Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-05-06
PATENTS TO MINING LANDS.

PATENTS TO MINING LANDS.
The law on patents to mining lNads
has been very difficult to understand,
not only By the people but also by the
officers connected with our land Offices
and he 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, Il terrible
howl and u growlGust so, too, has gone
forth against different Goycrnmen. Of
ficers. 1t has not been until recently
that instructions from the General Land
Office at Washington have been sent 70
officers in this State, but it is TO be
hoped 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 iu full for the Informal
ton of all parties conccrned-espcciNlly
those whose applications are desiE-
nated-so that they can remedy the &C.
fects in their papers rs 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 own fault. The
instructions regarding the necessary
steps to be adopted in obtaining 4 pat.
ent are plain and explicit, AMI npg!i.
cants who have not already complied
strictly with the law in having their
papers prepared, should not delay the
matter. The pH,eGts will come if the
law is complied with.
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
GENERAL LAND OFFICE,
January 26, 1869.
Register and Receives o.. 5. Land Office,
Carson City, Nevada: Gentlemcn-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-
ceipts, 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. Finh-A,lantic 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. Tenth--Buckeye
Elcvcnth-Opal. Twclfth-Harrisnn. Thir'
tcenth-Gco. +. Gcissc. Fourtcenth-Gran'
claim. Fifteenth-GenncsScc. Sixteenth
Victorinc. Eight
eenth7Alabama Gold and Silver Mining
Co.'s claim. Observation-Disclosures Sidonia.
Twcntieth-Numa Depcrus. Twenty-first-
ro.o,, roiJ ,nJ Silvcr Minspn To g claim,
Observation-Disclosures, Jr. claim. Twcn-
ty-third-Tablc Mountain Co.'S claim.
Twenty. fourth-Sayagc Co. on Comstock
lode. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Star claim on
North Star lode. Observation-Disclosures Gold
and Silver Mining Co.'s claim. Twenty.
seyenth-Twin River Co.'S claim. Twenty
cighth-Silver Bend Mining Co.'S claim.
In the following cases the proof is defect.
i've: First-Montsomcry 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. l3, and
a copy Of Mining Customs, wanted. Third
Front Lode Consolidated, Registers certifi-
cate and a copy Of Mining Customs, want
ing; Receivers receipt has no nun!beF.
Fourth-Rapidan claim, Registers certid-
cate No, II. and a copy Of Mining Customs,
wanting. fllIu-NDptEs CHILL, htSlNlCL =
certificate No. 20, and n copy Of Mining Gus
toms, wanting. Sixth-Twin 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 cndeavor TO observe
som 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.
On that 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.
Z. Trcasurer's certificate.
s. 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
sequcnt cases; and bearing in mind that the
last named papers are to be added, you may
still treat the montgomery" as a rule to DC
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 nun
Grated cases at once, and also report thC
present status of all cases in which protest.
have been filed BY adverse claimants. Very
respectfully, Jos. S. WILSON,