Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-02

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IT, 81 @. GARCIA MoRENA.
fRANcIs0o JANvIER LION
Ne, John A. j. CresWell, Postmaster General Of
the United States, and Antonio Flores, minister OF
kouador 70 the United States, certify that on this
date we have proceeded to perform the exchange
OF ratihcations OF the postal convention which was
concluded between the United States and lEcuAdOr
At Washington, on the Gun day OF May, A. y. 1911
IT, ST. ,jNo A j OREswELL,
Postmaster General OF the United States
IL ST. ANTONIO FLORES.
CHAPTER CLIII.
An Act 10 promote the Iepclopment Of the ninfng re-
sources Of the United States.
Be Il enacted By the Senate and House Of Representa-
tives Of the United States Of America IN Congress as
sembied That all valuable mineral deposits In lands
belonging to the Ubited States, both surveyed and
unsurveyedare hereby declared 10 be free and open
TO exploration and purchase, ana the lands in
whicn they are found to occupation and purchase,
by citizens Of the United States and thUse who have
declared their intention 10 become such, under
regulations prescribed by law and according 10 the
local customs or rules OF Miners in the several
ming districts so far as the same are appcabls and
not Inconsistent with laws OF the United States
Sko That mining-claims upon veins or lodes OF
quar- or other rock In place bearing gold silver,
~, eaa; I'm, eopPeI Of otner valuable depos-
along the vein or lode by the customs, regulations
aud laws in force at the uate OF their location A
ming claim located alter the passage OF this act,
whether located by one or more persons, may equal
but shall not exceed one thousand i've hundred
feet la length along the vein or lode; but no loca-
toh Of mining-claim snail be made until the dis
cUvery OF the vein or lode within the limits OF the
claim located No claim shall. extend more than
three hundred feet on each side of the middle OF
the vein al the surface nor shall any claim be limi-
ted by any III ming regulation TO less than twenty
i've feet on each side ( the middle OF the vein at
the surface, except where adverse rights existing
at the passage OF this act shall render such mta-
tiOn necessary The end lines OF each claim shall
be parallel to each other
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heretofore made, or which shall hereafter be made
on any mineral vein lode, or ledge situated on the
public domain, their heirs and assigns, where no
ADVERSE claim exists at the passage u tnis act,
long as they comply with the laws OF the United
states, and with state, territorial, and local Iegua
tlons not IN conflict with said laws Of the United
states governing their possessory title, shall have
the exclusive right OF possession and enjoy
nent OF all the surface Included within the lines Of
their locations and of all veins, lOdes, and lodges
throughout their entire depth, The top or apex OF
which lies inside OF such surface-lnes extended
DOWNWARD vertically, although such veins, lOdes, or
lodges may SO far depart from q perpendicular In
their course downward as TO extend outside the
vertical side-ines o. locations; Proui
DID, That their right of possession to such outside
parts Of said veins or lodges shall be confined to
such portions thereof as lie between vertical planes
draWn downward AZ aforesaid, through the end
iaes OF their locations, continued In their own
direction that such plahes Will nter5ect HuCn exte-
rior paris OF sa d veins or ledges: nd prOUfded
futher, That nothing In this session shall authorize
the locator or possessor OF vein or lode which
tends 10 It's downwA ard course beyond the vertical
claim owned or possessed by another
SEo hat where tunnel is run for the develop
ment of vein or lode ,or for the discovery OF mines
the owners OF such tunnel shall have the right Of
possession Of alyeinsOr deswithinthree thousand
eet from the lace of such tunnel the line there
OF, not previously known to exist, discovered in
such tunnel, 10 the same extent az II discovered
from the surface; and locations on the liDe OF such
tunnel OF veins or ledes not appearing on the sur
face, made by other parties alter the commence
ment OF the tunnel, and while the same Is Deing
prosecuted with reasonable diligence, shall be inva-
ia but failure 70 prosecute the work on the tunnel
ment OF the right TO all undiscovered veins on the
line of said tunnel
SEC That tue miners of each mining district
may make rules and regulations not 10 conflict with
the laws of the United states, with the laws of
tue state Territory In which the district is stu
