Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-05-21
p,rENrs no MINlNG LANDS.

PATENTS TO MINING LANDS.
The law on patents TO mining lands
has been very dificul, to understand,
no, 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 Jul mineral lands BY
persons who made the necessary appli'
cations for several years past, a terrible
howl and II growl Just so, too has gone
forth against different Goverumeu. Of
iccrs. 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 be
hoped that there will not be any further
delays. We have obtained II copy OF
an official order froa Washington to the
Register and Receiver ut Carson City,
which we publish in full for the intorma-
ton of all parties concerued-espccially
those whose applications are deslg-
nuted-so that they can remedy the de-
sects in their papers rs soon as possible.
Many oc those parties have been written
to by the Register, but no answers have
been received, aud heuce the delay in
their papers is their own fault. The
instructions regarding the necessary
steps to he adopted in obtaining = pat
cnt are plain aud explicit, and nppli.
cautS who have not already complied
- ....I a.. Lao q, l,gtnr thnir
papers prepared, should not delay the
matter. The patcnts will come il the
law is complied with.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
GENERAL LAND OFFICE,
January 26, 1860.
Register and Receiver U. 5. Land Office,
Carson City, Nevada: Gentlcmen-Iou
will please report, without delay, the follow
ing cases in which the plat and field notes
have been received, transmitting applica-
tions, notices, athdarits, certificates, re.
ceipts, and all other documents connected
with them: Firs.-Dcan Co.'s claim.
~Second-Utah Co.'s claim on Comstock lode.
~Third-Goldcu 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--Buckcye.
Elcvcnth-Opal. Twelnh-Harrisnn. Thir-
tcenth-Gco. +. Gcissc. Four,ccnth-Grant
claim. acknowledgements. Sixteenth
victorinc. Observation-Disclosures
ccnth-Alabama Gold and Silver Mining
Co.'S claim. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Sidonia.
Twcr,icth-Numa Dcpcrus. rwcnty-frs,-
German Gold and Silver Mining Co.'S claim.
Observation-Disclosures, Jr. claim. Twen-
ty.third-Tablc Mountain Co.'S claim.
Twenty. fourth-Slvage Co. IN Comstock
lode. Twenty-fth-Northern Star claim on
North Star lode. Twcnty-six.h-Wcst Gold
and Silver Mining Co.'S claim. Twenty
scvcnth-rwin River Co.'S claim. Twenty
c~ishth-Silyer 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
4 copy Of Mining Customs, wanted. Third
Front Lode Consolidated, Registers certif-
cate and a copy OF Mining Customs, want
ing; Receivers receipt has no number.
FOurth-Rapidan claim, Registers ccrtiti-
cate No, Ii. and a copy Of Mining Customs,
wanting. Fith-Rogcrs' claim, Registers
certificate No. 20, and a copy Of Mining Gus
toms, wanting. Sixth-rwin Co.'S claim
upon the Twin No. ,, North Lode, Registers
certificate No. Is, 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 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 4 sample case.
On that you report the following papers, viz:
|. Copy Of Mining Law Of the district.
.. Copy OF the notice Of application.
3. Affidavit Of posting, and expenditure.
4. Affidavit Of possession and occupancy.
). Certificate OF County Recorder as TO
tile.
G. Publishers affidavit.
!. TrcaSuTcr'S certificate.
s. Contract TO purchase.
9. Receivers receipt, No. Ia.
II this list had included the certificate Of
the Register, a copy OF the diagram posted
on the claim, and proof Of citizenship Of the
members of the company, or Of their incor-
pora,ion, il would have been well reported,
and might have served as q guide in all sub
scquCut cases; and bearing in mind that the
last named papers are 70 be added, you may
still treat the Montgomery" as a 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 cnnm-
Grated cases at once, and also report the
present status OF all cases in which protests
have been HE'D BY adverse claimants. Very
respectfully, JOS. s. WILSON,.
Commissioner