Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-05-20
PATENTS TO MINING LANDS.

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The law on patents to mining lands
has been very difficult to understand,
not only 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
curing patents to cur mineral lands BY
persons who made the necessary appli.
cations for several years past, u terrible
howl aud a grow! Gust so, too has gone
icers. 1t has not been until recently
iha, instructions from the General Land
Office al Washington have been sent to
officers in this State, but it is TO be
hoped that there will not be any further
DELAYS. We have obtained a copy OF
an 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-especial!y
;hose whose applications are deSig-
nated-so that they can remedy the de-
fects in their papers rs soou as possible.
MANY Of those parties have been writtsh
TO by the Register, but no answers have
been received, and hence the delay in
their papers is their W fault, The
instructions regarding the necessary
steps TO be adopted in obtaining u pat
cnt are plain and explicit, and nppli
cantS who have not already complied
strictly witL. the law in having their
papers prepared, should not delay the
matter. The patents will come il the
law is complied with.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
GENERAL LAND OFFICE,
January 26, 1860.
Register and Receiver U. 5. Land Office,
Carson City, Nevada: GenslemcnIfou
will please report, without delay, the follow
ing cases in which the plat and field notes
have been received, transmitting applica-
tons, notices, afidavits, certificates, re-
cents, and all other documents connected
with them: First-Dean Co.'S claim.
Sccond-Utah Co.'s claim on ComStock lode.
Third-Goldcn Swan Co.'S claim. Fourth
Bailey claim. Fith-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--Buckcyc.
Elcycn,h-Opal. Twclnh-Harrison. Thir-
tcen,h-Gco. f. Gcissc. Fourteen,h-Grant
claim. Fifcen,h-Gcnncssce. Sixteenth
Victorinc. Observation-Disclosures
ccnth--Alabama Gold and Silver Mining
Co.'S claim. Observation-Disclosures SidoRia.
Observation-Disclosures Dcpcrus. Twcnty-frst-
German Gold and Silver Mining Co.'S claim.
Observation-Disclosures, Jr. claim. Tween
ty-third-Tablc Mountain Co.'S claim.
Twenty. four,h-Savagc Co. IN ComStock
lode. Twcnty-inh-Northcrn Star claim on
North Star lode. Twcnty-sixth-Wcst Gold
scycnth-Twin River Co.'S claim. Twenty
cigh,h-Silvcr 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. ~Sccond-Ohio
Co.'S claim, Registers certificate No. 10, and
4 copy Of Mining Customs, wanted. Third
Front Lode Consolidated, Registers ccrtii-
cate and a copy Of Mining Customs, want
ing; Receivers receipt has no num5er.
Fourth-Rap;dan claim, Registers ccrtii-
cate No, Ii. and a copy Of Mining Customs,
wanting. Fifih-Rogc.s' claim, Registers
certificate No. 20, and a copy Of Mining Gus
toms, wanting. S~ixth-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 cudcavor 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 4 few
amendments 10 the report as 4 sample case.
On that you report the following papers, viz:
|. Copy of Mining avs Of the district.
.. Copy OF the notice Of application.
3. Affidavit Of posting, and expenditure.
!. Affidavit Of possession and occupancy.
). Certificate Of County Recorder as to
title.
6. Publishers affidavit.
!. TTcasurcr's certificate.
\. Contract to purchase.
Q. 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 we'll reported,
and might have served as n guide in all sub
scqucnt cases; and bearing in mind that the
last named papers arc 10 be added, you may
still treat the Montgomery as u rule 10 be
followed in future, and by that means I'M
part some degree of uniformity and system
to your reports ia mining applications.
You will please act upon the above enum-
Grated eases 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