Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-08-16

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Below will be found an abstract of the Mining
Laws Of the United States. rs passed by Con-
.ress and approved May 10. 1872. These are the
last. and hence the only mining laws Of general
interest and force. with the single exception Of .
portion Of section Q. in reference to the reloca-
tIou Of claims and mines located prior to the
passage Of the general mining law. The Act
amending the section alluded to will also be
found. following the general law modifying Sec
ton 8, % that claim located prior to May 10.
1872. is not subject to relocation until june 10,
1874.
AN ACT to promote the development Of the
Mining resources of the United States
Be Il enacted BY the Senate and House of Rep
resentstives Of the United States Of America In
Congress assembled, That all valuable mineral
deposits In lands belonging to the United States,
both surveyed and unsurveyed, are hereby do
clared TO be free and open to exploration and
purchase. and the lands In which they
are found to occupation and purchase
by citizens Of the United States and
those who have declared there intention to be-
come such, under regulations prescribed by law
and according to the local customs or rules Of
miners, in the several mining districts % far -
the same are applicable and not inconsistent
with the laws Of the United States.
SEC. 2. That mining claims upon veins or
lodes Of quartz or other rock in place bearing
gold silver, cinnAbar, lead, tin. copper, or other
valuable deposits heretofore located, shall be
governed as to length along the vein or lode by
the customs. regulations. and laws in force at
the date Of their locstion A mining claim located
after the passage of this act, whether located by
one or more persons, may equal, but shall not
exceed one th ousand five hundred feet in length
along the vein or lode; but no location of q min
ing claim shall be made until the discovery of
the vein VI lode within the limits Of the claim
located. No claim shall extend more than three
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vein ct the surface. nor shall any claim be lin
tied by any mining regulation to less than TWEEN
ty-dve feet each side of the middle of the vein
at the surface except where adverse rights exist
ing ct the passase Of this act shall render such
limitation necessary. The end-lineR of each
claim shall be parallel to each other.
SEC. .. Thst the locators Of all mining locs-
tions heretofore made, or which shall hereafter
be made, on any mineral vein, lode, or LEDGE sit.
uated on the public domain, their heirs and as
signs, where no adverse claim exists at the pas
sage of this act, SO long as they comply with the
laws of the United States, and the State, Terri.
torisl and local regulations not in conflict with
said laws of the United States governing their
possessory title shall have the exclusive right of
possession and enjoyment Of all the surface in
cluded within the lines of their locations and of
all veins, lodes, and lodges throughout the entire
depth, the top or apex of which lies inside of
such surfsce-lines extended downward vertical
ly, although such veins, lodes or lodges may so
lar depart from perpendicular in their course
downward as to extend outside the vertical side
lines Of said surface locations: Provided, that
their right Of possession to such outside parts
of such veins or lodges shall be confined to such
portions thereof as lie between vertical planes
drawn downward as aforesaid, through the end
lines OF their locations, SO continued in their
own direction that such planes will intersect
such exterior parts Of said veins or Lodges: And
provided further, that nothing in this section
shall authorize the locator or posse ssor of vein
OF lode which extends in its downward course
beyond the vertical lines Of his claim to enter
upon the surface of a claim owned or possessed
by another.
SEC 4. That where a tunnel IL run for the
development Of vein or lode. or for the discov.
cry Of mines. the owners Of such tunnel shall
have the right of possession of all veins or lodes
within three thousand feet from the face OF such
tunnel on the line thereof, not previously known
10 exist. discovered in such tunnel to the same
extent IS II discovered from the surface; and
locations on the line Of such tunnel Of veins or
lodes not appearing on the surface. made by
other parties after the commencement of the
tunnel, and while the same is being prosecuted
with reasonable diligence, shall be Invalid; but
failure TO prosecute the work on the tunnel for
six months shall be considered ss an abandon-
ment Of the right to all undiscovered veins on
the line Of said tunnel.
