Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-05-28
p,rgxrs NO MINlNc Lands.

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The law on patents to mining lands
has been very difficult to understand,
no. only by the people but also by the
orccrs connected with IL land Offices
and the Office Of the Surveyor General
and By yeasou of the great delay in pro-
Curing patents TO our mineral lands by
persons who made the necessary apph'
cations for several years past, a terrible
howl and II growlGust so, too, has gone
forth against differen. Government: Of
icers. Il has not been until recently
that instructions from the General Land
Office ut Washington have been sent to
officers in this State, but 1t Is 10 be
hoped that there will not be any further
delays. We have obtained " copy oil
an official order from Washington TO the
Register aud Receiver ut Carson Ci'y,
which we publish in fall for the intorma-
ton OF all parties coucerned-espeeiaily
those whose applications are desig-
nated-so that they eau remedy the Ge-
rects in their papers as soon rs possible.
Many Of those parties have been written
To nv the Register, but no have
Leen received, and hence the delay in
their papers is their " fault The
instructions regarding the necessary
steps to he adopted in obtaining q pat
eut are plain and explicit, and uppli-
=. can;s who have not already complied
strictly with 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 %, 1860.
Register and Receiver U. 5. Land Office,
Carson City, Nevada: Gent!cmcn-iou
will please report, without delay, the follow
ing eases in which the plat and field notes
have been received, transmitting appiica-
tons, notices, afiaayits, certificates, re-
cents, and all other documents connected
with them: First-Dcan Co.'s claim.
Sccond-Utah Co.'s claim on Comstock 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. Eigh,h-Union claim.
Ninth--Cosmopolitan. Tcnth---Buckeye.
Elcycnth-Opal. Twclith-Harrisnn. Thir-
tecnth-Gco. +. Gcisse. Fourtcenth-Grant
claim. acknowledgements. Sixteenth
Victorinc. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ecnlh-Alabama Gold and Silver Mining
Co.'S claim. Observation-Disclosures Sidonia.
Twentie,h-Numa Dcpcrus. Twcnty-frs,-
German Gold and Silver Mining Co.'S claim.
Observation-Disclosures, ir. claim. Tween
ty-thigd-Tablc Mountain Co.'S claim.
twenty f~ourth-S1yacc Co. on Comstock
lode. Observation-Disclosures Star claim on
North Star lode. Twcnty-six,h-West Gold
and Silver Mining Co.'S claim. Twenty
scycnth-Twin River Co.'S claim. Twenty
~cighth-Silver Bend Mining Co.'S claim.
In the following cases the proof is defect
i've: First-Mont.omcry Gold and Silver
Mining Co.'S claim, Registers certificate
No. IL and proof Of citizenship, or Of incor-
poration, not transmitted. Sceond-Ohio
Co.'S claim. Registers certificate No. Is, and
a copy Of Mining Customs, wanted. Third
Front Lode Consolidated, Registers ccrtin-
cate and a copy. Of Mining, Customs want
ing; Receivers receipt has no nwni6er'
Fourth-Rapidan claim, Registers ccrtif-
cate No, II. and a copy OF Mining Customs,
wanting. Fifth-Rogcrs' claim, Registers
certificate No. 20, and n copy Of Mining Gus
toms, wanting. Sixth-rwiu Co.'S CLAIM,
upon the Twin No. ., North Lode, Register
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 no;
vet reported, you will endcavor TO observe
some regularity in the preparation Of the
cases, and in the documents sen: here in
each application.
You may take the Montgomery Gold and
Silver Mining Co.'S application, with a fcw
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.
8. Affidavit OF posting. and expenditure.
4. Affidavit of possession and occupancy,
3. Certificate OF County Recorder as to
title.
6. Publishers affidavit.
!. Treasures certificate.
S. Contract TO purchase.
o. Receivers receipt, No. IL.
II this list had included the certificate o!
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'
poratiun, it would have been we'll reported
and might have served as n guide in all sub
ScGUCnt cases; and bearing in mind that thC
last named papers are 10 be added, you may
still treat the Montgomery" as q rule to bt
followed in future, and By that means int
part som 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 tht
present status of all eases in which protest.
have been fled by adverse claimants. Very
respectfully, JOS. ). WILSON
Commissioner.