Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-12-18
MINERAL LANDs-BIIL PASSED.
- MINERAL LANDS.
AmeudoA Bill Reperssd.oyaSen essr

to exploration ana ocCuPesioI -
tof the United States, and those VINO nave
declared their intention TO become clIiIens'
subject 70 such regulations as may De pre-
scribed bylaw, and subject also 70 l1cat Gus
tom or rules Of miners in the sereial m uu
districts, so far as the same may pos oe Al
conflict with the laws Of the United states.
&c.,. And, b Il farther enoefea, ina'
whenever any person or associatlon Oh gea.
sons claim = vein or lode OF quartz, Of otnei
rock In place, bearing gold, silver, cinnaoai,
irnnroyed the same according to the local
custom or rules OF miners IN the district
where the same is situated, and having OK
nended 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, Il shall and may DO lawful for said
claimant or association of claimants To file
In the local land Office q diagram OF the same,
30 extended laterally or otherwise as TO con.
form TO the local laws, customs, and rules OF
miners, and 10 enter such tract and receive =
patent therefor, granting such mine, together
with the right to follow such vein or lode,
with It's dips, angles and variations, to any
depth, although Il may enter the and edJoin-
ing, which land adjoining shall be sold pub
ject to this condition.
l. SEC. 8. And be Il further enacted, That
upon the hling Of the diagram as provided In
second section Of this Act, and posting the
same in a conspicuous place on the claim,
together with a notice Of intention to apply
for q patent, the Register Of the Land Office
shall publish q notice Of the same in q 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
nfter the expiration Of said period, II no I'D.
verse claim shall have been filed, It
shall be the duty Of the Surveyor Cen
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 TO the proper
officer Of Ave dollars per acre, together with
the cost Of each survey, plat, and notice, q
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 hall 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 be expressed in the patent issued.
SIC. 4. And Be IL further enacted, That
when such location and entry Of q mine shall
be upon unsurveyed 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 followsuch vein
to any depth, with all its dips, variations, and
angles, together with q reasonable quantity
OF surface for the convenient working Of tho
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 b Il further enacted, That as
a further condition Of sale, n'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. ...
SEQ. 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
vided in the third section Of this Act, all pro-
ceedings shall be stayed until a final settle
ment 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.
SEC. Z. And 30 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
officers under existing laws, wherever he
may deem the same necessary for the public
convenience in executing the provisionsof
this Act.
SEC. 8. And BE- u further 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 Do Il further. enacted, That
whenever, by priority Of possession, rights to
1.-THE use Of water for mining, agricultural,
manufacturing, or other purposes, have vest.
led 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
lies and canals for the purposes aforesaid 10
Thereby acknowledged and confirmed. Pro-
IIyided, 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-
uniting such injury or damage shall be liable
10 the party injured for such injury or dam
age.
SEC. 10. And Dc u JHrther enacted, That
wherever, prior to the passage OF this Act,
upon the land: heretofore designated as min
eral lands, which have been excluded from
m.ds nv '.;,;,sn..or N. ITn;tsd S,.,.S ~
persons VINO hASe declared their intention to
become cicEens, Which homesteads have been