Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-02-01
MINERAL IIspsAB11r PASSED.
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Amended BiIl 4Repsitca BY Senator

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MINRBALaLA
Amended Bill aRepsfted BY Senator
I.Ll sn 9tswarl. md Passed. ="
SEcTIoN !. That the mineral land, Of thu
public domain, both surveyed and unsuryey.
ed, are hereby 'declatedto be free and opcr
70 exploration and occupation BY IN icidzeni
Of the United States, and those who have
declared their ~intsnionltoj become citizens
Isubject to such regulations as may be pre-,
4 scribed BY law, and subject also to, local Gus
tom or rules OF miners In tho seyeral mining
districts, so far az the same may not be- In
conflict with the laws Of the United States,
70 SEC. o. And 6el3i fxytheY enacted, 'Tha,
whenever any person or association Of per.
sons claim q vein or lode, of quarts, or other
lrock in place, bearing gold, slyer, oinnAbar
or copper, having previously occupied and
improved the same, according 70, the. local
custom or rules Of miners In the district
where the same Is situated, and having II
pended in actual labor and Improvement.
thereon an amount not less than one thou.
sand dollars, and in regard 70 whose possss-
sion there is no controversy OF, opposing
claim, it shall and, may be lawful for said
claimant or association or claimants TO file
in the local land Office o diagram Of tho SaIne,
so extended laterally or otherwise 40 to con.
form to the local laws, cuAtoms, and rules Of
miners, and TO enter such tract and receive =
patent therefor, granting such mine, together
with the right to, follow, such rein or lode,
with its dips, angles and variations, to any
depth, although 1t may enter the land adjotn-
ing, which land adjoining shall be sold cub
ject to this condition. .u,H giIol
H. SEC. g.. And BE- sc farther enacted, That
upon the filing Of the diagram a. 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 NOTICE ofthe same in q news
paper published nearest TO tho 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, II NO ad-
verse claim shall have been filed, 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 his approval, designs-
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 Eve 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 ene 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 u further 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 q rectangular
form TO SUIT the circumstance of the. coun-
try and the local rules, laws, and customs Of
made shall exceed two hundred feet in length
along the vein for each locator, with an addI.
tional claim for discovery to the discoysrer
Of the lode, with the right to follow such vein
to any depth, with all its dips, variations, and
angles, together with . reasonable quantity
Of surface for the convenient working Of the
same a. fixed by local rules: And provided
.uienei, \ Nv petson nay IaeII5oo
more than three thousand feet shall be taken
in any n claim BY any association Of
persons. l $3.50 ~ L'l
.aSEc. S. And BE- IL further enacted, That a.
q 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
casements, oiainage, and otnei Necessary
nose eonoiuons snsh~ Iuny Expressed III
me Pa'en .,- IT,,
rnene'e any saNes'e elstments 70 10 nins
.osa.ea ana claima tiTteA.ia sn.n aPPe.i
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may aeem tne sauae neSsssaty ioE tns Pupis
con'sn,enee IN executing tue pio'Aion'o "
tnts Ace;
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rlBnt ol "ay 10, 'Ie e~onsluStiol 81 ni8n'
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ND .cLnnvjs5ss5 nv tha Iocst cn.,oms laws
md ths dse;sion, n Conr,s ~. no,,e..oy,
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ma;n,.;raS md nro,so,.S IN M ave. .n5
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hsrehv acLnosledoed snd ronHimed: Prh.
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ih.II n ~. ,nn.,,nc,;on ~ ~ S;,.h :,
saaaI ;n;r-. ~ $780, ~ no..s.y;on of.n.
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s., IN l,dskxa s...1~
vborc,.r' nT;or 70 III nss.,e. ~ I'll, Act
mon H. i,nds bey.,ofoye 6e,;on,t.d .sm;n,
orai land. rh;eb nav Man errinSsd from
snrvey and ,ale' there. have bssn .boms.tssds
become citizens, which homestead. have been
purposes, and upon which there have been
no valuable mines Of gold, silver, cinnabar
$1,000 -L--I