Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-25
MINERAL LANps-B1LL PASSED.
MINERAL LANDS.
Amended Bfii RepSrted BY Senator
Rfawnrf RanOpA.

UuQlICs 0lB OOkAA
are hereby declared TO be free and open
% exploration and occupation BY all citizens
Of the United States, and those who have
declared their intention TO become citiSens,
uubicct 10 such regulations a. may be pre-.
BY Law, and subject also to Local Gus
tom or rules OF miners In the several mining
districts, 20 far a. the same may not BE- in
with the laws OF the United States.
8Ic. 2. And b Il further enacted, That
whenever any person or association Of per
claim . vein or lode Of quarts, or other
rock in place, bearing gold, silver, oinIaoar.
or copper, having previously occupied o
improved the same according 70 the local
or rules of miners In the district
where the same 10 situated, and having ex-
in actual labor and improvements
an amount not less than ono thou
sand dollars, and In regard 70 whose possss-
sion there IL no controversy or opposing
daim, Il shall and may be lawful for said
or association OF claimants 70 tle
b tie local hand Office . diagram Of the sans,
70 extended l~aterally or otherwise - 70 con.
form to the local laws, customs, and rules Of
md TO enter such tract and receives
therefor, granting such mine, together
with tho 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.
: SEQ. 8. And b aifAtAey enacted, That
upon the ding Of the diagram as provided in
second section OF this Act, and posting the
same in q conspicuous place on the claim,
together with . notice Of intention 70 apply
for q patent, the Register Of the Land Office
shall publish q notice Of the same in q news
paper published nearest to the location OF
said claim, and shall also post such notice In
after the expiIationlo of said period, II NO ad-
verse claim shall have been fled, It
shall DO the duty Of the Surveyor Cen
eral, . application Of the party,
TO survey the premises and make 4 plat
thereof, Endorsed with his approval, designa-
ting the number and description Of the loca-
ton, tho value Of the labor and improve
ments, and the character OF the vein ex-
posed; and upon the payment 10 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-
aram 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 . 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 b Il ftvthsr Enacted, That
when such location and entry Of . mine shall
be upon unsurveysd lands, 1t shall and may
be lawful, after the extension thereto OF the
public surveys, to adjust the surveys to the
limits Of the premissS according TO the loca-
ton and possession and plat Aforesaid, and
the Surveyor General may, in extending the
surveys, vary the same from . rectangular
form 10 suit the circumstances Of the ooun-
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 vsin for each locator, with an addi.
| tional claim for discovery To- the diseoysrer
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 q fxed by local rules: And provided
further, That no person. may make more
than one location on the ssme lode, and not
more than three thousand feet shall be taken
in any mi claim BY any association Of
persons.
SEC. s. Ind b Il farther enacted, Tia. As
q further condition Of sale, in the absence Of
necenary 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 DO fully expressed In
the patent.
SIC. 8. And b IL further enacted, Tia.
whenever any adverse claimants to any mine
located and. claimed 40 Aforesaid shall appear
before the approval OF the survey, a. pro-
vided IN the third section Of this Act, all pro-
ceedings shall be stayed until afnaI settle
ment and adjudication in the Courts Of COM
petent jurisdiction Of the rights Of posses
sion 10 such claim, when . patent may Issue
- in other cases. ..-lL. no. Eg.
SIC. z. And b a6sthsr <.aetsd, That the
President Of the United States be, and u
hereby, authorized 10 establish additional
land districts and TO sppoint the necessary
officers under existing laws, wherever he
may deem the same necessary for the public
convenience In executing the provisions Of
this Act. ..#0 -..
SIC. s. And b af,fasr enacted, That the
right Of way for the construction OF high
ways over public lands, not reserved for pub
lit uses, u hereby granted.
51Ss 0s III W ~ ~ g5b<StSN 4AAk
Whenever, BY priority Of possession, rights TO
the use OF water for mining, agricultural,
manufacturing, or other purposes, have yett-
| ed 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 b
maintained and protected in the same and
the right Of way Tor the construction Of ditch
es and canals for the purposes Aforesaid 10
hereby acknowledged and confirmed. Pro-
vided, however, That whenever, after the
passage Of this Act, any person or persons
shall, in the construction Of any ditch or
canal, iinjureioT damage the possession Of any
settler on the public domain, the party COM
hitting such injury or damage shall DO liable
to the party injured for such injury or dam
age.
wherever, prior TO- the passage Of this Act,
upon the lands heretofore designated ~ min
eral lands, which have been excluded from
survey and sale, there have been homesteads
made by citizens Of the United States, or
persons who have declared their intention to
become citizens, which homesteads have been
made, improved, and used for agricultural
purposes, and upon which there have been
no valuable mines Of gold, silver, einnabn
or copper discovered, and which are properly
agricultural lands, the said settlers or owners
Of such homesteads shall have 9 right OF pre-
emption thereto, and shall be entitled to pur.
chase the.nms 1t the price Of one dollar and
twenty-five cents per acre, and in quantity
not TO exceed one hundred and sixty acres;
or said parties may avail themselves Of the
provisions OF the ACT OF Congress approved
May twenty, eighteen hundred and siIty;two,
entitled can Act 10 secure homssteads TO
actual settlers On the public domain" n
Acts anendatory thsrsof.
SEC. IL. And b u Gvthsy enacted, That
upon the survey Of the lands Aforesaid, the
Secretary Of the Interior may designate and
sst apsri such portions Of tbs said landsi -
are clearly. agricultural lands, which q
shall thereafter be subject to prescription and
sale AZ other public lands Of the United
States. and subject to al the laws and rssu-
lations applicable to the nms.
[The above Act has bssn approved ~ q
President, and ID now the law.-ED. NsWs.i
NOTICE.
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