Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-05-03
THE pIOcHE DAILY RECORD.
MINING LAW.
Law. Of Congress Governing the Loe"-
ton, Holding and Working OF
Mining Claims Upon the Public
nomain.

MINING Po's ]
Domain.
Below will be found an abstract Of the Mining I
Laws Of the United States, as passed by Con- /.
sress and approved May 10, 1872. These are the a
asst, and hence the only mining laws OF general /
interest and force, with the single exception OF
portion of section s, in reference to the reloeS-
ton of claims and mines located prior to tire
passage Of the general mining law. The Act
amending tho section alluded TO will also be
found, following the general law modifying Sec
ton 8, so 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
pe II enacted by the Senate and House OF Rep
re,autatiyes Of the United States of America IN
Congress assembled. That all valuable mineral
deposits in lands belonging TO the United States
both surveyed and unsuryeyed, are herepy ae,
olared to be free and open TO exploration ana
purchase, and the lands in which they |
arr 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. so lar as
The same are applicable and not inconsistent
with the laws Of the United States.
src O. That mining claims upon veins or
gold silver cinnabar, lead, tin, copper, or other
valuable deposits heretofore located, shail DE
governed as to length along the VEN or lode ny
The customs, regulations, and laws m force az
the dare of their location. A mining claim located
after the passage Of this act whether located py
one or more persons, may equal, but shall moi
exceed one th ousand five hundred feet in length
along the vein or lode; but no location oil MN
ing claim shall be made until the discovery 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 midule OF the
vein at the surface, nor shall any claim oe Iiul
tied by any mining regulation to less than tWen-
tyhye feet on each side of the middle OF the VEN
at the surface except where adverse rights exist
INC nj the massage of this act shall render such
limitation necessary The end-lines Of each
claim shall be parallel to each other.
Src g. That the locators of all mining loea-
tions heretofore made, or which snail hereafter
be made on any mineral vein, lode or ledge, sit
mated on the public domain. their heirs and as
signs, where DO 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, Ierri-
torial and local regulations not in contiict with
said laws of the United States governing their
possesGory title shall have the exclusive right oil
possession and enjoyment of all the surface III.
cluded within the lines of their locations and oil
ali veins lodes, and lodges throughout the entire
depth the top or apex of which lies inside OF
such surface-lines extended downward vertical
w. although such veins, lodes or lodges may so
far depart from perpendicular in their course
downwsrd as to extend outside the vertical side.
lines of said surface locations: Provided, that
their right of possession TO such outside part :
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 theli
own direction that such planes will intersecl
such exterior parts of said veins or Lodges: Anu
provided further, that nothing in TINS section
shall authorize the locator or possessor OF veif
or lode which extends in its downward courst
beyond the vertical lines OF his claim TO entel
upon the surface of a claim owned or possesseo
by another.
sro A. That where tunnel is run for th'
development OF vein or lode, or Tor the discov
cry Of mines, the owners OF such tunnel snhl
have the right of possession OF all veins or lode
within three thousand feet from the face of suci
tunnel on the line thereof, not previously know
to exist, discovered in such tunnel, to the sam
extent as II discovered from the surface; an'
locations on the line of such tunnel OF veins o
lodes not appearing on the surface, made b.
other parties after the commencement OF th
tunnel, and while the same Is being prosecute
with reasonable diligence, shall be Invalid; bu
failure to prosecute the work on the tunnel fo
six months shall be considered a. an abandon
ment of the right to all undiscovered veins o
the line of said tunnel. :,
SEC g. That the miners of each mining di
trict may make rules and regulations not i'll col
tict with the laws of the United States, or vii
the laws Of the State or Territory in winch u
district is situated, governing the location, ma
ner of recording, amount Of work necessary
hold possession of mining claim, subject
the following requirements: Location must
distinctly marked on the ground SO that
boundaries can be readily traced. All RECORDS
mining claims hereafter made shall contain t
name or names of the locators, date OF the loo
ton, and such description OF the claim
claims located by referenence to some natul
object or permanent monument as will identi
the claim. on each claim located after the p'
sage of this act, and until patent shall la
been issued therefor, no less than one hundr
dollars worth Of labor shall le performed or i
proyements made during each year On
claims located prior to the passage of Il
net ten dollars worth of labor sh
be performed or improvements ms
each year for each one hundred /
in length along the vein until patent sh
have been issued therefor; butwhere such clai
are held in common such expenditure may
made upon any one claim, and upon q iaiiurt
comply with these conditions, the claim or IN
upon which such failure occurred shall be Of
to relocation in the same manner as If no lc
ton of the same had ever been made: Proyid
That the original locators, their ne
assigns or legal representatives, have not
sumed work upon the claim after such fail
and before such location. Upon the fAlur
any one of several co-owners to contribute
portion of the expenditures required by TINS
the co-owners who have performed the labo
made the improvements may, at the explra
OF the wear, give such delinquent CO owner
sonal notice in writing or notice by puplca
in the newspaper published nearest the eli
for at least once a week for ninety days, ana
the expiration of ninety days after such motto
writing or by publication such delinquent sh'
fail or refuse to contribute his proportion
comply with this act, his interest IN the G.
shall become the property OF his co-oWners
have made the required expenditures.
SEC G. That patent for any land clai
and located for valuable deposits may b
tanned in the following manner; Any pei
association, or corporation authorized to loo
claim under this act, having claimed and loo
a piece of land for snch purposes, who Id
have complied with the terms of this act.
to- ..tEn altRatt ton
patent, under oath, showing such compl
together with plat and feld-notes of the c
or claims in common, made by or under I'll
rection of the United States Surveyor Gen
showing accurately the boundaries of the {
or claims, which shall be distinctly markt
monuments on the ground, and shall post
of such plat together with notice oil
application for patent, in cons
ops place on the land embraced in such plat
vious to the filing of the application for :
ent, and shall file affidavit of at least
persons that such notice has been duly post
aforesaid, and shall file copy OF said not
such land-ofice and shall thereupon be en'
TO a patent for said land, in the manner 70
ing: The register Of the land Office, upoi
nling of such application plat feld-note
tees and afidavits, shall publish notic'
such application has been made Tor the
of sixty days, in newspaper { De by MN
mated as published nearest to said claim; o
shall also post such notice in his ONCE Il
same period :" claim at the time of
this application o mt any time thereafter,
In the sixty days Of publication, shall file
the register certificate of the United
surveyor General that FIVE hundred d
worth Of labor has been expended or inn
ments made upon the claim by himself or
tors; that the plat is correct, with such fl
description by such reference to natural o.
or permanent monuments as shall identii
claim, and furnish an accurate description,
INCORPORATED in the patent. At the expirat
the sixty days of publication the claimant
Ale his affidavit, showing that the plat al
zee have been posted in aconspicuous pl
the claim during said period OF publicatio
no adverse claim shall have been filed wit
register and the receiver of the proper land
At the expiration of the sixty days OF publ
IL shall be assumed that the applicant is Ell
to . patent, upon the payment to the prof.
hcer Of five dollars per acre, and that no az
claim exists; and thereafter no objection
third parties to the issuance of q patent 81
heard except 1t be shown that the applica
failed to comply with this act.
SEC Z. That where an adverse claim 81
filed during the seriod of publication, it 81
upon oath of the person or persons MAXI
same, and shall show the nature, boune
and extent of such adverse claim, and a
cesdings, except the publication OF motto
making and fling of the affidavit thereof
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