Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-08
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
mINRRALcLANDs.
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public domain, both surveyed and iupSpryey,
ed. are hereby declared TO be free and open
10 exploration and oecupationsby all citizens
ofsthes United Ststesi and those who have
declared their intention 70 become citizens,
subject to such regulations as may be pre-.
seribedtbylaw, and subject also to local Gus
tom, or rules OF miners IN the several mining
districts, 20 far a. the same may not be in
conflict with the laws OF che United States.
T.: sIo.i o. AndI6lIc GHkhez dspqcte8, That
whenever any person or association Of per:
sonI claim I vein or lode Of quartz, or other
rock in place, bearing goldgsilyer, ctnnabar,
or "copper", having previously occupied p
improved the same according TO the local
custom or roles Of miners In the district
where the. samejs ID; situstedt and hayngb exT
pended In; actual labor and, Improvements
thereon an amount not less than n thou
sand dollars, and In regard to whose possss>
sioni there Il no controversy or opposing
claim, IL shsll and may BE- lawful for lsaid
claimant OF, q association ofgclaimants to file
In thu localsnd Offices diagram ofthessms,
20 extended laterally or otherwise - 70 con,
form to the local laws, customs, and rules Of
miners, and 70 enter such tract and receive .
patent therefor, granting such mine, together
With the right 10 follow such vein or lode,
With its dips, angles and gvariatons.t Ito any
depth, although tmay enter the ~landsdjoin.
which. land adjoining shall DO sold cub
iectto this, condition,
SEC, 8. And b II Erther enacted, That
upon the ding Of the diagram AZ provided In
second sections of this Act, and posting the
Same In a.conspicuous place on the claim,
toesther With notice, oi intention to apply
fora patent, the Register oil, the Land Office
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 days; and
after the. expiration Of said period, II nc I'D.
verse claim shall have bsen filed, It
shall be the duty ,of. the Surveyor Cen
eral,r upon application Of the party,
to survey the premises and make q plat
thereof, Endorsed with his approval, designa-
ting the number and description fthe loea.
ton, the value of the labor and improve
ments, and the character Of the vein eI-
posed; and upon the payment TO the proper
officer of five dollars per acrs, 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 . patent shall issue for
the same t~hcreupon. But said plat, survey,
or description shall in no case cover more
than one vein or lodsy and mo- patent shall
issue for more than one vein or lode, which
shall be expressed in the patent issued,
Sxc.4. And Be Il further enacted, That
when such location and entry Of q mine shall
be upon unsurveyed lands, Il shall and may
be lawful, after the extension thereto Of the
public surveys, to adjust; the surveys to the
limits ofthe premises according to the loca-
ton and possession and plat aforesaid and
ths, Surveyor General may, in extending the
surveys, vary the. same from . rectangular
form TO SUIT the circumstances Of the coun-
ny and the local rules, laws, and customs Of
miners: Provided, That no location hereafter
made shall exceed two hundred feet in length
along the vein for each locator, with an add.
tional claim for discovery 70 the diseoverei
Of the lode, with the right, TO follow such vein
to any depth, with all It's dips, variations, and
angles, together with a reasonable quantity
Of surface for the convenient working Of the
same as fixed bylocL rules: And provided
further, That no person may Gmlke 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.
Sgo.5 s. And b It Fa,ther enacted, That as
q further condition Of sale, In the absence Of
necessary .legialation By Congress, the local
Of any STATE. or Territory may
rules for working mines involving
drainage, and other necessary
means to their complete development; and
those eonditienas shall b. fully expressed In
the patent.
SIC. g. And BE- Il further enacted, That
whensyerGany adyerseIolainsnts to any mine
located and claimed ~ AFORESAID shall APPEAR
before the approval OF the survey, az, pro-
vided in the third section Of this Aet, all pro-
ceedings shall be stayed until . final settle
ment and adjudication in the Courts Of com.
petent Jurisdiction ofiths rights of posses-
sion TO such claim, whsna patent mhyliasue
a. il, other cases. aas g..
SEC. 4. And Be Il further 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 Lawn, wherever he
maydesm the same necessaryyforlthe public
in executing the provisionsfof
this Act,
SIC. s. And Be it further enacted, That the
right Of way for the construction Of high
ways over public lands, not reserved FOR pub.
lit uses, 10 hereby granted, .r..
SEC 8. And Be- e further. enacted, That
whenever, BY priority Of possession rights to
the use OF, water for mining, agricultural.
manufacturing, or other purposes, have vest,
cd and accrued, and the same arc recognized
and acknowledged BY tho locaitcustoms laws
and the decisions Of Court, the possessors
and owners OF such vested rights, shall be
maintained, and protected in the same; and
the right Of way for thS construction OF ditch
60 and canals for the purposes. Aforesaid 10
hereby acknowledged, and confirmed. Pro-
vided, however, That whenever, after the
passage Of this Act, any person or persons
shall, in the construction Of 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 be1iable
to the party injured for such injury or dam
$50. 10. And ~ It further enacted, Ths.
wherever, prior To- the passage Of this Act,
upon the lapds heretofore designated 40 min
erI lands, which. hare been excluded, from
survey and sale, there have been homesteadI
made by citizens Of the United States, or
who have declared their intention to
citizens, which homesteads have been
made, improved, and used for agricultural
purposes, and upon which there have been
no valuable mines of gold, silver oinnsbar
copper diseoytreds and which are properly
agricultural lands, the said settlers orpwners
of such homsstsadss hall have Q right Of pre-
thersto,s andlshal BE- entitled to pur-
,hise tho ssme At the price of. ono dollar and
cents per acre, andln quantity
,ot 70 exceed one hundred and sixty acrss;,
" said parties may avail themselves Of the,
provisions of!the Act OF Congress approved
Nay twsaty, eightsen hundred and GIty.two,
Untitled Act to secnrs homestelds To-
.ctual ,~ssttlsrs on the public domain" and
Acts amendatory thereof
SEQ. H. And b. u fythsr enacted, That
Upon the survey ofsthe, lands Aforesaid, the,
Secretary Of the Interior may designate and
Ist apartsuch portions Of the saidnlsnds'i
clearly agricultural lands which lands
hall theseater b. subject to prescription md
Iale a. other public lands Of the Unitea
states, and subject TO al, the Law and rsgu-
stionS applicable TO the same.
o1The above Act has been approved oy inc
resident, and Is now thelaw.-ED. Nsws.l
Alias Summons
Mate OF NEVADA, COUNTY OF sTo.
~ In Ju,tIco Court, Gold Hill Townshtp,
.sors w Hail, Justice Of the Peace WA.
W. rI.ir,l1 ~ Gerry Trottisr, defendant.