Weaver Mining District (Virginia Mining District; Mocking Bird Mining District), Weaver Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USAi

Regional Level Types
Weaver Mining District (Virginia Mining District; Mocking Bird Mining District)	Mining District
Weaver Mountains	Mountain Range
Yavapai County	County
Arizona	State
USA	Country

This is the oldest mining district in Yavapai County (founded 1863). It is located on the SW margin of the Weaver Mts. in the vicinity of Octave and Stanton, about 35 miles South from Prescott in southern Yavapai Co. This is a gold mining district.

The range or plateau's front rises abruptly for more than 2,000 feet. These mountains are comprised mainly of granite, diorite & schist intruded by numerous aplites, pegmatites and basic dikes. Overlain in places by lavas. The principal gold-bearing veins of this district occur within gently NNW-ward dipping fault zones and are of the mesothermal quartz-pyrite-galena type.

The founding of the district is well documented (grammar and spelling not corrected):

Name and Boundary of District.

1st. This District shall be known as Weaver District and bounded as follows - to wit, commencing at the mouth or sink of the Hassayamp Creek following up the eastern bank of said creek to the Tanks on the Southern boundary line of Walkers, thence West to the head of the Canyon of the St. Maria, thence southerly to Indian Springs continuing in said direction crossing Date Creek near the Indian cemetery ten miles from said crossing, thence east to the place of beginning.

Size of Claims.

2nd - The size of Claims in this District shall be one hundred & fifty feet on creeks or Gulches and seventy five feet on each side.

Number of Claims, &C.

3d No person shall hold but one claim in this District except the original discoverers (Ten in number) and the discoverer of new creek or Gulch diggings who are & shall be entitled to one additional claim, all claims worked & recorded within five days from the time of location shall hold good for sixty days. After the expiration of said sixty days all claims shall be worked on one day in ten.

Arbitration.

4th. All disputes in refference to mining claims in this District to be settled by arbitration.

Mexicans.

5th No citizens of Mexico shall hold or work claims in this District except the boy Lorenzo Para who is one of the original discoverers, and should the miners employ any of the said citizens of Mexico, they will be held responsible for their good behavior, and should the said employer fail to comply with this article he or they shall forfeit all interest in the mines & leave the District.

Purchasing Claims.

6th. No person or persons shall purchase or sell any claims in this District for sixty days from the adoption of these laws, nor shall any person take up and hold claims for non-residents of the District.

Recorder.

7th. There shall be one Recorder elected whose duty shall be to record mining claims & bills of sale & preserve the laws of the district in a book or books to be kept for that purpose, said Records to be open for examination (free). His term of office shall be three months & until his successor is elected. He shall post or cause to be posted notices in three public places of the District notifying the miners of the expiration of his term, stating the time & place of election, and deliver to his successor all Books Papers and Maps belonging to his office. His fees for Recording shall be one dollar for each claim, and one dollar for each Bill of Sale. No Bills of Sale of claims will be valid unless recorded within forty-eight hours after date.

Called Meetings.

8th. Any five miners can call a meeting of the miners of the District by Posting notices in three public places of the District stating the object of the meeting, giving five days notice and signing their names to said notices.

June 25th, 1863

Arthur M. Henry, Recorder

Another district founded - mind your Mexican employees' behavior!

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