Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-28
MINERAL LASDs-BIII PASSED.
MINKRAL LAND6.
AmenAeAl Bill oRepsrteA By he-.,..
0eoMRrt RaaaAi

Amended Bill oRepsrseA BY seu.,.r
g- l.I SoeWart and Paased.
SECTION ]. That the mineral land, Of Tho
public domain, both surveyed and unsuryev.
ed, are hereby declared to DO free and opsn
10 exploration and occupation BY all citizen,
Of the United States, and those who have
declared their intention to become citizens,
subjee. % such regulations Is may DO pre-.
scribed BY Law, and subject also To local Gus
tom or rules Of miners In the several mining
districts, 30 far as the same may not be In
2i SIC. 2. Ind b u further enacted, That
sons claim ayein or lode Of quartz, or other
rock In place, bearing gold, silver, cinnabsr,
or copper, having previously occupied and
improved the same according TO the local
custom or rules Of miners in the district
whore the same 10 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 is no controversy or opposing
claim, II shall and may be lawful for said
| claimant or association Of claimants to file
In the local land Office a diagram Of 1.-THE same,
90 extended latsrally or otherwise a. to con-
form 70. the local laws, customs, and rules OF
miners, and 70 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. 10 any
depth, although Il may enter the land ad1oin-
ing, which land adjoining shall! be sold Dub
ject TO this condition. rU a iaIH
SEQ. 8. And b e further enacted, That
upon the fling Of the diagram as provided In
second section Of this Act, and posting the
same In q conspicuous place on the claim,
together with q notice Of intention to apply
for . patent, the Register Of. the Land ofice
shall publish \ notice Of the same In . news
paper ~publiahed nearest to. ths location OF
said claim, and shall also post such notice in
bis Office for the period Of ninety days; and
after the expiration Of said period, II no ad-
yerse claim shall have been filed, 1t
shall be the duty Of the Surveyor Gen.
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
ments, and the character Of the vein ex-
posed; and upon the payment to the proper
officer Of FIVE dollars per acre, together with
the cost Of each survey, plat, and notice, and
giving satisfactory evidence that said dias
gram and NOTES 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 thereupon. But said plat, survey,
or description shall in no case cover more
than one vein or lode, and nc patent shall
issue for more than one vein or lode, which
shall be expressed in the patent issued.
SEC. 4. And BE- Il further enacted, That
when such location and entry Of 4 mine shall
be upon unsurveyed 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 TO tho locs-
ton and possession and plat Aforesaid, and
the Surveyor General may, in extending the
surveys, vary the same from . rectangular
form TO SUIT the circumstances Of the u
try 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 to the diseoverer
Of the lode, with tho right to follow such vein
to any depth, with all its dips, variations, and
angles, together with q reasonable quantity
Of surface for the convenient working Of the
same 40 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. s. And b il further enacted, That as
. 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
means to their complete development; and
those conditions shall be fully expressed in
the patent. .. 80 ' ""'-
SEC. 6. And BE- Il farther enacted, That
whenever any adverse claimants to any mine
located and claimed ~ aforesaid shall appear
before the approval Of the survey, as pro-
vided In the third section Of this Act, all pro-
ceedings shall DO stayed until q final settle
ment and adjudication in the Courts OF com
petent jurisdiction Of the rights Of posses
sion to such claim, when . patent may issue
~ IN other cases. '''"
SEC. z. md BE- IL 6rther enacted, That the
President Of the United States be, and 10
hereby, authorized to establish additional
land districts and 70 appoint the necessary
officers under existing aws, wherever he
may deem the same necessary for the public
convenience in executing the provisions Of
this Act.
SEC. s. And Dc Il further enacted, That the
right Of way for the construction Of high
ways over public lands, not reserved for pub
lit uses, Il hereby granted. IoH 80
j. SEQ. 8. And 30 IL farther enacted, That
whenever, BY priority Of possession, rights to
the use OF water for mining, agricultural,
manufacturing, or other purposes, have vest
ed and accrued, and the same are recognized
and acknowledged BY 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 for the purposes aforesaid IL
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, ipjure or damage the possession Of any
settler on the public domain, the party COM
to the party injured for such injury or dam
age. 4"
SEC. 10. And b Il 6syths, enacted, That
wherever, prior to tie passage Of this Act,
upon the lands heretofore designated a. min
eral lands, which have, been excluded from
survey and sale, there have been homesteads
made BY citizens Of the United States, or
persons who have declared their intention to
become citizens, which homesteads have been
made, improved, and used for a~grieultursl
purposes, and upon which there have been
no valuable mines Of gold, silver, einnabsr
or copper discovered, and which are properly
agricultural lands, the said settlers OF owners
Of such homesteads shall have q right Of pre-
empton thereto, and shall be entitfedto pur-
chase the same ut the price Of one dollar and
twenty-five cents per sers,. and IN quantity
not TO exceed one hundred and sixty acres;
or said parties may avail themselves Of the
provisions Of the Act Of Congress approved
May twenty, eightsen hundred and sixty.two,
entitled "An Act to secure homssteads to
actual settlers on the public domain" and
Acts a~mendatory thereof. boon.
SEC. II. Aad b Il fxythsr enacted, That
upon the survey Of the lands Aforesaid, the
Secretary Of the Interior may designate and
set apart such portions Of ths said lands a.
are clearly agricultural lands, which land.
shall thereafter be subject to presumption and
sale a. other public lands Of the United
States, and subject to all the laws and rsgu-
lations applicable to hs same.
tThs above Act has bean approved BY the
Presidsnt, and 10 now the law!-ED. NsWs.l
NOTICE.
frHE PUBLIC, AND ESPECIALLY ALL
i persons who have heretofore transacted busi.
ness with WELLS, FARGOtE CO. are notified