Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-06-03
p,rENrs ro MINlNG LANDS.

The law on patents to mining lands
has been very difficult to understand,
not ouly by the people but also by the
officers connected with our land offices
and the Office of the Surveyor General
and by reason OF the great delay in pro-
caring patents to our mineral lands by
persons who made the necessary appli'
cations for several years past, a terrible
howl anI II growlGust so, too, has gone
forth agaius, different Government: Of
icers. II hos not been until recently
that instructions from the General Land
Office at Washington have been sent to
officers in this State, but it is TO be
hoped that there viii not be any further
delays. We have obtained u copy OF
an official order FROM Washington to the
Register aud Receiver at Carson City,
which we publish in iul! for the informa-
ton of all parties concerned-cspecially
those whose applications are desig-
natel-so that they can remedy tue &C.
fec,s in their papers as soon rs possioie.
MANY of those parties have been written
TO ny the Register, but no answers have
bcen received, and hence the delay in
their papers is their own fault The
instructions regarding the necessary
steps TO be adopted in obtaining u pat
enI are plain and explicit, and "pph.
Giants who have not already complied
strictly with ths law in having their
papers prepared, should not delay the
matter. The patents will come is the
law is complied with.
DEPARTMENT OF TIE INTERIOR
, GENERAL LAND OFFICE,
January &c, 1860.
Register and Receiver U. ). Land Office,
Carson City, Nevada: Gentlcmen-fou
will please report, without delay, the follow
ing eases in which the plat and field notes
have been received, ransmittinS applica-
tons, notices, afidavits, certificates, re-
ceipts, and all other documents connected
with them: First-Dean Co.'s claim.
Second-Utah Co.'s claim on Comstock lode.
Third-Golden Swan Co.'s claim. Fourth
Bailey claim. Fifth-Atlantic and Pacific
Co.'S claim on Star Light lode. Sixth
Atlantic and Pacific Gold and Silver Mining
Co.'S claim on the Midas lode. Seventh
Homestead claim. ~Eighth-Union claim.
N;nth--Cosmopolitan. Tcnth--Buckeye.
Elc~vcnth-0pal. Twelth-Harrison. Thir-
~tccnth-Geo. +. Geisse. Fourtecnth-Grant
claim. Fitccnth-Gcnnessec. Sixteenth
Vic,orine. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ecnth-Alabama Gold and Silver Mining
Co. claim. Nins,ecnth-Virginia SidOnia.
Twentieth-Numa Dcperus. Twenty-hrst-
German Gold and Silver Mining Co.'S claim.
Observation-Disclosures, Jr. claim. Twcn-
,y-third-Tablc Mountain Co.'S claim.
Twenty. f~ourth-Slyagc Co. on Comstock
lode. Observation-Disclosures Star claim on
North Star lode. Twenty-Sixth-West Gold
and Silver Mining Co.'S claim. Twenty
scvcuth-Twin River Co.'S claim. Twenty
cichth-Si!ver Bend Mining Co.'S claim.
In the following cases the proof is defect
i've: FirS.-Montgomery Gold and Silver
Mining Co.'s claim, Registers certificate
No. II and proof Of citizenship, or Of incor-
poration, no, transmitted. ~Second-0hio
Co.'S claim, Registers certificate No. Is, and
a copy OF Mining Customs, wanted. Third
Front Lode Consolidated, Registers certif-
cate and a copy Of Mining Customs, want
ing; Receivers receipt has no number.
Pourth-Rapidan claim, Registers ccrtih-
cate No, Ii, and u copy OF Mining Customs,
wanting. Fif,h-Rogers' claim, Registers
certificate No. 20, and 4 copy Of Mining Gus
toms, wanting. SiXth-rwin Co.'S claim
upon the Twin No. ., North Lode, Registers
certificate No. l6, copy of Mining Customs,
and proof Of citizenship, or Of corporation,
wanting.
You will please transmit these missing
documents without delay, and in cases not
vet reported, you will cndcayor to observe
some regularity in the preparation Of the
cases, and in the documents sent here IN
each application. ,
You may take the Montgomery Gold and
Silver Mining Co.'s application, with a few
amendments to the report as a sample case.
On that you report the following papers, viz:
|. Copy Of Mining Laws Of the district.
.. Copy OF the notice Of application.
3. Affidavit. Of posting, and expenditure.
4. Affidavit OF possession and occupancy.
). Certificate Of County Recorder as to
title.
6. Publishers affidavit.
!. Trcasurer's certificate.
s. Contract to purchase.
9. Receivers receipt, No. IL.
II this list had included the certificate OF
the Register, u copy Of the diagram posted
on the claim, and proof Of citizenship Of the
members of the company, or OF their incor-
poration, it would have been well reported,
and might have served as a guide in all sub
scqucnt cases; and bearing in mind that the
las. named papers are 10 be added, you may
still trca, the Montgomery" rs u rule 10 be
followed in future, and by that means i'm
part some degree OF uniformity and system
to your reports in mining applications.
You will please act upon Che above enum-
Grated cases at once, and also report the
present status OF all cases in which protests
have been filed By adverse claimants. Very
respectfully, JOS. 5. WILSON,
Commissioner.