Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-06-04
To MINING LANDS.

PAIE4NlS w
The law on patents to mining lands
mas 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 pa,cuts to our mineral lands by
persons who made the necessary appii'
cations for several years past, II terrible
howl aad Il growl just so, too, has gone
forth against different Government. Of
6cers. II has not been until recently
that instructions from the General Land
Office 1T Washington have been sent TO
officers in this State, but 1t is TO be
hoped that there will not be any further
DELAYS. We have obtained II copy OF
an Official order from Washington to the
Register and Receiver ut Carson City,
which we publish in full for the informal
ton of all parties concerned-cspecialiy
those whose applications are desis-
nated-so that they can remedy the ae-
fec,s in their papers as soon rs possiole'
Many of those parties have been written
to by the Register, but no answers have
been 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
eut are plain and explicit, and "ppl.
cants who have not already complied
strictly with the law in having their
papers prepared, should not delay the
matter. The patents will come it the
law is complied with.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
GENERAL LAND OFFICE,
January &c, 1860.
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 held notes
have been received, transmitting 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. Eigh;h-Union claim.
Ninth--Cosmopo!itan. Tcnth--Buckeye.
Eleycn,h-Opal. Twelnh-Harrison. Thir-
teen,h-Gco. f. Geisse. Fourteenth-Grant
claim. Fit,eenth-Genuessee. Sixteenth
Victorinc. Observation-Disclosures
ccnth-Alabama Gold and Silver Mining
Co.'S claim. Observation-Disclosures Sidonia.
Twcnticth-Numa Deperus. Twenty-hrst-
German Gold and Silver Mining Co.'S claim.
Observation-Disclosures, Jr. claim. Tween
ty-,hird-Tablc Mountain Co.'S claim.
Twenty. fourth-Sayage Co. on ComStocS
lode. Twenty-ifh-Northern Star claim on
North Star lode. Twenty-sixth-West Gold
and Silver Mining Co.'S claim. Twenty
s~eyenth-Twin River Co.'S claim. Twenty
c~ighth-Silver 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 incor-
pora,ion. not transmitted. Sccond-Ohio
Co.'S claim, Registers certificate No. Is, and
4 COPY Of Mining Customs, wanted. Third
From: Lode Consolidated, Registers ccrtih-
cate and 4 copy Of Mining Customs, want
ing; Receivers receipt has no HHRaber.
Fourth-Rap;dan claim, Registers ccrti6-
cate No, II. and a copy OF Mining Customs,
wanting. F~inh-Rogcrs' claim, Registers
certificate No. 20, and n 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,
ana proof OF cltiLehSnip, VI VI eOiPV'"'1O"'
wanting.
You will please transmit, these missing
documents Without delay, and in cases not
vet reported, you will endcavor 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
Or that you report the following papers, viz:
l.. Copy Of Mining Laws Of the district.
.. Copy of the notice of application.
3. Affidavit Of posting, and expenditure.
(. Affidavit of possession and occupancy.
5. Certificate Of County Recorder as to
title.
6. Publishers affidavit.
!. Trcasurcr'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, il would have been well reported,
and might have served as a guide in all sub
sequcnt cases; and bearing in mind that the
las, named papers are to be added, you may
still treat the Montgomery" as a rule TO bC
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 the above cnum'
Grated cases at once, and also report the
present status OF all cases in which protest.
have been filed BY adverse claimants. Very
respectfully, Jos. s. WILSON,
Commissioner.