Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-10-16
MINERAL IAyDs-BIIL PASSED.
MTNRRNLLANDs
Amended Bill Reperted By Senate

public DOMAIN, OOtn buINeyeo euu eHs'SJ
ed, are hereby declared to be free and open
TO exploration and occupation BY all citizens
Of the United States, and those VINO nave
declared their intention to become citizens
20 such regulations as may be- pre-
by law, and subject also to local Gus
tom or rules OF miners in tho several mining
districts, so far as the same may not be In
conflict with the laws Of the United States.
SEC. 2. And Do Il farther enacted, That
whenever any person or association Of per-
o claim a vein.or lode Of quartz, or other
rock in place, bearing gold, silver, cinnhbar,
or copper, having previously occupied and
improved the same according to the local
custom or rules Of miners in the district
where the same 10 situated, and having ex-
pended in actual labor and improvements
thereon an amount not less than one thou
sand dollars, and in regard to whose posses
sion there 10 no controversy or opposing
claim, It shall and may be lawful for said
claimant or association Of claimants to ale
in tho local land Office 4 diagram Of the same,
so extended l~aterally or otherwise as 20 con.
form to the local laws, customs, and rules Of
and 10 enter sHch tract and receive q
patent therefor, granting such mine, together
with the right to follow such vein or lode,
with its dips, angles and variations. to any
depth, although Il may enter the land adjoin.
Ing, which land adjoining shall be sold cub
ject to this condition.
SEC. 8. And Be Il further enacted, That
upon the ding Of the diagram az provided In
section Of this Act, and posting the
same In q conspicuous place on the claim
together with q notice OF intention to apply
for a patent, the Register Of the Land Office
shall publish q notice Of the same In u news.
paper published nearest to the location Of
said claim, and shall also post such notice in
his Office for the period Of ninety days; and
after the expiration Of said period, IL no ad-
verse claim shall have been fled, II
shall be the duty Of the Surveyor Sen.
eral, upon application Of the party,
to survey the premises and make q plat
Endorsed with his approval, designa-
ting the number and description Of the loca.
ton, the value Of the labor and improve
and the character OF the vein ex-
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 moro
than one vein or lode, and no patent shall
issue for more than one vein or lode, which
shall be expressed in the patent issued.
SEC. 4. And BE- IL further enacted, That
when such location and entry Of 4 mine shall
be upon unsurveyed lands, Il shall and may
be 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 4 rectangular
form 10 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 discoyerer
Of the lode, with the right to follow such vein
to any depth, with all It's dips, variations, and
angles, together with a 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
than one location on the same lode, and not
more than three thousand feet shall be taken
in any one claim BY any association Of
persons.
SEC. s. And BE- it further enacted, That as
q further condition Of sale, in the absence OF
legislation BY Congress, the local
Legislature Of any State or Territory may
rules for working mines involving
drainage, and other necessary
to their complete development; and
those conditions shall be fully expressed In
the patent
SIC. 6. And b Il further enacted, That
whenever any adverse claimants 70 aEy mine
and claimed a. aforesaid shall appear
before the approval Of the survey, as pro-
vided in the third section Of this Act, all pro-
ceedinRs shall be stayed until o final settle
ment and adjudication in the Courts Of COM
jurisdiction Of the rights Of posses
sion to such claim, when . patent may issue
a. in other cases.
SEC. Z. And Be Il further enacted, That the
President OF the United States be, and Is
hereby, authorized to establish additional
land districts and TO appoint the necessary
officers under existing laws, wherever he
may deem the same necessary for the public
convenience in executing the provisions Of
.sEo. s. And b il further enacted, That the
right Of way for the construction Of high
ways over public lands, not reserved for pub.
liz uses, Is hereby granted;
SEC. 8. And be Il further enacted, That
whenever, BY priority Of possession, rights 70
the use Of water for mining, agricultural,
manufacturing, or other purposes, have vest.
ed and accrued, and the same are recognized
and acknowledged BY the local customs, laws
and the decisions Of Courts, the possessors
and owners Of such vested rights, shall be
maintained and protected in the same ; and
the right OF way for the construction OF ditch
"A and canals for the purposes aforesaid 10