Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-03-15
MINERAL PASSED.
miNRRAL LANDS. ear .
Amended blu Rsp:rsed By Senator

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subject to such regulations as NAV be pre.
scribed BY law, and subject also to local Gus.
tom or rules Of miners in the several mining
districts, 30 far % the same may mot be IN
conflict with the laws Of the United States. ?
SEoc2. And b IL further enacted, That
whenever any person or association Of per.
sons claim a vein or lode Of quartz, or other
rock in place, bearing gold, silver, cinnabar,
or copper, having previously occupied and
improved the same according to the local
custom or rules Of miners in the district
where the same ID 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 10 no controversy or opposing
| claim, It shall and may be lawful for said
| claimant or association Of claimants to file
in the local land Office q diagram OF the same,
90. extended laterally or otherwise a. TO con-
form to the local laws, customs, and rules Of
miners, and to enter such tract and receive .
patent therefor, granting such mine, together
with the right to follow such vein orlode,
with it's dips, angles and variations. to any
depth, although it may enter the land adjoin-
ing, which land adjoining shall be sold cub
iect to this condition.
T. SEC. 3. And Be Il further enacted, That
upon the fling ofthe diagram as provided in
second section Of this Act, and posting the
same in a conspicuous place on the claim,
together with q notice Of intention TO apply
| for . patent, the Register Of 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
| bis Office for the period Of ninety days; and
| after the expiration of said period, II no ad-
verse 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 q plat
thereof, Endorsed with his approval, designa-
ting the number and description Of the loca-
tion, the value Of 6e labor and improve
ments, and the character Of the vein ex-
posed; and upon tho 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 dia-
gram and notice have been posted on the
claim during said period Of ninety days, the
Register Of the Land Office shall transmit 10
the General Land Office said plat, survey,
and description; and q patent shall issue for
the same t%hereupon. 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.
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
limits Of the premises according to the loca-
ton and possession and plat aforesaid, and
the Surveyor General may, In extending the
surveys, vary the same from rectangular
form 10 SUIT the circumstances Of the eoun-
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 diseoyerei
Of the lode, with the right to follow such vein
70 any depth, with all its dips, variations, and
angles, together with a reasonable quantity
Of surface for the convenient working Of the
same as fixed by local rules: And provided
further, That no person may make more
than one location on the same lode, and no,
more than three thousand feet shall be taken
in any one claim by any association Of
persons.
q further condition Of sale, in the absence Of
necessary legislation BY Congress, the loca
Legislature OF any State or Territory may
provide rules for working mines involving
easements, drainage, and other necessary
means to their complete development; anc
those conditions shall be fully expressed il
the patent. ....
SIC. 6. And be a further enacted, Tha,
whenever any adverse claimants to any mini
located and claimed as aforesaid shall appeal
before the approval Of the survey, as pro
yided in the third section of this Act, all pro
ceedings shall be stayed until a6nai 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. e laa'.- .
SEC. Z. And be it further enacted, That tn,
President Of the United States be, and il
hereby, authorized to establish additions
lind districts and to appoint the necessary
officers under existing laws, wherever he
may deem the same necessary for the public
convenience in executing the provisions oil
this Act. 80 ego -''.a.- y. .s
SEC. g. 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, Is hereby granted. ~ lao,
SEC. 9. And be IL further enacted, That
whenever, BY priority Of possession, rights 70
the use Of water for mining, agricultural,
manufacturing, or other purposes, have vest.
Cd and accrued, andthe same are recognized
and acknowledged by the local customs, laws
ana tne decisions Oh oouiu, we Po.neemn ~
ana owners OF sucn vesses .,snts, snsi " !
maintained ana pIose.'eo ~ - nc I,.h.
tne Iign. ., WY ya .u' ~ h Um.un.s. oTo,..s;di,
20 anu soLno,i.d,oS nd Cont mod Prn.
yided, however. That whenever, after the
pass1ee " snis nv, au ~ anS S;,ch =,
shen, ~ .ne In.ao ! S,a;ou 49,,
cana, in!u,e VI 5Snn .Sa nSr.x .on
se..si On .he PsUnS .m Lb H ~ IAN.
misins saen ; ri;yuaV ~ .ucS ;n;nrr ~ d.m.
sn' pA'
Sro 10 And Ia Il, further s,aetxd. Tia,
vh.rsver. nr;or 10 tSe n,ssaoe Of This Aet.
upon he .nds:bere,oforc desisns,ed as min.
eral lands, which have been Excluded from
survey and sale, there have been homestesds
peISOus WHO nave utCluIcu tuch ihkeubiVu W