Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-05-18
p.,rENrs no MINING LANDS.

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The law on patents 10 mining lands
has been very difficult to understand,
no, only by the people but also by the
officers connected with our land Offices
and the Office of the Surveyor General
aud by reason OF the great delay in pro-
curing patents to our mineral lands by
persons who made the necessary appli-
cations for several years past, a terrible
howl and u growl Gust so, TOO, has gone
forth against different Government. of.
fcers. 1t has not been until recently
Office NJ Washington have been sent to
officers in this State, but IL is TO be
hoped tina there will not be any further
delays. We have obtained q copy OF
IN official order from Washington to the
Register and Receiver at Carson City,
which we publish in full for the intorma-
ton OF all parties concerned-especialiy
those whose applications are desig-
nated-so that they u remedy the de-
rccts in their papers us soon as possible.
Many. OF those parties have been written
to by the Register, but no answers nave
been received, aud hence the delay IN
their papers is their " fault. The
instructions regarding the necessary
steps to DC adopted in obtaining Il pat.
cnt are plain and explicit, and nppli-
cants who have not already complied
strictly with the law in having their
papers prepared, should not delay the
matter. The patents will come if the
law is complied with.
DEPARTMENT or THE INTERIOR
GENERAL LAND OFFICE,
January &c, 1869.
Register and Receiver US. Land Office,
Carson City, Nevada; Gentlemen-Iou
will please report, without delay, the follow
ing cases in which the plat and field notes
have bccE received, transmitting applica-
tons, notices, afidavits, certificates, re-
ccipts, and all other documents connected
with them: First-Dean Co.'S claim.
Second-Utah Co.'s claim on CoAs;ock lode.
Third-Goldcn Swan Co.'S claim. Fourth
Bailey claim. Fiith-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.
Ninth--CosmopOlitan. Tcnth--Buckcye.
Elcycnth-Opal. Twclfth-Harrison. Thir-
tccnth-Geo. +. GeisSc. Fourteenth-Grant
claim. acknowledgements. Sixteenth
yictorinc. Observation-Disclosures
ccnth-Alabama Gold and Silver Mining
Co.'S claim. Observation-Disclosures Sidonia.
Twenticth-Numa Deperus. Twcnty-hrst-
German Gold and Silver Mining Co.'S claim.
Observation-Disclosures, Jr. claim. Tween
ty.third-Tablc Mountain Co.'S claim.
Twenty fourth-Savagc Co. on COmstock
lode. Observation-Disclosures Star claim on
North Star lode. Twcnty-sixth-West Gold
and Silver Mining Co.'S claim. Twcnty'
seycnth-rwin River Co.'S claim. Twenty
cigh,h-Silyer Bend Mining Co.'S claim.
In the following cases the proof is defect
i've: FirSt-Montgomcry Gold and Silver
Mining Co.'S claim, Registers certificate
No. IL and proof Of citizenship, or OF incor-
poration. not transmitted. ~Second-Ohio
Cos claim. Registers certificate No. ID, and
4 copy of Mining Customs, wanted. Third
Front Lode Consolidated, Registers ccrtih-
cate and u copy OF Mining Customs, want
ing; Receivers receipt has no Number.
Fou.th-Rapidan claim, Registers c%crtiti-
cate No, II. and a copy Of Mining Customs,
wanting. Finh-Rogcrs' claim, Registers
certificate No. %, and a copy Of Mining Gus
toms, wanting. SiXth-rwin Co.'S claim
upon tho Twin No. ,, North Lode, Registers
certificate No. l6, copy OF Mining Customs,
anu pIuoA VI SA'i"SiSH'g' W '" SN'pN'"''""'
wanting.
You will please transmit these missing
documents without delay, and in cases not
set reported, you will cndeayor 10 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 4 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.
l.. Affidavit OF possession and occupancy.
). Certificate OF County Recorder as to
title.
6. Publishers affidavit.
I. Treasurcr's certificate.
&. Ccntract to purchase.
9. Receivers receipt, No. IL.
Ii this list had included the certificate Of
the Register, a copy OF the diagram posted
on the claim, and proof Of citizenship Of the
members Of the company, or OF their incor-
poration, il would have been well reported,
and might have served as a guide in all sub
scqucnt eases; and bearing in mind that the
last named papers are TO be added, you may
still treat the "Montgomcry" as 4 rule 10 be
followed in future, and BY that means im-
part some degree Of uniformity and system
to your reports in mining applications.
You will please act upon the above enum-
Grated cases at once, and also report the
present status OF all cases in which protests
have been fled by adverse claimants. Very
respectfully, Jos. S. WILSON,
Commissioner