Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-12-19
MINERAL LANDS BILL PASSED.
MINERAL LANDS.
u,uded BiII Repsrted BY senator

nublic domain, both surveyed anu unou.,sy
I'd are hereby declared to be free ana open
to exploration and occupation BY all cili1ens
Of he United States, and those VINO nave
declared their intention to become CITIZENS
subject to such regulations as may De pre-
,cribed 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 DC III
conflict with the laws Of the United states.
SEC. 2. And be IL farther enacted, inat
whenever any person or association Of per
sons claim q vein or lode Of quartz, or otnei
rock in place, bearing gold, silver, cinpaoar,
or copper, having previously occupied ana
improved the same according to the local
custom or rules Of miners in the disIlct
where the same is situated, and having e1-
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 DO lawful for said
claimant or association Of claimants to file
in the local land Office a diagram Of the same,
so extended l~aterally or otherwise as to con.
form to the local laws, customs, and rules OF
minors, 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 il may enter the land adjoin-
ing, which land adjoining shall be sold oub-
ject 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
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n.ne, nuhi;.h.d noa,os, ~ Tho ,%ncst;on Of
ss}d claim and sbaIi LAO most such notice in
bis office for The ner;od of ninety days: and
| amer Tho erniration of snid neriod. II no adj.
verse claim shall have been filed, it
shall DO 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 Lane Office shall transmH to
the General Land Office said plat, survey,
and description; and a patent shall issue for
VIZ e"s shSASuPohs ous soAu paw ouA'Syt
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 u mine shall
be upon unsurreyed lands, it shall and may
be lawful, after the extension thereto Of the
public surveys, to adju'' 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, 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 diseoverer
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
same n, ixed nv local rules: And provided
TURNER, INA. no person So may MAKE s,s more ore