake and Running

Thirty Two Hundred (3200) feet in a "Wy" direction. Said

Vain being Situated in Bates Cañon about one (1)

Mile from its Mouth. And intend to Work the

Same according to the Mining laws of this district

Said Claim is known as the Orphan Boy Extention

Names

John A Smith

1 Share

Wm A Smith

1 "

Orlando Gee

1 "

P Edw Connor

1 "

W A Hickman

1 "

Chas H Hempstead

1 "

Emery Mecham

1 "

Wm Gilbert

1 "

A. Gilbert

1 "

Edwd Penington

1 "

W G Hickman

1 "

J B Hickman

1 "

Wm Burnett

1 "

D B Stover

1 "

Joseph Clark

1 "

John G Crocker

1 "

Located May 7th 1864

Recorded May 15th 1864 {Tooele City Tooele Co, West

Mountain Dist.

(9) 7 May 1864, Book A, West Mountain Mining District, p.110:

Notice

Decotah

We the undersigned Claim Six Thousand Four Hundred

(6400) feet in this Claim Known as the Decotah and

Runing in a "Ny" direction. This Claim is Situated

between Bates Cañon and Pole Cañon. Together

with all its dips Spurs & Angles, &c, and intend to

Work the Same according to the Mining laws of

this District.

Names

Jas A. Smith

)

P Edw Connor

1 Share

Andrew Galloway

)loca-

Wm A. Hickman

1 "

Thos Lee

)tors

D B Stover

1 "

Lopey

)

F B Gilbert

1 "

Rchd Warburton

)

J B Hickman

1 "

E M Morgan

1 Share

Howard Livingston 1 "

Saml Kahn

1 "

John Rowberry

1 "

Wm J Mann

1 "

James Gordan

1 "

Frank May

1 "

J D Bayliss

1 "

L M Butcher

1 "

Joseph Smith

1 "

W G Hickman

1 "

Horace Wheat

1 "

Jno A Smith

1 "

Chas H Hempstead 1 "

Jno A Smith, Jr

1 "

A W Nobles

1 "

W D Hickman

1 "

Wm Smith

1 "

Wm Gilbert

1 "

Located May 7th 1864

Recorded May 15th 1864 Tooele City, Tooella Co, West

Mountain Dist

(10) 7 May 1864, Book A, West Mountain Mining District, p.111:

Notice

Orphan Boy

We the undersigned hereby Claim for Mining

purposes one Share of Two Hundred (200) feet for the

discoverer Jas A Smith on this Lead or lode of

Minerals with all its dips Spurs & Angles Commencing

at this Stake and Runing Thirty Two Hundred (3200)

feet in an "E" direction said being Situated in

Bates Cañon about one (1) Mile from its Mouth

and intend to work the Same according to the

Mining laws of this district

Names

Jas A Smith

Jas Crosman

John A Smith Jr

A W Noble

W D Hickman

W G Gaylord

Howard Livingston

Frank B Gilbert

J D Bayliss

David Burnett

Jas Finnerty

Jno Rowberry

Jno W Kerr

Horace Wheat

T A Janney

Tooele City May 7th 1864

Recorded May 16th 1864. Tooella Co - West Moun Dist

Jas S Warren

Deputy Rcdr

(11) 7 May 1864, Book A, West Mountain Mining District, p.114:

Notice

Widow

We the undersigned hereby Claim for Mining purposes

Five Thousand Two Hundred (5,200) feet in this lode

Known as the Widows lode & Co - situated in

Bates Cañon between Orphan Boy & Decotah Cos Claims

Runing one thousand feet (1000) "W" & Four Thousand Two (4200)

hundred feet "N" Together with all its dips Spurs &

Angles and intend to work the same according to the

Mining laws of this district

Names

Mrs Cathrine Crosland 2 Shares

J.B. Hickman

1 Share

W A Hickman

1 "

Amos Reid

1 "

Jas A Smith

1 "

Jno Rowbery

1 "

Jas A Smith Jr

1 "

David Burnett 1 "

Joseph Smith

1 "

D.D. Stover

1 "

Wm Smith

1 "

Wm Gilbert

1 "

Wm A Smith

1 "

Jno Stout

1 "

Jas Smith

1 "

Joseph Clark

1 "

A W Nobles

1 "

James Rodgers

1 "

Genl P Edw Connor

1 "

M G Lewis

1 "

Jas S Warren

1 "

James Finnerty

1 "

W D Hickman

1 "

S E Jocelyn

1 "

W G Hickman

1 "

Tooela City May 7th 1864

Recorded May 18th 1864 Tooela Co West Mounn Dist

Jas S Warren

Deputy Rcdr

(12) 2 May 1867, Lower Mining District Bingham Cañon,

Records & Laws of, Books "A", p.58:

Water Claim

We the undersigned claim all the water

runing in the creek in Bingham Canon commencing at

the Point of Rocks about 75 yards below

the Dixon Lode or one fourth of a mile

below Markham Fork, and runing the dis-

tance of some two Miles to our discovery

claim which is Situated about half way

betwene the junction of Dry Fork with the

Main Cañon and the Lower Mill

Locators

Located May 2d 1867

)

S.M. Butcher

Recorded May 3d 1867

)

Thompson Blair

West Mountain

)

Henry Blair

Mining District

)

James Hickman

Bingham Canon

)

W.P. Clark

Recorder

Transfered from West Mountain Mining

District Records April 10th 1869

Recorded April 10th 1869

A.D. Heaton

Recorder

(13) 27 February 1868, Lower Mining District Bingham Cañon,

Records & Laws of, Books "A", p.57:

Notice

We claim 200 feet each beginning at a stake set last spring one half

mile below Dry Fork running below said stake 200 ft & then running above

said stake 1000 being one claim for discovery. Hill claims North side

Bingham Canon Lower Placer

S.M. Butcher

Filed Feb 27th 1868

Wm Butcher

Recorded March 23d 1868

J.B. Hickman

Heaton

Wm Force

Recorder

Warren Hickman