Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-11-12
MINERAL LANDS-BlLL PASSED.
MINERAL LANDS.
Amended Bill Reported by senator
Afewurf md Pnnned-

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form 10 the local Jaws, CUSTOMS, 4 iuisso
miners, anu 10 enter sueh W .nSa
patent therefor, granting such mine, eoestlel
WITH the rlsht 70 iotoI suon - onn
WIN us uips, anSles anu IA onS aS;o;n'
aepth, aitnougn II may sueei .HIn ha Ia Unh
ing, wnicn lan9 aagoinins nA
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SEc; D. hHa Ve" g.'H "~soaoS IN
upon the nnng Oh inc uiaSIam 90 ppns,;ne M
second section o! TINS AS', anu p,Sa of.;n
same In a conspicuous Piaec on u .'ah,
together with u notice OF intentiTn 70 SPRiy
for a patent, the Register OF the Lana omee
shall publish q nouce OF tue same III aue"er
paper published nearest TO the location OF
said claim, and shall also post such notice IN
his office for the period OF Ninety DAYS; ana
after the expiration OF SAID perioo, II no ac.
verse claim shall have been MED, II
shall be the duty Of the Surveyor Gen-
eral, upon application OF the party,
to survey the premises and make a plat
thereof, Endorsed with his approval, designa-
ting the number and description OF the loca-
ton, the value OF the labor and improve
ments, and the character OF the vein ex-
posed; and upon the payment 70 the proper
officer Of five dollars per acre, together with
the cost Of each survey, plat, and notice, and
giving satisfactory evidence that SAID dia-
gram and notice have been posted on the
claim during said period OF ninety days, the
Register Of the Land Office shall transmit to
the General Land Ofnce sald pia1. survey,
and description; and a patent shall issue for
| the same %thereupon. But said plat, survey,
| or description shall in no case cover more
| than one vein or lode, and no patent shall
issue for more than one vein or lode, which
shall he expressed in the patent issued.
SIC. 4. And be IL further enacted, That
when such location and entry OF a mine shall
be upon unsuryeyed lands, it shall and may
he lawful, after the extension thereto Of the
public surveys, to adjust the surveys to the
| limits Of the premises according to the loca-
ton and possession and plat aforesaid, and
the Surveyor General may, in extending the
SURVEYS, vary the same from u rectangular
form to SUIT the circumstances Of the coun-
try and the local rules, laws, and customs OF
miners: Provided, That no location hereafter
made shall exceed two hundred feet in length
along the vein for each locator, with an addl-
tional claim for discovery to the discoverer
Of the lode, with the right to follow such vein
10 any depth, with all its dips, variations, and
angles, together with u reasonable quantity
| of surface for the convenient working Of the
same as fixed BY local rules: And provided
further. That no person may make more
han one location on the same lode, and not
more ,bon three thousand feet shall be taken
in ,ny one Claim by any association of
nersons.
SEC, 5. And be IL further enacted, Tha. as
n further condition Of sale, in the absence OF
necessary legislation by Congress, the local
Legislature OF any State or Territory may
nr6r;de rules for working mines involving
Easements, drainage, and other necessary
means TO their complete development; and
those condition, shall be fully expressed in
the patent.
SEC. 6. Aud 90 Il further enacted, That
located and claimed as aforesaid shall appear
before the approval OF the survey, as pro-
yided in the third section Of this Act, all pro-
ceedincs shall be STAYED until 4 final settle
ment and adjudication in the Courts Of COM
petent iurisdiction Of the rights Of posses
sion to such claim, when a patent may issue
as in other cases.
SEC. I. And be It further enacted. That the
| President Of the United States be, and is
hereby, authorized to establish additional
land districts and to appoint the necessary
oScers under existing laws, wherever he
| a damn the Qamn necessary for the DnOllC