Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-12-13
MINERAL LANDs-BlL PASSED.
MINERAL LANDS.
Amended Bill Reported by senator
" AtexvnPt nRd Passed.

public domain, both surveyed and unsurVey'
ed, are hereby declared'to be free and open
to exploration and occupation BY all citizens
Of the United States, and those who have
their intention to become citizens,
to such regulations as may be pre-.
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. 2. And b Il further enacted, That
any person or association OF per-
sons claim a vein or lode Of quartz, or other
rock in place, bearing gold, silver, cinnabar,
or copper, having previously occupied and
improved the same according to the 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 than one thou
sand dollars, and in regard to whose possess
sion there is no controversy or opposing
claim, It shall and may be lawful for said
claimant or association Of claimants 70 file
In the local land Office a diagram Of the same,
so extended ~laterally or otherwise as to con.
form to the local laws, customs, and rules of
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. to any
DEPTH although It may enter the land adjoin-
ing, which land adjoining shall be sold cub
ject to this condition.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That
upon the fling 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 a patent, the Register Of the Land Office
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, II 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-
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 din-
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,
tho anne thereupon, But xaid Mai. 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.
Syc. 4. dnI. be Il further enacted. That
when such location nnd entry of a mine shall
he unon un,uryryed lands. Il shall and NAV
he lawful. after he 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 a rectangular
form TO SUIT the circumstances Of the coun-
try and the local rules, laws, and customs Of
miners: Provided, Thet no location hereafter
made shall exceed two hundred feet in length
along the vein for each locator, with an add.
tionei claim for discovery to the discoyere,
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
further, That no person NAV make more
than one location ON tSe same lode. and not
more than tbree thousand feet mali he t,ten
in any one claim nv ,ny a,,oc;,t;on ~
n.rsona.
SEC. s. And BE- IL further enacted. Th,, M
a further condition 81 sale. in he absence of
necessary legislation by Congress. the local
Legislature of any State or TERRITORY NAV
provide rules for working mines involving
easements, drainage, and other NECESSARY
means to their COMPLETE DEVELOPMENT. and
those conditions sbaIl he milv ernye,,e5 in
the p,tent.
SIC. 6. And D. IL further enacted That
whenever apy adverse elaimantx 10 arv mine
located and Claimed az afore.a,d shall anne,r
before the approval OF the ,uryey. az pro-
yided in the third section Of this Act. all ppro-
ceedinps shall be STAYED until a Anal settle
ment and adjudication in the Courts of COM
petent iurisdiction Of the rights OF posses.
sion to such claim. when a patent NAV issue
as in other cases.
SEC. Z. And be Il further enacted. That the
President OF the United State, 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
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