ated, governing the location, manner OF recording,
amount OF WORK necessary TO hold possession OF
mining-claim, subject to the following require
INT ntS: Ihe location must be distlncly marked on
ground 30 that Its boundaries be easily traced
All records OF miniLg g-claims hereafter made shall
contain the name or names OF the lOcators the date
Of the location, and such description of the claim
or Claims located by reference to some natural OBJ
iect or permanent monument as will identify the
claim Un each claim located after the passage of
this act, and until patent shall have been issued
therefor, not less than one hundred dollars worth
Of labor shall be performed or improvements made
during each year On all claims located prior TO the
passage of thus act dollars worth of labor shall
oe performed or improvements made each year for
each one hundred feet in length along he vein until
patent shall have been issued therefor; but where
sucn claims are held in common such expenditure
may be made upon any one claim; and upon fail
ure TO comply with heHe conditions, the claim or
mine upon which such failure occurred shall be
open to relocation in the same manner as II no To-
cation OF the saUe had ever been made: Provided,
hat the original locAtors, heirs assigns, legal
representatives, have not resumed werk upon the
claim after such failure and before such location
Upon the failure OF any of several cO-owners to
contribute his proportion OF the expenditures
Jul ed by thtB act, the co-owners who have per-
formed the labor or made the improvements may,
~ the expiration OF the year. give such delinquent
co-Owner personal nOtlce1n writing notice by pub
ucatiOn In the newspaper published nearest the
claim, for at least once week for ninety days, and
II at the expiration of ninety days after such
ice in writing or by publication such delinquent
should lai or refuse To contribute his proportion TO
comply with this act his interest In the claim sh all
become the property OF his cO-OwnerH who have
made the required expenditures
SEC That patent for any land claimed and To-
Gated for valuable deposits may be obtained in the
following manner: any person, association, or cor
pOratiOn authorized TO locate claim under this act,
having claimed and located piece OF land Tor such
purposes, who has, or have, complied with the terms
Of this act, may file in the proper land olc0 ap.
plication Tor patent, under oath, showing such
compliance, together with plat and feld-notes OF
he claim o! claims In common, made by or under
the direction OF the United states surveyorgenera
showing accurately the boundaries OF the claim or
claims, which shall be distinctly marked by monu-
ments on the ground, and snail post copy of such
plat, together win notice of such application for
patent In a conspicuous place on the land en-
nraced in sueh plat previous TO the filing OF the
application Tor patent and shall nle afidavit OF
ut least Two peTsunB tnat such notice has been duly
posted as aioreshd and shall file copy of said no.
lice IN such land office, and shall thereupon ne enti
tied TO pa ent for said land, in the manner fol-
lowing: The register OF the land office, upon the
Ming of such application, plat, teld-nOtes, and ai-
dGvlts, snail publish notice that such application
mas been made, for the period Of sixty days, in a
newspaper to be by him designated as published
nearest 70 said claim and shall also past such no.
tice Ia his Unce for the same period. The claimant
at the time ot MI this application, at any time
thereafter, within the sixty days of publication,
shall e with the register certificate OF the United
States surveyors general that five hundred dollars
worth Of labor has been expended or improvements
made upon the claim by himself or Rrantors; that
the plat is correct, with such further description by
such reference to natural objects or permanent
monuments as shall identify the claim, and furnish
an accurate description, to be Incorporated In the
patent At the expiration of the sixty days of pub
licaton the caimant shall file his afdavit showing
that the plat and notice have been posted In con-
spicuoua place on the claim during said period of
publication II no adverse claim shall have been
ed with the register and the receiver of the proper
land Oliice at the expiration OF the sixty days OF
publication, 1t shall be assumed that the applicant
IL entitled to patent, upon the payment the pro-
per onicer Of nve dollars per acre, and that no ad-
verse claim exists; and thereafter no objection
from third paroles the issuance Of patent shall
be heard, except IL be shown that the applicant has
failed to cOmply with this act.