Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-04-03

Bal5s vii - found an abssraet o: ihs NInlng
Laws q ths UEIis4 STATES. A. pzsse,I b Con
srsSs and appryyed N1y 10. ls72 TAs-s are tie
last. AMI hence the only mining lars q gspsrsl
Hssr=s: AMI f5res. with the single srception u a
portion q section 5. in reference to the rgloes-
ton Of clAirns and mines heated pri1r 10 tie
passage Of the gsnsr@l mining -. The AZ;
sI1sndjBg the seton ALLUDED to viii 1iso b.
found. following the gsuaral Law modifying sec
ton :. 50 that claim loeated pTioE 70 May 10.
ls7z, j. not subject to reIocstioa un;l yan@ 10,
ls74
An ACT u proIa0te the devel0rHsnt & tie
Mining re-1t.russ q The United Stats
b Il eusrtsd By the ssE.te and H1uss q Up
rs-ent4iiges q the United State q Aularicz IN
CoaErsss assembled, That all valuable niDerLl
deposits In lands b-lOnzz1g 70 the United stats.
18th surveyed and uIisErTeyed. srg hereby de-
rlzE-i 70 b. free and Olsn 20 e1Flurztlon and
Tgrchzs@, and the lands in which they
BIZ eitizeus q the United State and
taose EkO have declared fbere intention T. l.
eaEue saeh under p .-lllati0u- presented By law,
and hccdrlIng 70 the local customs OF rulss q
ulinFrs. IL the several miaing districts, far
The saHe are sppllc be and L9t inconsistent
with tie lzxs u the United states
SIC. : That mining claims upon veins "
ly1s- q quartz Or OtLsr rUak IN plaoe bearing
valuable deposits Heretofore .ocatsd, shall b
governed 81 to length along the vein az lode by
the cu-tGEu-. regulations, and laws IN force a.
the dArs of their lOeatiou- mining claim located
after the passage % tLis act, whether located b
one % more persons, may equal. tut shan not
exceed on thousand five hundred feet IN length
along the vein Or lode; but no location q Rim
IN claim shall y made until the discovery u
the vein or lode within the limits q the claim
located No claim shall extend more than three
hundred feet On each eide Il the middle q the
vein al the surface, n1r shall any claim b lin
ted by any mining regulation 10 lee than TWEEN
ty-fve feet each side u the middle q the vein
AZ the surface except gEeTe adverse rights exist
ing a. the passege q this at shall render such
Limitation neeessary. The eud-lines Il each
claim shall b. parallel 10 each other.
SIC. 8. That the locators u ell mining ioea-
tldus A=rst1fare made. % which shall hereafter
b made. on any min-ral VEN. lode, or ledge sit
uAisd On the public domain. their heir and -
signs where 10 adverse claim exists 1t the pas
sage o. this at - long a. they comply with The
laws u the ulted -:Ates and the state, Tern
t0riaI and local regulations not In conflict with
aid laws Of the United states governing their
pJssssLory title shall have the exclusive right Of
possession and enjoyment Of al! the surface IN
,!uiel thin the lines Of their locations and Il
all veins l1des and lrdges throughout the entire
depth. the top or apex Of which lie inside Of
such EarfAre-liuss extended downward vertical
-, although such veins, l0des Or Lodges may 20
lar depart from perpendicular in their cpurse
lines Of aid surface locations. Provided, that
their right Of possession 10 such outside parts
VI such yelHs OF lodges shall b confined 70 such
portions thereof Is lie between vertical planes
drawn downward a. Aforesaid, through the end
lines q thsIr locations. continued in their
oWu direction that such planes will iHtersect
such exterior parts Of said veins or lodges: And
provided further that nothing in this section
hall authorize the O,4t5E " IOsssssUr Of a vein
" lode which erteHds IN It, downward oourse
yeyoni the vertical lines u his claim to enter
upyu the surface u a claim owned or PossH ssed
- another.
SIC : That ELere tunnel IL run for the
development VI vein or lode, or for the dlseJv-
Fry Of mi Is the owners Of such tunnel shall
lave the II Lt q possession Of all veins OF lodes
within three thousand feet from the face q such
llnNsl On thu line Thereof not previously known
o. exist, discovered In -uch tunnel, 10 the same
tltsut D. Il discovered from the surface: and
l.saatiOls Oh the line q such tunnel u Veins or
lVdss not Appearing On the surface, made by
ythsr partis- after the commencement Of the
tunnel and while the same L. being prosecuted
s.tA reasonable diligence shall b@ invalid. hu;
failure 10 Prosecute the work IN the tunnel Tor
.T months shall ba considered an abandon.
luent u il~ night to all undiscovered veins on
The line ~ said tunnel.
