Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-12-12
MINERAL LANDS-BILL PASSED.
MINERAL LANDS.
Amenaed BilI Reported By senator
0te~ar and Passed.

SEC1IOE L. 4Aht ~
nrhijc domain. both surveyed and unsuryey-
"A are hereby declared to be free and open
IN EXPLORATION and occupation by all citizens
n the United States, and those who have
declared their intention to become citizens,
subject 10 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. 30 far as the same may not be IN
conflict with the laws OF the United States.
SEC. 2. And be II further enacted, That
whenever any person or association OF per-
sons claim q vein or lode Of quartz, or other
rock in place, bearing gold, silver, oinnaoar,
or copper, having previously occupied
improved the same according to the local
custom or rules Of miners in the district
whero the same IL 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 is no controversy or opposing
claim, It shall and may be lawful for said
claimant or association OF claimants to hle
in the local land office a diagram OF the same,
80 extended l~aterally or otherwise as to con.
form to the local laws, customs, and rules OF
miners, and to enter such 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 it may enter the land adjoin-
ing, which land adjoining shall be sold oub-
ject to this condition.
SBc. 8. And be IL further enacted, That
upon the filing Of the diagram as provided in
second section Of this Act, and posting the
same in a conspicuous place on the claim,
together with q notice Of intention to apply
for a patent, the Register Of the Land Office
ahan pphlieh m roNtno NJ tho aamn In a n aVa-
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 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-
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 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
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 a mine shall
be upon unsurreyed lands, it shall and may
be lawful, after the extension thereto Of the
| -.1lt. ,,r,,au 20 adtuaf tho RnYyaua m tho
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 addl.
| tional claim for discovery to the discoyerer
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 n 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 IL further enacted, That as
q 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.
sEo.6 .. And oe V tHThe e"ceteo, Inas
whenever any ADVERSE eiaimants 70 aLy mine
located ana claimed as atTfesaia snal appear
before the approval Oh inc survey, as pro
vided IN the thiia section OF TINS AS., an pro
ceedlngs snail oe stayed un'n annai set.le-
nent and adlaoication IN tne courts Oh com
petent )urlsdieton o. tne rl8nts Oh posses-
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