Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-05-10
p.rEyrs TO MINING LANDS.

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 u 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
pcrsons who made the necessary appli-
cations for several years past, r. terrible
howl and q growl Just so, too, has gone
forth against different Government. Of
icers. It 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 be
boped that there will not be any further
DELAYS. We have obtained q 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 concerned-especially
those whose applications are desig-
nated-so that they can remedy the de-
fects in their papers as soon rs possible.
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 W fault. The
instructions regarding the necessary
steps to be adopted in obtaining a pat
ent are plain and explicit, and nppli-
cants 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 %, 1869.
Register and Receiver U. S. 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-
tions, notices, aftidayits, certificates, re-
ceip,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. 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. Tenth--Buckeye.
Elcventh-Opal. Twelfth-Harrison. Thir-
teenth-Geo. +. Geisse. Fourteenth-Grant
claim. acknowledgements. Sixteenth
Victorine. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
een,h-Alabama Gold and Silver Mining
Co.'S claim. Observation-Disclosures Sidonia.
Twentieth-Numa Deperus. Twcnty-frst-
German Gold and Silver Mining Co.'S claim.
Twenty Jr. claim. Twen-
ty.third-Table Mountain Co.'S claim.
Twenty fourth-Savage Co. on Comstock
lode. Twenty-anh-Northern Star claim on
North Star lode. Twenty-sixth-West Gold
and Silver Mining Co.'S claim. Twenty
s~cveuth-Twin River Co.'S claim. Twenty
cighth-Silver 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. II and proof Of citizenship, or Of incor-
poration, not transmitted. Second-Ohio
Co.'S claim, Registers certificate No. Is, and
n copy Of Mining Customs, wanted. Third
Front Lode Consolidated, Registers c~ertii-
cate and a copy Of Mining Customs, want
ing; Receivers receipt has no number.
Fourth-Rapidan claim, Registers certif-
cate No, IA. and a copy Of Mining Customs,
wanting. Fifth-Rogers' claim, Registers
certificate No. 20, and a copy Of Mining Gus
toms, wanting. Sixth-Twin Co.'S claim
upon the Twin No. 9, 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 no
vet reported, you will cndeavor to observe
som regularity in the preparation OF tht
cases, and in the documents sent here il
each application.
You may take the Montgomery Gold ant
Silver Mining Co.'s application, with a few
amendments to the report as a 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.
3. Affidavit Of posting. and expenditure.
4. Affidavit Of possession and occupancy
5. Certificate Of County Recorder rs q
title.
6. Publishers affidavit.
Z. Treasurer's certificate.
8. Contract to purchase.
9. Receivers receipt, No. Il.
II this list had included the certificate o
the Register, a copy Of the diagram pos,cc
on the claim, and proof Of citizenship Of tn
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
sequcnt cases; and bearing in mind that III
last named papers are to be added, you ma.
still treat tho montgomery" as q rule TO b
followed in future, and by that means i'm
part some degree Of uniformity and system
to your reports 10 mining applications.
You will please act upon the above enum
Grated cases at once, and also report tn
present status Of all cases in which protest
have been filed BY adverse claimants. Yer,
respectfully, JOS. S. WILSON,