Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-02-20
, MINERAL ANDS-BIID PASSED.
MKNRRALiLANDs.
Amended Bill Reported By senator
Stewart and Passed.

To exploration and o~ccupationDy all chlxens
Of the United Staies,h and those who have
declared their intention TO become citizens,
subiect 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 as the same may not be in
conflict with the laws Of the United States.
SEC. 2. rAnd3 BE- IT, farther enacted, That
whenever any, person, or association OF per-
o M 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 10 situated, and having ex-
nended in actual labor, and Improvements
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 be lawful for said
claimant or association Of claimants to file
in the localla land Office = 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 =
therefor, granting such mine, together
with tho right to follow such vein or lode,
with it's dips, angles and variations. to any
depth, although it may enter the land adjoin-
ing, which land adjoining shall be sold CUB
iect to this condition.
SEC. 8. And be Il further enacted, That
upon the filing 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 4 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 filed, it
shall be the duty of the Surveyor Cen
eral, upon application of the party,
to survey the premises and mako q plat
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 Land Office shall transmit to
the General Land Office said plat, survey,
and description; and q 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 DO IL further enacted, That
when such location and entry Of a mine shall
be upon unsuryeyed lands, it shall and mhJ
be lawful, after the extension thereto Of the
public surveys, to adjust the surveys 10 the
limits Of the premises according to the loca.
ton and possession and plat aforesaid, ant
the Surveyor General may, in extending tht
surveys, vary the same from a rectangular
form TO SUIT the circumstances of the coun'
try and the local rules, laws, and customs O.
miners: Provided, That no location hereafter
made shall exceed two hundred feet in length
along the vein for each locator, with an addl
tional claim for discovery to the discovers
Of the lode, with the right to follow such weir
to any depth, with all its dips, variations, ane
angles, together with 4 reasonable quantity
Of surface for tho 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 moi
more than three thousand feet shall be taru
in any one claim by any association o.
persons. u- q
SEC. s. And DO IL further enacted, That IA
a further condition OF sale, in the absence oil
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 expresssdiin
the patent. r
cpo a I,d 4. u further .nnrt,d Th.t
whenever any adverse claimants to any mine
before tho approval Of the survey, as pro.
yided in the third section Of this Act, all pro.
ceedings shall be stayed until afnal settle
ment and adjudication in the Courts OF com
petent jurisdiction lof the rights Of posses
sion to such claim, when a patent may issn,
as in other cases.
SEC. 7. And be Il further enacted, That thu
President Of the United State. be- and IL
hereby, authorized to establish additions
land districts and to appoint the necessary
officers under existing laws, wherever ht
may deem the same necessary for the public
convenience in executing the provisions Of
this Act.
SEC. s. And be tt further enacted, That the
right Of way for the construction of high.
WAYS over public lands, mot reserved for pub.
lit uses, is hereby granted. .
SEQ. o. And BE- Il further enacted, Tha,
whenever, by priority Of possession, rightsto
manufacturing, or other purposes, have vest.
cd and accrued, andthe same arc recognized
and acknoWiedgod oy inc local customs, Jaw
md the decisions OF courts, tne possessois
and owners Oh such yestea I,gnts, snail Pc
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