Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-02-09
MINERAL IlsDsAB1tr PASSED.
MlNRBALtLANDs.ya
Amended Hill Reported, by Senator
Stewart and Pnsscd.

to exploration and occupation by all citizens
Of the United States, and those who have
declared their intention to become citizens,
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 mining
districts, so far as the same may not be in
conflict with the laws Of the United States. 9
SEC. 2. And Do Il further enacted, That
whenever any person or association Of per
sons claim avein 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 rule" Of miners In the 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 to whose posses
sion there 10 no controversy or opposing
| claim, it shall and may be lawful for said
claimant or association Of claimants to file
in the local land Office q diagram Of the same,
80 extended l~aterally or otherwise as TO con
form to the local laws, customs, and rules OF
miners, and to enter such tract and receive .
patent therefor, granting such mine, together
with the right TO follow such vein or lode,
with its dips, angles and variations. TO any
depth, although 1t may enter the land adjoin-
ing, which land adjoining shall be sold cub.
ject TO this condition. r.a-,
SEC. 8. And D. e faytAer enacted, That
upon the filing Of the diagram rs 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 q 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 I'D.
verse claim shall have been fled, 1t
shall be the duty Of the Surveyor Cen
eral, upon application Of the party,
to survey the premises and make plat
thereof, Endorsed with his approval, designa-
ting the number and description Of the loca-
ton, the value OF the labor and improve
posed; and upon the payment to the proper
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 II further enacted, That
when such location and entry Of = mine shall
be upon unsuryeyed 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 70 the loca.
t,on anu possession anu Pi.s a'oiesera, Anu
tho surveyor ueneral may, IN extending the
surveys, vary tne same rom a rectangular
form 70 suit the uSumstances OF the eoun.
Try n the LOCAL rn.es, laws, a customs OF
MINERS; tioyiaeo, inat no iocaIon neIeaiISt
maze snaii eaeeeu TWO nunaieo Iee. IN lenBs,n
along the vein for each locator, with an addi'
aonai claim ior discovery 70 the diseoverei
OF the iooe, Win the riRnS 70 ohoW sucn VEN
to any depth, with all It's dips, variations,
angles, together with a reasonable quantity
OF surface for the convenient working OF the
same as liked 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 shall be taken
in any one claim BY any association OF
persons: $50.
SEC. b. And % &c further enacted, That 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 10 their complete development; and
those conditions shall" be fully expressed in
the patent. a
SEC. 6. And b a further enacted, That
whenever any adverse claimants to any mine
located and claimed 40 aforesaid shall appear
before tho approval. Of the survey, as pro-
vided in the third section OF this Act, all pro-
ceedings shall be stayed until ahnal settle
ment and adjudication In tho Courts OF COM
petent Jurisdiction Of the rights OF posses
sion to such claim, when q patent may issue
as in other cases. .a.n..
SEc. Z. And os q PURIFIER enacted, That the
President Of the United States be, and Is
hereby, authorized to establish additional
land districts and to appoint the necessary
officers under existing laws, wherever he
may deem the same necessary Tor the public
convenience in executing the provisions OF
this Act.
SEC. 8. And be u 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.
SEC. 8. And DO e further enacted, That
whenever. BY priority OF possession, rights to
the use OF water for mining, agricultural,
manufacturing, or other purposes, have vest:
ed n accrued, and the same are recognized
and ackno"leoged oy the local customs, laws
and the decisions OF Courts, the possessors
and owners OF such vested rights, shall be
maintained and protected In the same; and
the right Of way for the construction Of ditch
es and canals Tor the purposes Aforesaid IL
hereby acknowledged n confirmed. Pro.
vided, however, mat whenever, AFTER the
passage Of this Act, any person or persons
shall, in the construction OF p ditch or
canal, injure or damage the possession OF any
settier on the public domain, the party com.
hitting such injury Or damage shall DO liable
TO the party injured for such INJURY or DAM
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