Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-06-13
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provisions seeks 10 accomplish the
anne purpose as the former. We are
indebted to Congressman Kendall for
copy Of Senate bill No. 9oi. which
was introduced Into tho senate by
Senator Pratt, OF Indiana, on the hfth
Instant referred to the Committee on
Lands, and ordered to DO
printed. It IL as follows: .
A BILL to provide revenue from the
sale Of public lands.
lie it enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives OF tho United
States Of America In Congress as
sembled,
That any person. association. or cor
poration, qualified under existing laws
to receive q patent from tho United
States for mineral land, who claim
minlng locations upon veins or lodes
Of quartz or other rock In place, bear
Ing gold, silver, cinnabar, lead. tia,
D o or other valuable deposits,
situate upon the public domain. which
shall have produced minerals OF gross
value Of five thousand dollars, shall,
within one year FROM the date OF tho
passage Of this Act, file with the Reg
ister and the Receiver OF the proper
land district, Ia the manner prescribed
by the Act to which this Is supplement
tai and amendstsry. III application
for 3 patent to tho niue, mining
ground, land and premises 80 claimed;
and, n no adverse claim be filed dur.
Ing the publication Of the notice there
Of, such claimant shall, within six
months from the date OF such filing OF
his application, make tho final proof
required under said Act, and pay FOR
the land included In his claim ut the
rate Of five dollars per acre.
Src. ,. That where an v CLAIM
Is filed, and the right of possession
shall DO determined by judicial decree
In manner prescribed by the seventh
section OF the Act Of May 10. 1877.
the party la whoao favor such nnal
Judgment shall be rendered shall,
within six months from the date OF the
rendition Of such Judgment. make the
s.v.S,b ssc,Ion. and nay for such
.I,Im a, tbs rata Of flyo dollars Der
acre.
SIC. J. That where. under existing
laws. applications for patents for min
ing clalms have been made and due
notice thereof given. without the APP
pesranse Of AN adverse claimant. aud
wn'en III ". ~. n,,rr.s NJ nrs.
s.c,inv ti,l.. the applicant, his heirs.
successors, or asslgns, shall make final
proof and payment at u rate herein
nIsu, within siN nh
srr a That upou the failure OF
| the claimants Of any mine, mining
grounds, claim or location to comply
With the provisions OF thl' Aca, tnv
uihe. y,a,,n " sh,,i Ia a,.n 10
re'IoeaiIon by other parties In tho same
| manner as II no location OF the same
had ever been made; Provided, lnat
tns sa'u eiainiAns' " rsn,s,so,s.
,iyss have nct made a%nrlication for a
patent for such claim after such failure
aud before sueh r~s,'osa.ion. 1857. .,
. ,s,.,, h.r.mi,h ar, hereby
reue,led.
IL will be seen on /, careful p~eru,al
Of TIL. bill that II /. simply and solely
offered and urged In the interest OF
sutro. The only material difference
between IL and Senate Bill No. lG, "a
amended by Negley, 1. that this Is
general, whereas the Negley amend.
m,pt was specl,l. IL. aim Ia to com.
nal mining companls, to take out pat.
ents. and the CLAUSE proyidluv tha,
only those which have produced So
900 worth Of gold aud silver IL merely
a little sep to Senator's and Members,
|. only placed there TO give semblancc
OF fairness to the measure. Why.
there are a thousand mines In Nevada
to-day which have produced Ave thou.
sand dollars worth OF gold aud silver,
,,j which ara NOT nav worth n dol
lar. They NAV be Tomorrow a week.
f, month. vsar hence. but
N, now deyeloped they arc ab.
.olutsIy worthless. Their value
/, entirely prospective. They have
no actual worth. Aud vet to TIL, elias.
of mines. held tenaciou.ly by san.
yulne and hard working miners, who
year after wear labor for an ere devel.
opment. tbi, law will apply lust the
same as to. the Crown Point, Belcher
or Consolidated Virginia. Sutro De.
.lres this bill passed for the same rea-
son that he desired the passage OF the
Negley amendment. lie wants to
compel the Comstock companies to
patent their claims before the suit nov
brought shall In We been decided, aud
before stop, shall be taken to test the
con,,ltutionality of the law under
which he expect. to claim royalty.
lie wishes to make these Comstock
companies take out patents from the
United States Government. In which