Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-11-17
MINERAL LANDS-BILL PASSED.
MINERAL LANDS.
mcuded Bill Reported by Senator

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,o .xnloration and occupation by all citizens
~ he limited 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 oI rules OF miners in the several mining
5;s,r;cts. so far as the same may not DC IN
conflict with the laws Of the United States.
SIG. Q. And BE- Il further enacted, That
whenever any person or association OF per-
snns claim a vein or lode Of quartz, or other
pocI in place. bearing gold, silver, cinnabar,
or copper, having previously occupied and
;mnroyed the same according to the local
custom or rules of miners in the district
where the same is situated, and having ex-
nended in actual labor and improvements
thereon an amount not less than one thou
sand dollars, and in regard to whose possess
sion there is no controversy or opposing
claim. il shall and may be lawful for said
claimant or association OF m TO ME
in the local land office q diagram OF the same,
so extended laterally or otherwise as 10 con.
form to the local laws, customs, and rules oil
miners, and to enter such tract and receive a
patent therefor, granting such mine, together
with the right to follow such vein or lode,
with its dips, angles and variations, 10 any
depth, although it may enter the land adJoin-
ing, which land adjoining shall be sold oub-
iect to this condition.
SEC. 8. And be Il further enacted, That
upon the fling of the diagram as provided IN
second section Of this Act, and posting the
same in 4 conspicuous place on the claim,
together with a notice Of intention to apply
for a patent, the Register Of the Land Othce
shall publish a notice Of the same IN a 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, If no adj
verse claim shall have been filed, it
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-
ments, 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
the General Land Office said plat, survey,
and description; and a patent shall issue for
the same t%hereupon. But said plat, survey,
or description shall in nc case cover more
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. 1. And be Il further enacted, That
when such location and entry Of q mine shall
be upon unsuryeyed lands, it 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 q 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 addI-
tional claim for discovery to the discoverer
Of the lode, with the right to follow such vein
to any depth, with all its 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. 5. And be it further enacted, Tha. as
u further condition Of sale, in the absence Of
necessary legislation by Congress, the local
LEGISLATURE 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.
SIC. 6. And Be Il 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-
yided in the third section Of this Act, all pro-
ceedings shall be stayed until a final settle
ment and adjudication in the Courts OF CON-
petent jurisdiction Of the rights Of posses
sion to such claim, when 4 patent may issue
as in other cases.
SEC. Z. And be u further enacted, That the
Presiden, OF the United State, be, and is
hereby, authorized to establish additional
land districts and to appoint the necessary
officers unde existing laws, wherever he
may deem the same necessary for the public
convenience in executing the provisions OF
this Act.
SEC. 8. And De u tu'ther' enacted, That the
right Of way for the construction OF high
ways over public lands, not reserved for pub
lit uses, is hereby granted.
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That
whenever, by priority OF possession, rights to
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
es and canals for the purposes aforesaid Is
hereby acknowledged and confirmed. Pro-
vided, however, That whenever, after the
passage Of this Act, any person or persons
shall, in the construction Of any ditch or
canal. injure or damage the possession Of any
settler on the public domain, the party com
hitting such injury or damage shall be liable
to the party injured for such injury or dam
age.
SEC. 10. and be ii further enacted, That
wherever, prior to the passage Of this Act,
upon the lands heretofore designated as min
eral lands, which have been excluded from
survey anu SAFE. IlcTe nave OCpu 0OmpHIe1US