Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-03-12
MISCELLANEOUS AprgarIsRNKNrs
THE r
Mining Claims In the states md Terri
tories.

tories.
r The Commissioner of the Land Office
has prepared An elaborate and lengthy
circular in relation to mining claims I'M
der the act of Congress, approved July
26, 1866. By the first section Of this
act all the mineral lands Of the United
States, surveyed and u%nsurveyed, are
laid open to all citizens of the United
States and to those who have declared
their intention to become such, subject
to statutory regulations, and also to the
local customs or rules of miners in the
several mining districts not in conflict
with the laws. of the United States.
Commissioner Wilson informs the reg
listers and receivers and surveyor gener-
AIS that it is their duty to acquaint
themselves with the local mining GUS
toms in their districts. Mining claims
may be entered at any district land Office
in the United States under this law by
any person or association Of persons,
c%orporated or incorporate. In making
the entry, however, such n description
of the tract must be filed as will indicate
the vein or lode, or part or portion there
of. Where by the local laws, customs
or rules Of miners Of districts no sur
face Ground ia norm;tted 10 he occupied
for m;r;na nnrpo.oo eYcent the surface
Of the vein 81 Iode. and the walls of
such vein or lode are unascertained, and
the lateral extent Of such vein or lode
unknown, it should be stated that the
e.'snt vi suen ven hnt .hot
.ha az; 49, y. ,oSo IL bounJed on each
ia. NV ,ha vail of the SANE and 10
ss,;mo;a the amonnt of ground contain
cd between the given end lines and the
rrascor,a;ned wall, of the vein or lode,
ND IN snch case tho patent will issue
sor all and hotween snch end lines
cd s;de waIIs with .be right to follow
sncb vc;n or lode with all its dips, varia-
,;ons and angles 10 any dept6, although
Il nav enter the land adjoining, provid-
ed the estimated quantity shall be equal
N a horizontal nIane bounded by the
given end lines and the walls or the
Sides of such vein or lode.
Rv IN. third section of the act il is
renn;red that unon the filing of the dia-
gram, as nroyided in the second section,
and hosting the same in a conspicuous
Mace on the claim. with notice of inten-
lion IN annlv for a patent, the Register
shall publish A notice of, the same in a
newspaper nearest the location of the
said claim.
The Register Is also required to post
the said notice in his Office for ninety
yays. After that time, should no ad-
derse claim have beer, filed, it shall be
the duty of the Surveyor General to sur
vev the PREMISES and make a plat there
of Aso n~rcIiminory To the survey,
however, the applicant is required to
make n dcposit covering the necessary
cost of n~ublisbinp the notice. the sur
yeyinp. and the-platting.
Aftcr the survey shall have been duly
executed and the plat approved by the
Surveyor General, the party claiming
shall 6le the same with the Register and
Receiver. and thereupon pay to the said
Receiver five dollars per acre for the
nremises embraced in tho SURVEY. after
which il shall be the duty of the Regis
ter to transmit to the General Land
| Office the said plat, with the proof, en-
dorsed as satisfactory by the Register
and Receiver, 80 that the patent may
issue if the proceedings are found to be
regular.
The unity of the surveying system is
To he maintained by extending over the
mining districts the rectangular method,
AZ least 90 far os township lines are con-
cerned. The contemplated SURVEYS of