Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-04-05
xINBRAL,LAspsnB1LL PASSED.
mINRRALlND
Amended RiII sRepsstsA dby Senator
AeeWnrf mud Passed.

10 exploration and occupaton Oy All cil1ent
81 the United States, and those who have
declared theirg intention to become cidIens
subject to 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, so far al the same may not be IN
Conflict with the laws Of the United States.
SEC. 2. And b. IL further enacted, Tha'
whenever any person or association OF per
IONS claim q vein or lode Of quarts, or e.he'
rock IN place, bearing gold, silver, cinnaoar
Or copper, having previously occupied ant
improved the same according 70 the ioca
custom or rules Of miners in the distric'
where the same Is situated, and having ex
pended in actual labor and Improvement
thereon an amount not less than q thou
snnd dollars, and in regard to whose posses
sion there Is no controversy or opposing
claim, it shall and may be lawful for ssic
claimant or association Of claimants to hls
in the local land Office diagram Of b same
10 extended Materially or otherwise a. 70 con
form TO the local laws, customs, and rules o.
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 CUB
ject to this condition. 81
SEC. 3. And be Il further enacted, That
upon the ding 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 = patent, the Register Of the Land Office
shall publish a notice Of tho same in q news.
paper published nearest TO the location Of
= y I.s-n.-I .kon aIan nAak a,ah naftaa IN
his Office for the period Of ninety days; and
after the expiration OF said period, II no ad.
verse claim shall have been fled, 4,
shall be the duty Of the Surveyor Gen
eral, upon application Of the party,
TO survey the premises and make q plat
thereof, Endorsed with his approval, designa-
ting the number and description Of the ioca.
ton, the value Of dhe labor and improve
ments, and the character Of the vein ex-
posed; and upon tho payment to the proper
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 nc 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 II further enacted, That
when such location and entry OF 4 mine shall
be upon unsurvcyed 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 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 add.
tional claim for discovery to the discoverei
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 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 Be Il further enacted, That as
a 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.
SIC. 6. And be IL further enacted, Tha,
whenever any adverse claimants to any mine
located and claimed az AFORESAID shall appear
before the approval Of the survey, as pro-
vided in the third section Of this Act, all pro-
ccedings shall be stayed until q final settle
mcnt and adjudication m the Courts Of com
petent jurisdiction Of the rights Of posses
sion to such claim, when a patent may issue
as in other cases. .La.lr. ..
SEC. Z. And be Il further enacted, That the
President Of the United States be, and 10
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 provisions Of
this Act. @
SIC. 8. and be IL 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.
vhensysr. Nv nr;or;,y Of pos..s,ion. right to
The nse Of water for mining. aqricultursl.
Manufacturing, or other purposes. have vest.
"a 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
m,;ntainrd and protected In the satne and
ths ,;oht NJ v,y for the con struotion OF ditch.
q ,nS canals Tor the purposes Aforesaid b,
hereby acknowledged and confirmed. Pro-
yided. however, That whenever, after the
massage of this Act, any person or persons
sb.ll. in the CONJUNCTION Of any ditch or
canal. iniure or DAMAGE the possession Of any
settlsr on the publie domain. the marty com.
hitting ,ueh injury or DAMAGE shall be liable
n ,hs ns,ty injured fo1 TsueR in;nrv or dam.
spe. 4sIs- "SrSf1
= Syc. IN. And 4. Il further .uaet,d. That
vhereyer' nr;or 10 Tie passage or this Act.
nnonrtbe l,nds beYetofore de,iSnsted a, min,
craI l,nd,. which ave been Excluded from
survey and sale. tbere have been homesteads
persons who have declared their intention to
become citizens, which homesteacs have been
made, improved, and used for agricultural
PURPOSES, and upon which there have been