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the creek - that they had had a miners meeting yesterday to decide on all doubtful or conflicting points & to settle the amount of land each man might claim - that their claim averaged three to five unclear per pan from top to bed rock - that not a shovel full of earth was thrown in vain. They are building a water way & hope to get in a flume in a week when they expect to get from 20 to 50 dollars per day to the man - I brought off some of the