Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-02-25
MINERAL fISHBisgs :BB1hL PASSED.
s,ssn MINERAL LANDS. q gsou /
Amended Hill Reported by Senator
Stewart aud Passed.

declared, their intention 10 become citizens
subject to such regulations as may be pre-
seribed BY law, and subject also to local Gus
tom or rules OF miners In the several mininf
districts, so far as the same0 may NOT be II
conflict with the laws Of the United States.
SEC. 2. And be h further enacted, THAI
Whenever any person or association Of per.
sons claim a vein or lode Of quartz, or Other
rock In place, bearing gold, silver, cinnabarj
or copper, having previously occupied and
improved the same according 10 the local
custom, or rules Of miners In the distric,
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 rosSes.
sion there Is no controversy or opposing
claim, it. shall and may Do lawful for said
claimant or association OF, claimants TO file
in the local land Office a diagram Of the same,
so extended laterally or otherwise as to con-
form to the local laws, customs, and rules Of
miners, and to enter such tract and receive 4
patent therefor, granting such mine, together
with the right to follow suehYvein 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.
SEC. 8. And Be Il further enacted, Tha.
upon the filing Of the diagram as 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 a notice Of the same in a news
paper published nearest to the location OF
said claim, and shah 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, il
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, desirna.
ting the number and description OF the loea.
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 Der acre. together with
the cost Of each survey. plat. and notice. and
| giving satisfactory evidence that aid dia.
9ram and notice hsye been posted on the
Claim during said nerIod'o f ninety 5,ys. the
Register Of the Land OAice sball frsn:m;t n
the General Land Office said plat. survey,
and description: and a patent shall issue for
ths same tSersnnon M aid MAJ sn,vsy
mr. de,cr;nt;on mali in M c,sc co,.r moe
Than one vein or lode. and no na,en, ahnil
i,sue for more than one vein or lode. which
sb,Ii he eYnres,ed IN me n,tent ;ssnsa
Spo, 4. fnd he Il Tt,fS.r ennctsd That
when such location and entry Of a mine ,haIl
be- upon unsuryeyed lands. Il shall and NAV
he lawful. after he exten,ion Thereto az the
Urhiin sn,vsvs ~ ,S;N., ,he ,nrysS. " ne
fim;t. NJ tbe nrem;ses .ccord;ng N 'tbs inc,.
81 - no.p.s.;nr ,SS ~. 1919 Ia
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.nsrors w., he 800 49, re.,.nSrI.
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n3aau p p.nS;JOd IT,, nv 1910 hsU.a ~
.n.Io .h.li oroood 100 hnui.oS a., IN l.rnth
niono ,ha vain tor s.nh ioc.tor ,s;,h an .IS,.
s;one - ~ d;.oo.asn ~ -" $1,000,
~ az. inJa v;tb ,be ,;nhy, ~ tejiow.noS ss;n
~ .ns Jsn,b Nth ali ~ an, xsr;,t;on. snd
angles together With reasonnble onant;ty
~ surface for The convenient Working OF IN
lame =. Sred nv local rules. Ana nro,,ded
1nrtber. That no person NAV make more
49, w. i%onst;on ar ~ ave ,odo md No,
man one loSs. ao On Jug Mas ,UIe, suu n%
nuoi.A - :. ...on;.,;on =,
"y ~
CO. I,J J., hr .,,.t.J Tia, =,
S'r,hsr cnnd;t;on Il ..is IN he sb.sncs q,
$500, I.o;.i.t;nn \, Gonsras. ths Iocsl
| uGCC1baLy AoAAoAesAOb W SOhBteeoI wv ASSei
| Lepislature of any State or Territory NAV
provide rules for working mines involving
| easements, drainage, and other necessary
means to their complete development; and
those conditions shall berfully expressed in
the patent.
SEC. 6. And be IL further enacted, That
whenever any adverse claimants to aIy MINE
| located and claimed as afofesaid 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 a final settle.
ment and adjudication in the Courts Of COM
petent jurisdiction Of the rights Of posses
sion to such claim, when a patent may issue
as in other cases. a.IaiG.,s
SEC. 7. And be IL further enacted, That the
| President Of the United States be, and il
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
SEC. 8. And be IL further enacted, That the