Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-11-14
MINERAL LANDS-BILL PASSED.
MINERAL. LANDS.
Amended Bill Reported by senator
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10 exploration and occupation by all citizens
of the United States, and those who have
declared their intention to become citizens,
subject to such regulations as may be pre-
scribed BY law, and subject also to local Gus
tom or rules OF miners in the several mining
districts, so far as the same may not be in
conflict with the laws Of the United States.
SEC. 9. And DC II tHrkaer efldcfed, That
whenever any person or association OF per-
sons claim a vein or lode OF quartz, or other
rock in place, bearing gold, silver, cinpabar,
or copper, having previously occupied and
improved the same according to tho local
custom or rules OF miners IN the district
where the same is situated, and having ex-
pended in actual labor and improvements
thereon an amount not less thar one thou
sand dollars, and in regard to whose posses
sion there is no controversy or opposing
claim, it shall and may De iawiul LOT ssia
claimant or association oil eiaiuianls 70 ME
in the local lane otice 4 diagram oi tne SAINT
so extended l~aterally or otherwise Ss 70 con,
form to the local laws, customs, ana rules OF
miners, and to enter such tract ano feeei.e
patent therefor, granting such Ihihe, 'oSelnei
with the right to follow such VEN OF ioue,
with its dips, angles and variations; 70 any
depth, although It may enter inc tauu aSJoih-
ing, which land ADJOINING snan oe s0'e 'uo-
ject to this condition.
SEC. 3. And De Il ttr1her enaeIea! inas
upon the hing OF the diagram Us Provteeum
second section Of this Act, and posting inc
same in a conspicuous place on the elaih,
together with a notice OF intention 70 SpPt!
for a patent, the Register oil the tana olhee
shall publish a notice OF the same IN news,
paper published nearest to the iocaloh VI
said claim, and shall also post such holice III
his office for the period OF ninety Gays anu
after the expiration OF said period, II no az.
verse claim shall have been hleu, II
shall be the duty Of the Surveyor Gen.
eral, upon application OF the party,
to survey the premises and make a pat
| thereof, Endorsed with his approval, desi8na-
ting the number and description OF the ioca-
ton, the value OF the labor n improve
ments, and the character oil the vein eA-
posed; and upon the payment to 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 Office said plat, 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
shall he expressed in the patent issued.
SEC. 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
t;,;,s NJ the nrcmises according TO the loca-
ZION and posscssion and plat aforesaid, and
The Surveyor General NAV, in extending the
surveys, vary the same from a rectangular
form TO suit the circumstance 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-
tionai claim for discovery to the discoverer
NJ the lode, with the right to follow such vein
10 any depth, with all its dips, variations, and
ANGLES. together with n reasonable quantity
of surface for the Convenient working of the
same as fxed by local rules: And provided
further, That no person may make more
than one location on the same lode, and not
more than three thousand feet shall be taken
in any n claim by any association Of
persons.
SEC. 5. And be IL further enacted, That as
a further condition Of sale, in the absence Of
nPfRkA1TN lnVlAl1llOU u NUUkTCSb. III lOCdk
LeC;sla,are of any State or Territory may
provide rules for working mines involving
easements, drainage, and other necessary
means to their complete development; and
those conditions shall be fully expressed in
the patent.
SEC. 6. And Be ii further enacted, That
whenever any adverse claimants TO any mine
located and claimed as aforesaid shall appear
before the approval Of the survey, as pro-
vided in the third section Of this Act, all pro-
ceedings shall be stayed until u fnal settle
e and adjudication in the Courts of COM
petent jurisdiction Of the rights OF posses
sion to such claim, when a patent may issue
as in other cases.
SIC, 7. And be Il further enacted, That the
pres;S.n, of the United State, be, and is
hereby. authorized to establish additional
land districts and TO appoint the necessary
| osEceTs nnder c~xistine laws. wherever he
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