Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-02-27

mINRRAL LANDS.
Amended Blllp Reperted By Senator

ed, are hereby declared TO, be free and open.
to exploration and occupation BY all citizens
Of the United States, and those who. have
declared their intention 70 become citizens,
subject TO such regulations as may be pre-
scribed. BY law, and subject also to local Gus
tom or rules .ofminsrs IN the several mining
districts, 90 far a. the same may moi be In
| conflict with the laws Of the United States.
SEC 2. And Do Il fvthsy enacted, That
whenever any person or association Of per-
sons claim a vein or lode Of quartz, or other
rock in place, bearing gold, silver, einnabar,
or copper, having previously occupied and
improved the same according TO the local
custom or rules Of miners in tho district
where the same is situated, and having ex-
pended in actual labor and improvements
thereon an amount not less than one thou
sand dollars, and in regard 10 whose posses
sion there is no controversy or opposing
claim, 1t shall and may DO hvfulfor said
claimant or association Of claimants 70 file
in the local land Office a diagram Of the same,
so extended laterally o. otherwise as to con.
form! to the ocal]aws, customs, and rules Of
miners, and to enter such tract and receive .
patent therefor, granting such mine, together
with its dips, angles and variations, to any
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ing, which land adjoining shall be sold Dub
ject To this condition. "a.
u SEC. g.. And BE- a further enacted, That
upon the filing Of the diagram as provided in
second section Of this Act, and posting the
same In q conspicuous place on the claim,
together with a notice Of intention to apply
for q patent, the Register Of the Land Office
shall publish a 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, II noiad;
verse claim shall have been filed, II
shall be the duty OF the Surveyor Gen.
eral, upon application Of the party,
to survey the premises and make a plat
thereof, 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 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, 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 circumstances OF the conn-
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 diseoysrei
Of the lode, with the right to follow such vein
to any depth, with all It's dips, variations, and
angles, together with 4 reasonable quantity
OF surface for the convenient working Of the
same as fixed by localrules: And provided
further, That nc person may make more
than one location .onct the. same lode, and not
more than three thousand feet shall be taken
in any one claim by any association Of
persons.
SEC. 5. And BE- IL further enacted, That as
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
easements, drainage, and other necessary
means to their complete Development; and
those conditions shall be fully expressed in
the patent. s
SIC. 6. And Be It farther enacted, That
whenever any adverse claimants to any mine
located and claimed as aforesaid shall appear
before the approval Of the survey, rs pro-
vided in the third section Of this Act, all pro-
ceedings shall be stayed until q final settle
ment and adjudication in the Courts Of conn
petent jurisdiction Of the rights Of posses-
sion to such claim, when 4 patent may issue
as in other cases. .
SEQ. 4. 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.
SEC. 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. =.
whenever, BY priority oi:Po:session, rfgnts 70
the use OIL water i0r, minlng, agricultural,
manufacturing or otner purposes, nave vest
cd ana eeor1ed ane eae same are REG niied
ana acKnoWleogeo'oy t1e locAi CUSTOMS, laws
and the decisions OF courts, tne possessors
and owners OF sucn vestea !ignu, snail oe
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