Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-03-14
MINERAL EKNps-BIIBp PASSED.
MIN1eRAB LANDS.
Bill Repsrfed BY senator

Amended Bill Rep0rfed BY Senator
stewart and Passed.
SEcrroN l. That the mineral lands'of the
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
declared their intention to become ciIEens,
subject to such regulations as may be pre-
scribed BY law, and subject also to local Gus
tom or rules Of miners in tho several mining
districts, so far as the same may not be IN
conflict with the laws Of the United States.
SEC. 2. And Be IL further enacted, That
sons claim a vein or lode Of quartz, or other
or copper, having previously occupied. and
improved the same according to the local
custom or rules Of miners In the district
where the same 10 situated, and having ex-
pended in actual labor and improvements
thereon an amount not less than one thou.
sand dollars, and in regard 70 whose posses
sion there is no controversy or opposing
claim, it shall and may be lawful for said
claimant or association Of claimants to file
in the local land Office a diagram Of the same,
20 extended laterally or otherwise as to con.
form to the local laws, customs, and rules Of
miners, and to enter such tract and receive .
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. .".i We
/ SEC. 3. 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 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 q 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, il no ad-
verse claim shall have been fled, 1t
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 Che 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, 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 t%hereupon. 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 farther 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 a rectangular
form to SUIT the circumstance 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 diseoverei
OF the lode, with the right to follow such vein
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
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sion 10 such claim, when a patent MAJ issue
as in other cases. -
SEC, 7. And be IL further enacted, That tn.
President Of the United States be, and IL
hereby, authorized to establish additional
land districts and to appoint the necessary
~oAiccrs under existing laws, wherever he
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