Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17
rArENrs ro MINING LANDS.

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The law on patents 10 mining lands
has been very dificult 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, u terrible
howl and a growlGust so, too, has gone
forth against different Goyernmen: of
fcers. II has not been until recently
that instructions from the General Land
Office at Washington have been sent TO
officers in this State, but it is to DC
hoped that there will not be any further
delays. We have obtained u copy OF
an official order from Washington to the
Register and Receiver at Carson City,
which we publish in full for the informa-
ton of all parties conccrued-especially
those whose applications are desig-
nated-so that they can remedy the de-
fects in their papers as soon as possible.
Many Of those parties have been writtea
TO by the Register, but no answers have
been received, aud hence the delay in
their papers is their own fault. The
instructions regarding the necessary
steps to be adopted in obtaining n 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 TILE INTERIOR
GENERAL LAND OFFICE,
January &c, 1869.
Register and Receiver U. s. Land Oaice,
Carson City, Nevada: Gentlcmcn-You
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-
ccip,s, 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
Co.'s claim on the Midas lode. Seventh
Homestead claim. Eish,h-Union claim.
Ninth--Cosmopolitan. Tenth--Buckeye.
Eleven.h-Opal. Twelnh-Harrison. Thir-
tecnth-Geo. +. Geisse. Fourteenth-Grant
claim. acknowledgements. Sixteenth
yictorinc. Observation-Disclosures
ecnth-Alabama Gold and Silver Mining
Co.'s claim. Observation-Disclosures Sidonia.
Twentieth-Numa Deperus. Twenty-6rst-
German Gold and Silver Mining Co.'s claim.
Observation-Disclosures, Jr. claim. Tween
ty-third-Tablc Mountain Co.'s claim.
Twenty. fourth-Slvage Co. on Comstock
lode. Twenty-6th-Northcrn Star claim on
North Star lode. Twenty-sixth-West Gold
and Silver Mining Co.'s claim. Twenty
scventh-Twin River Co.'s claim. Twenty
cighth-Silver Bend Mining Co.'s claim.
In the following cases the proof is defect
i've: Firss-Montgomery Gold and Silver
Mining Co.'s claim, Registers certificate
No. II and proof Of citizenship, or Of incor-
poration. not transmitted. Second-Ohio
Co.'s claim. Registers certificate No. IL, and
a copy Of Mining Customs, wanted. Third
Front Lode Consolidated, Registers certih-
ing; Receivers receipt has no number.
Fourth-Rapidan claim, Registers c%crtii-
cate No, IA. and a copy Of Mining Customs,
wanting. Fifth-Rogers' claim, Registers
certificate No. 20, and n copy Of Mining Gus
toms, wanting. Sixth-rwin Co.'S claim
upon the Twin No. 2, 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
yet reported, you will endcayor 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 n sample case.
On that you report the following papers, viz:
l. Copy Of Mining Laws Of the district.
2. Copy Of the notice OF application.
5. Affidavit Of posting. and expenditure.
{. Affidavit Of possession and occupancy.
5. Certificate Of County Recorder as to
title.
6. Publishers affidavit.
Z. Treasurer's certificate.
3. Contract to purchase.
g.. Receivers receipt, No. IL.
II this list had included the certificate of
the Register, q 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 well reported,
and might have served as a guide in all sub
scqucnt cases; and bearing in mind that the
last named papers are to be added, you may
still treat the Montgomery" as n rule to be
followed in future, aud BY that means inn
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 filed BY adverse claimants. Very
respectfully, Jos. 5. WILSON,