Sc. g. Th-t the MINER q! each mining dis
irlct NAV make rules and regulations not in con.
met with the laws Of the United States, or with
the laW- u the state or Territory IN which tn,
district j. situated, governing the location man
n.r u recording amount of work Necessary t.
hold Possession 81 a mining claim subject T.
the following requirements Location must b
distinctly marked on the ground 50 that 1t
bouuda-ies can le readily traced. All records o
mining claims hereafter made shall contain tn
name or names If the lgcstOrs, date of the lOca
tiun. and such description Of the claim o.
claims located by refgreuence to some Hatnrh
object or permanent monument as will identify
the claim. On each claim located after the pas
sage OF this act, and until a patent shall havt
b-en issued therefor, no less than one hundred
dollars worth Of labor shall be performed or i'm
Provements made during each year On al
claims lucated prior to the passage Of thi
a,t, ten dollars worth OF labor shall
be performed or improvements mad
each year for each one hundred fee
In length along the vein until patent shall
have been issued therefor; but where such claim
are held in common, such expenditure may b
made upon any one claim and upon failure I
comply with thr-,. conditions the claim or min
upon which such failure occurred shall be Ope
to relocation IN the same manner as II no loci
tion Of the same had ever been made: Provided
That the original lOcGtOrs, their heir
assigns, OF legal representatives., have not r.
sumsd work upon the claim after such failur
and before such location, Upon the failure {
any one Of several co-owners to contribute hi
portion Of the expenditure required by this &C
the co-owners who have performed the labor
made the improvements may, at the eIpirptio
Of the year, give such delinquent co owner pc
sDnEl notice in writing or notice by publicaii0
IN the newspaper published nearest the CLAIM
for at least once a week for ninety days, and If
the expiration OF ninety days after such notice
writing or by publication such delinquent shout
fail or refuse to contribute his proportion
comply with this act, his interest in the clai
shall become the property Of his co-owners vi
have made the required expenditures.
SIC. G. That patent for any land claim,
and lOcated for valuable deposits may be o
tanned in the following manner: ANY perso
association, Or corporation authorized to locate
claim under this act, having claimed and locst
piece Of land for snch purposes. who has,
have, complied with the terms Of this act m
ME in the proper land-Ottce an application fOi
patent under oath, showing such compliant
together with plat and field notes Of the clai
or claims in common, made by or under the
rectiOn Of the United States Surveyor Generi
showing accurately the boundaries Of the clai
Or claims, which shall be distinctly marked
monuments on the ground, and shall post a col
Of such plat, together with a notice Of su,
application for patent, in conspic
sus place on the land embraced in such plat pr
y.ous to the filing Of the application for pa
sut, and shall file an affidavit of at least ~
persons that such notice has been duly posted
aforesaid, and shall file copy Of said notice
such land-oftiee, and shall thereupon be entitl
to a patent for said land, in the manner folio
ing: The register Of the land-ofice, upon Il
filing Of such application, plat, held-notes, n
tioes and afidavits, shall publish notice tn
such application has been made, for the peru
" sixty days, in newspaper oe by him des
mated as published nearest to said claim and
shall also post such notice in his Office for t
same period. claim at the time Of fill
this application nat any time thereafter, wit
IN the sixty days of publication, shall file wi
the register certificate Of the United Stat
surveyor General that five hundred dolla
worth of labor has been expended or improy
ments made upon the claim by himself or gra
tors: that the plat is correct, with such furth
description by such reference to natural objec
or permanent monuments as shall identify q
claim, and furnish an accurate description, to
incorporated in the patent At the expiration
the sixty days 81 publication the claimant sha
ale his hifidsyit, showing that the plat and II
ace have been posted in a conspicuous place
the claim during said period of publication.
no advcrss claim shall have been filed with Il
register and the receiver of the proper lsnd-offi
Ut the expiration Of the sixty days Of pnblicati,
II shall be assumed that the applicant is entit
TO patent, upon the payment 10 the proper
deer Of Ave dollars per acre, and that no adver
claim exists; and thereafter no objection fro
third parties to the issuance of patent shall
heard, except II be shown that the applicant h
failed to comply with this act.
SEC. I. That where an adverse claim shall
filed during the period Of publication. 1t shall I
upon oath Of the person or persons making Il
same. and shall show the nature, boundarie
aud extent Of such adverse claim and all prt
eeedings, except the publication Of notice an
making and filing Of the affidavit thereof, shsl
he stayed until the controversy shall have bee