Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-06-18
PATENTS TO MINING LANDS.

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 our mineral lands by
persons who made the necessary appli-
cations for several years past, II terrible
howl and u growl Just SO, too has gone
forth against different Governmen. Of
icers. II has not been until recently
that instructions from the General Land
0fice OF 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 n 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 conccrned-espeeialiy
those whose applications are desig-
nated-so that they can remedy the de-
fects in their papers as soon Us possible.
Many of those parties have been written
to by the Register, but no nswer have
been received, and hence the delay III
their papers is their W fault The
instructions regarding the necessary
steps 10 be adopted in obtaining q pat
ent are plain and explicit, and appli-
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 OF II INTERIOR
GENERAL LAND OFFICE,
January &c, 1869.
Register and Receiver U. 5. Land Office,
Carson City, Nevada: Gentlemen-You
will please report, without delay, the follow
ing cases in which the plat and field notes
have been received, transmitting applica-
tons, notices, atidavits, certificates, re,
ccipts, and all other documents connected
with them: First-Dcan Co.'s claim.
Second-Utah Co.'s claim on Comstock lode.
'Third-Golden Swan Co.'S claim. Fourth
Bailey claim. Finh-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.
Nin,h-Cosmopolisan; Tsnth--Bueksye.
ElCNCtIn-OD1l. ~
teenth-Geo. +. Geissc. Fourteenth-Grant
claim, acknowledgements. Sixteenth
Yictorine. Scyenteenth-Columbia.-Eight
ecnth-Alabama Gold and Silver Mining
Co.'S claim. Ninateenth-Virginia Sidonia.
Twentieth-Numa Deperus. Twenty-hrst-
German Gold and Silver Mining Co.'s claim.
Twenty Jr. claim. Twea-
ty.third-rablc Mountain Co.'S claim.
Twenty. four,h-Savagc Co. on Comstock
lode. Twenty fith-Northern Star claim on
North Star lode. Twenty-sixth-West Gold
and Silver Mining Co.'s claim. Twenty
s~eventh-Twin River Co.'S claim. Twenty
e~igh,h-Siiver Bend Mining Co.'s claim.
In the following cases the proof is defect
i've: First-Montgomery Gold and Silver
Mining Co.'s claim, Registers certificate
No. IL and proof of citizenship, or OF ineor-
poration, not transmitted. Sccond-Ohio
Co.'S claim, Registers certificate No. IL, and
n copy Of Mining Customs, wanted. Third
Front Lode Consolidated, Registers certif-
cate and u copy Of Mining Customs, want
ing; Receivers receipt has no Hunber.
Fourth-Rapidan claim, Registers certiti-
cate No, II. and a copy Of Mining Customs,
wanting. Fith-Hogers' claim, Registers
certificate No. 20, and 4 copy Of Mining Gus
toms, wanting. SiSth-Twin Co.'S claim
upon the Twin No. 2, North Lode, Registers
ccEtllCatc NO. ~, copy VI -uihIu6 SuSsNtSf
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 endeavor to observe
some regularity in the preparation Of tho
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 ,ha. you report the following papers, viz:
|. Copy Of Mining Laws Of the district.
2. Copy Of the notice Of application.
3. Affidavit Of posting, and expenditure.
4. Affidavit OF possession and occupancy.
5. Certificate OF County Recorder as TO
title.
6. Publishers affidavit.
I. Treasurer's certificate.
s. Contract to purchase.
o. Receivers receipt, No. Il.
II this list had included the certificate Of
the Register, a copy OF the diagram postct
on the claim, and proof Of citizenship of tht
members Of the company, or Of their incor
poration, it would have been we'll reported
and might have served as a guide in all sub
sequcat cases; and bearing in mind that Tho
last named papers are TO be added, you MAJ
still trea, the Montgomery" as a rule TO b'
followed in future, aud by that means i'm
part some degree of uniformity and system
20 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,