Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-31
EINKRALIANDsLBnb PASSED.
4 MINRRAL LANDS.
Ansndes nTia Rse!issS y ssn.,.r

49, -OAub xhDD6U.
1T MINRRAL LANDS.
Amended Bfif Rspiins4 ~ senate,
Stewart md Passed. f1Hiiri
SECTION l. That the mineral lands Of thl
public domain, both surveyed and prSpfyey
ed, are hereby declared Ia, be free and opeI
Ito exploration and occupation by all citizen
Of the United States and those who hay
declared their intention to become IritiEsns
subject to- such regulations as may be pre-
scribed BY law, and subject also to local Gus
tom or rules Of miners IN the several mimi,
1dstricts, 20 FAR as the same may not Do Ii
conflict with the laws Of the United States.
SEC. 2. And DO t further enacted Tha
whenever any. person or association lofaper
sons claim q vein or lode Of quartz, or athe
rock in place, bearing gold, silver, einnabar
or copper, having previously occupied AM
improved the same according to the loca
custom or rules Of miners in the idittric
where the same Is situated, and having e.
pended in actual labor and Improvement
thereon an amount not less than one thou
sand dollars, andin regard to whose posses
sion there IL no controversy or opposing
claim, It shall and may. be. lawful for sale
claimant or association f claimants TO flt
in the local land Office 4 diagram o fthe same
so extended laterally or-otherwise as TO con.
form to the local laws, ouatoms, and. rules 81
miners, and To- enter such tract and receive Z
patent therefor, granting such mine, together
with tho right 70 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. nh no -,m..
SEC. 3. And Be IL further enacted, That
upon the fling Of the diagram 90 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 0fiee
shall publish q notice OF the Same in . news
paper published nearest TO the location Of
said claim, and shall also post such notice in
his Office for the period Of ninety dayf; and
after the expiration ofusaid period, H.no adj
verse claim shall have been fled, 1t
| shhll be the duty Of the Surveyor Gen.
eral, upon application of the party,
to survey the premises and make a!plst
thereof, Endorsed with bis spproyal designa.
ting the number and description Of the loca-
ments, and the character Of the vein .ex-
posed; and upon the payment to the proper
officer Of five dollars per acre, together with
tue SV9sVi eeShouk' Houvey euul
giving satisfactory evidence that said dia-
claim during said period Of ninety days, the
Register Of the Land 0Hice shall transmit to
the General Land Office said, plat, survey
and description; and u patent shall issue for
the samo 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
snsi DC expressed IN tne Ratent issued. .
PFC. 4. ana % u Jurfher enacted, That
when such location n entry ofa mine shall
be upon unsuryeyed lands, 1t 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 locs.
ton and possession and plat aforesaid, and
the Surveyor General may, in extending the
surveys, vary. the same from : rectangular
form TO SUIT the circumstance OF the eoun.
ny n me LOCAL r9ies, LAWS, and customs Of
miners; PROVIDED, ma 70 location hereafter
mfde shall exceed TWO hundred feet u eng
along the vein for each locator, with anadd'
tohai claim for discovery 10 the diseoVeref
Of the lode, with the right TO follow such vein
to any depth, with all Its dips, variations, and
angles, together with a seasonabie quantity
OF surface for the convenient working OF the
saIae - fixed BY local rules: And provided
further, That no person may make more
than one location on the same lode, and not
more than three thousand feet b be taken
IN any ono claim 'y ASSOCIATION OF
pessons:
Sso.o. AfS % u ytS1ner ergeseo, thata Z,
q iprther eonai.ion OF SAFE, IN inc absence OF
NECESSARY lesi,laaon sne local
Legislature o. = onte OF ierrltory may
provide rules ior working mines involving
caiemsnts, drainage, n other necessary
td9se CONDITIONS snan De iuhy expressed In
ths patent ~ -!
PFC. .. ana oeIH JIMsT enaeteo, Ilnat
whenever any adverse 70 any mine
toiated ana clalmeo, as siSfe'aia snal apPeaI
before the approval Of the saIIeysa; pro.
yidea m me S1i,a seeuon Of .nis AZ, A!5IIo-
cefoIngs snal 90 eeayso untn ann.l set.e'
mgnt ana soluu,c1sion y sne IoufVs VI Gull
Petent jullsolcuon. ~ INC tlena oI- Possss-
sion 70 sucn etetm, "nen PA'en'm "sus
ot : .as !. !, s,-1 r,,,
p.;SJ.n, ~ 1fn;,sS go. 10y :.
tIfstaent OF tGe 9Iiea SaSs, oes aao y
LIE Si,,s;... sS;n, y. S.sn...rn
ngu oisuios anI " aPIootn. w necesssIy
omce,s unuer e1l.unS ANs iN9ezeYst nc
may oeem tne same nece'eaiJ doll Puonc
convenience 1 executing the provisions OF
tnn Ac6; .-,,.x.,---.-, r,-...
PIC |. ANo ne
tiHpt oi way ~, tle onsuueuoI Vi ni8n'
vays oyer puone lhnas not pup
htnses, 10 nete9Y gianseo. M
SEc.s. ana 90 lS11ge,I Tfcteoy .na'
Mlene'eI,o Pilorlsy VI Po:sesslon, rignus
ing use 81 5vV'Ater liof INNING, hPrlenitura
mfnuiactuflng or otner purposes, nave vest,
Cd and accrued, ana we s3me are Recognized
n aeknowledgea oy't ne local customs laws
ane tne. OCCASIONS Oh Court, me Po,sessors
ane o"neis OF sucn vessee iign", snAi .oe
miintsinea ana projected IN tne same; ana
wy ilSn.o i May Ior .ne c9nsuusuon q qi III!
60 2 csnalh ,o5 tle grp9I alo5esals u
ne!e9y cknoMleoRe sna conqrmea. TO
1lfeu, noTstef' tu~t Npene.sII aANI 1t1e
PatSaee Oh TINS ACT, any person or persons
snail, in the construopon Oh any ditch or
canal, injure or damage the possession Of any
settler on.the public domain, the party com.
hitting such injury or damage shall he liable
10 the party injured for such injury or dam
age. c.sr.s5-.ga
SEC. 10. And BE- It further enacted, That
wherever, prior TO the passage OF this Act,
uppn the lands hefatofcre designated as min.
oral lands, which have been excluded from
Bsta9a. o SSe nav, . Ssst. Ssm: sass, sas ZEN. Ss 70
made, improved, and used for agricultural
pufPo,es, Ino upon wnicn mere pave qsen
no, valuable minss OF gold, slvef, einnAoar
| or copper discovered, and which are properly