Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-03-02
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MINRRAL LANDS.
Amended Hill Reported by senator

SECTION l. That the mineral Ihnas Of sne
public domain, both surveyed and unsuryey-
Cd, are hereby declared " be free and open
to exploration and occupation By AL citizens
Of the United States, and those who have
declared their intention 70 become citizens,
subject to such regulations n may be- pre-
scribed BY law, and subject Also 70 Local cni1
tom or rules Of miners IN the several mining
districts, 80 far a. the same may not Do in
conflict with the laws Of the United States.
SEC. 2. And b u further enacted, That
whenever any person or association 81 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 IL situated, and having e1-
pended In actual labor And improvements
thereon an amount not less than one thou
sand dollars, and In regard 70 whose postss-
sion there il 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,
SO extended laterelly or otherwise a. 70 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 DO sold Cub
ject to this condition. r.
SEC. 8. And Be It further enacted, That
upon the filing Of the diagram as provided IN
second section Of this Act, and posting the
together with o notice OF intention to apply
for 4 patent, the Register Of the Land Office
shall publish o 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 I'D.
verse claim shall have been fled, it
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 bis 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, Tha,
when such location and entry Of q mine shal
be upon unsuryeyed lands. it shall and may
be lawful, after the extension thereto Of the
public surveys, to adjust the surveys 70 TIT
limits Of the premises according to the loca,
| ton and possession and plat aforesaid, ant
the Surveyor General may, in extending III,
surveys, vary the same from a rectangular
rform to SUIT the circumstances Of the coun'
try and the local rules, laws, and customs O
miners: Provided, That nc location hereafter
made shall exceed two hundred feet in length
along the vein for each locator, with an addi
tionl claim for discovery 10 the discovers
Of the lode, with the right to follow such yeir
to any depth, with oil its dips, variations, ans
angles, together with a reasonable quantity
Of surface for the convenient working Of tn
same as fixed by local rules: And provided
further, That no person may make mort
than one location on the same lode, and no
more than three thousand feet shall be taker
ip any one claim by any association o
persons. .1.
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toe use Oh Sa'ei iIl mummy, astleul'ul,
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ahe o"nels Vi iucn restea iignl', Inaii %
mainHinea ana Ptotecten mtne shme; Aro
me IlSnt OF Ewaylot ,hs oonettueuon OF oitsn.
es and canals ioT the purposes Aforesaid !.
hereby acknowledge Q conhrmed. re.
vided, however, nal vnsneVer, AFTER tne
passage Oh TINS Act any person or persons
shall, in the construction Of any ditch Of
canal, injure or damage the possession OF any
settler on the pubic domain, the party com
hitting such inlury, or damage shall be liable
% the party injured ior saealn3pry OF dam
ags. N . ~
DEC. W. Ano &C." JnIheT endetsa. ina
Wnereser, Pi,ot % ne passage Of TINS Act
upon tne ianu: heretofore ~aesignsted a. min
eIal lanas, "nicn nave oeen EXCLUDED from
Become citizens which homestead. a. I S.ve bee. N
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