SEQ. s. That the miners of each mining dis
trict may make rules and regulations not in con-
nict with the laws Of the United States, or with
the laws Of the State or Territory in which the
district is situated, governing the location man.
ner Of recording, amount Of work necessary to
hold possession Of Q mining claim. subject to
the following requirements: Location must be
distinctly marked on the ground SO that its
boundaries can be readily traced. ALI records Of
mining claims hereafter made shall contain the
name or names of the locators date of the loca-
ton. and such description of the claim or
claims located by referenence to some natural
object or permanent monument ss will identify
the claim. On each claim located after the pas
sage Of this act, and until . patent shall have
been issued therefor, no less than one hundred
l.la.
provements made during each year. On all
claims located prior to the passage of this
act. ten dollars worth Of labor shall
be performed or improvements made
In length along the vein until patent shall
have been issued therefor; but where such claims
are held In common, such expenditure may be
made upon any one claim: and upon q failure &c
upon which such failure occurred shall be open
to relocation in the same manner as II no loca
tion Of the same had ever been made: Provided
That the original locAtors, their heirs
assigns, or legal REPRESENTATIVES. have not re
sumed work upon the claim after such failur,
and before such location. Upon the failure o.
any one Of several co-owners to contribute hi
portion of the expenditures required by this set
the co-owners who have performed the labor o.
made the improvements may, at the expiration
Of the year, give such delinquent co owner per
sonal notice in writing or notice by publication
in the newspaper published nearest the claim
for at least once week for ninety days, and If q
the expiration of ninety days after such notice il
writing or by publication such delinquent SHOULD
fail or refuse TO contribute his proportion I,
comply with this act, his interest in the CLAIM
shall become the property of his co-owners win
SC. q. That patent Tor any land el.im.-
and located for valuable deposits may be oil
tained in the following manner: Any person
association. or corporation authorized to locate
claim under this act, having claimed and locate
. piece Of land for snch purposes, who has, c
have, complied with the terms Of this act, ms
Ale In the proper land-ofice an application for
patent, under oath, showing such complianc
ogether with aplat and feld.notes Of the clail
claims in common, made by or under the d
ection Of the United States Surveyor Genera
showing accurately the boundaries Of the clsil
or claims. which shall be distinctly marked b
monuments on the ground, and shall post cop
Of such plat. together with . notice Of sue
application for patent, In o conspic,
GUS place on the land embraced in such plat pr
vious to the filing Of the application for . Pc
ent, and shall file an afidavit Of at least tw
persons that such notice has been duly posted I
Aforesaid, and shall hle copy Of said notice
such lSnd-ofhce. and shall taereupon be entitle
TO patent for said land, In the manner follow
ng: The register Of the land.ofice, upon Ii
niins Of such application, plat, held.notes, NJ
tices and sfhdsvita, shall publish . notice Chi
such application hiss been made, for the per1c
Of sixty days, in newspaper ); oe by him desi
mated o. published nearest 10 said claim; end /
same period. nj ,claim at the time Of mir
this application. rat any time thereafter, Wit
in the sixty days Of publication, shall file vii
the register certificate OF the United Stat,
Surveyor General that FIVE hundred dollai
worth of labor has been expended or tmprov
msnts made upon the claim by himself or graz
tors; that the plat is correct. with such furth,
description by such reference to natural object
or permanent monuments o. shall identify IL
claim, and furnish an accurate description, to
incorporated In the patent At the expiration
the sixty days Of publication the claimant sha
Ale his afhdavit, showing that the plat and n,
ice have been posted in conspicuous place o
the claim during said period Of publication.
NO adverse claim shall have been hled with II
register and the receiver Of the proper land-ofhe
at the expiration Of the sixty days Of publicstio
IT shall be assumed that the applicant 10 entitle
TO . patent, upon the payment to the proper o
dcer Of ave dollars per acre. and that no advert
claim EXISTS; and thereafter no objection frol
third parties to the issuance Of patent shall
heard, except 1t be shown that the applicant hi
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