Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-03-06
MINERAL LANps-BuL PASSED.
MINERAL LANDS.
Amended 5Biil Repsrtedlb by Senstsr
Stewart and Passed.

/ scrtbed 0y law, ana SUBJECT also 10 iOcai eus
tom or rules Of miners in the several mininl
i districts, so far a. the same. may not be il
conflict with the laws of the United States.
SEC. Q. And BE- II ftuther enacted, Thai
whenever any person or association Of per
sons claim a vein or lode of quartz, or ,othe,
rock in place, bearing gold, silver, cinnabarl
or copper, having previously occupied ant
improved the same according to the ylocal
custom or rules Of miners in tho district
where the same 10 situated, and having ex.
pended in actual labor and improvements
thereon an amount not less b one thou.
sand dollars, apdin regsrdto whose Ipostesi
sion there 10 40 controversy or ,oPponng
claimant or association Of claimants 70 Ihle
in the local land office q diagram Of the same,
so extended l~aterally or otherwise as to con.
form to the local Lawn, customs, and ruleS oi
miners, and TO enter such tract aud receive z
patent therefor, granting such mine, together
with the 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. "'' Ni'..
SEC. 8. And b Il gfzthsr enacted, That
upon the filing Of the Diagram as provided in
second section oil. this Act, and posting the
same in a conspicuous place on the claim,
together with q notice OF intention to apply
for q patent, the Register Of the Land Office
shall publish a notice o 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 NO adj
verse claim shall have been fled, II
shall be the duty Of the. Surveyor Gen
eral, upon application of the party,
to survey the premises and make o 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 Eve 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
tho 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.
SECT. hno o.. Jsotn1 endcseo, .tna,
when suen loeasloh tna sn':J oia
DC upon unsuf'e{to isnus,tt snAu auetrsy
be lawful, after the extension thereto OF the
Puonc surveys, 70 ADJUST tne surveys 70 Inc
limits 9th premises according 70 the ioca,
ton and possession AND plat AFORESAID, ana
tho Surveyor General may, in extending the
surveys, vary the same rom q rectangular
form TO SUIT the circumstances OF the copn.
try and the local rules, laws, and customs Of
miners: PROVIDED, mat no location nereattsr
made shall exceed TWO hundred feet IN lenPtn
along the vein for each locator, with an add:
tonal claim ior niseoYW 70 INC olseoserel
OF the iooe, Win Inc rignt 70 Neip
to any depth, wio az aus aips, variAuonh ano
angles, together with q REASONABLE quannty
OF surface ior the convenient working Oh tne
same as 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 shall be taken
in any one claim by any association Of
persons.
SEC. 8. And o. ttHrther erGcfed. That a:
a further eonoition OF sac, in'tne absence o,
necessary legislation oy Congress, the local
Legislature OF any state or territory nay
PROVIDE rules for working mines invoivlng
easements, drainage, and other necessary
means 70 their complete development; and
those conditions. shall be fully expressed m
the patent.
SEC. I. ana oe Hy JurHfr enaeted' Inat
whenever any adverse claimants 70 any mane
located and claimed as Aforesaid shall appear
before tho approval Of me survey, a; To-
Vloeo IN the tnito secuon VI tnIs hc., All Mo'
ceeoings snail DC :payso untiI ma se1ie
Inent Ana auYuoi ~ ori.eeYu
petent Jurisaist?on o. lne. ll8ns Oh Posts
sion TO Such ciaim' "nen patent may issue
as u o!9et sases IT,, y.
Ply. :. hss DC ItmsGses, Sse.fg, inst ~ y
President Of me United stase, be, and Is
nersoy, .aaiuopa'
lana uis.iioss auI ~ sppons tne neees'tht,
- am1 "Lhss i;e
ny nn,o n a1e,n.;no -. ~
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al .na .sorMa3 IA ,ba pu ~ ~. rccoer;,sJ
md -.ctnowieS,ed nv The local en,toms laws
and the decisions az Courts. the nossessprs
anS ovnor. ~ snch vested r;oht. rbsii he
mo;n,,;ns5 and nro,eetsS in Nv .,me and
Tho r;oht NJ w,v for the Construction Of ditch.
es and canals for the purposes Aforesaid IL
| hereby acknowledged and confirmed. Pro.
y;ded' however That Whenever. after the
nss,,oe of this Act. any nrrson or ner.on,
III IN rho nm .t,rct;on ~ anv 5;tch nv
canal ;n;ure or Sam,Sc tbc no,,s,.;on NJ any
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