Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-05-30
THE PIOCHE DAILY RECORD.
MINING LAW.
Laws OF Congress Governing the Local
tion, Holding and Working Of
Mining Claims Upon the Public
Domain.

Below Will De found an abstract OF the Mining
Laws of the United States, a. passed by Con
gress and approved May To- 1872. These are the /
last. and hence the only mining laws Of general 4
interest and force, with the single exception Of a
portion of section ;, in reference TO the reloca-
uon OF claims and minss located prior to the ,
passage q the general mining law. The Act l
amending the section alluded to will also be
found. following the general law modifying Sec
ion 5, so that claim located prior to Nay 10,
1872, ia not subject TO relocation until June 10,
1874.
An ACT to promote the development Of the
Mining resources of the United States
BE it 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 10 the United States,
beth surveyed and unsuryeyed, are hereby de-
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, 50 far a.
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 dae of their location. A mining claim located
after the passage OF this act, whether located by
one or more persons. may equal, but shall not
exceed one tn ousand five hundred feet in length
along the vein or lode; but no location OF min
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 middle of the
vein at the surface, nor shall any claim be linn
tied by any mining regulation to less than twen-
ty-ve feet on each size OF the middle oil the VEN
at the surface, except where adverse rights exist
ing At the passage of this act shall render such
limitation necessary. The end-lines of each
claim shall be parallel to each other.
SIC. 3. That the locators of all mining loca-
tisns 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
torial 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 " thin 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 surface-lines extended downward vertical
ly, although such veins, lOdes or lodges may SO
far 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 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 possessor of q vein
or lode which extends in its downward course
beyond the vertical lines of his claim to enter
upon the surface OF claim owned or possessed
by another.
SEC A. That where tunnel is run for the
development OF Il vein or lode, or for the discov-
cry Of mines, the owners Of such tunnel shal!
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
to exist, discovered in such tunnel, to the same
extent as If discovered from the surface; and
locations on the line OF such tunnel OF veins or
lodes not appearing on the surface, msde 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 abandon.
ment Of the right to all undiscovered veins on
the line of said tunnel
SEC 8. That the miners Of each mining dis.
trict may make rules and regulations not in con
dict 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 81 work necessary e
hold possession of u mining claim, subject 4
the following requirements Location must b
distinctly marked on the ground so that ii
boundaries can be readily traced. All records o
mining claims hereafter made shall contain tn
name or names of the lOcators, date of the loca
ton, and such description of the claim o
claims located by referenence to some natura
object or permanent monument as will identif.
the claim. on each claim located after the pas
sage OF this act, and until a patent shall hav
been issued therefor, no less than one hundre,
dollars worth OF labor shall be performed or i'm
provements made during each year. On al
claims located prior to the passage of thi
act, ten dollars worth of labor shal
be performed or improvements mad
each year for each one hundred fee
in length along the vein until patent shal
have been issued therefor; but where such claim
are held IN common, such expenditure may b
made upon any one claim; and upon a failure t
comply with these conditions, the claim or min
upon which such failure occurred shall be ope
to relocation in the same manner as If no loo,
ton of the same had ever been made Provided
That the original locaturs their heir
assigns or legal representatives, have not r.
sumed work upon the claim after such failur
and before such location. Upon the failure {
any one OF several co-owners to contribute h
portion of the expenditures required by this &C
the co-owners who have performed the labor
made the improvements may, at the expiratio
OF the year, give such delinquent CO. owner pc
sonal notice in writing or notice by publicatiC
in the newspaper published nearest the CLAIM
for at least once a week for ninety days and If
ths expiration Of ninety days after such notice
writing by publication such delinquent shou
fail or refuse to contribute his proportion
comply with this act, his interest in the clai
shall become the property of his co-owners wi
have made the required expenditures.
SEC. 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 locat,
claim under this act having claimed and locat
piece Of land for snch purposes. who has,
have, complied with the terms of this act, IN
N the land office an annlicatiOn fpl
patent, under oath, showing such complain,
together with plat and feld-notes Of the cla
or claims in common, made by or under the
rection OF the United States Surveyor Gener
showing accurately the boundaries Of the clai
or claims, which shall be distinctly marked
monuments on the ground, and shall post CO.
OF such plat, together with notice of SUI
application for patent. in Il conspic
Gus place on the land embraced in such plat pr
vious to the filing of the application for q III
ent, and shall file an affidavit of at least ty
persons that such notice has been duly posted
aforesaid, and shall file copy of said notice
such land office, and shall taereupon be entitl
to patent for said land, in the manner folio
ing: The register Of the landofhce upon t
filing Of such application, plat, ield.notes, II
tees and sffidavits, shall publish o notice tn
such application has been made, for the peri
Of sixty days, in q newspaper : De by him DIES
mated as published nearest to said claim; and
shall also post such notice in his Office for t
same period "h ,claim at the time OF fill
In the sixty days of publication, shall file wi
the register certificate of the United Stat
Surveyor General that Ave hundred dolls
worth OF labor has been expended or impro'
ments made upon the claim by himself or gra
tors; that the plat is correct, with such furth
description by such reference to natural objet
or permanent monuments as shall identify {
claim, and furnish an accurate description, TO
Incorporated in the patent At the expiration
the sixty days of publication the claimant shi
Ale his affdavit, showing that the plat and I
lace have been posted in conspicuous place
the claim during said period Of publication.
no adverse claim shall have been filed with I
register and the receiver of the proper land-off
At the expiration of the sixty days Of publicati
II shall be assumed that the applicant is entitl
to q patent. upon the payment to the proper
ncor OF Ave dollars per acre. and that no adveI
claim exists; and thereafter no objection frc
third parties to the issuance of patent shall
heard, except 1t be shown that the applicant b
failed to comply with this act.
SEC T. That where an adverse claim shall
nled during the period of publication, it shall
upon oath OF the person or persons making {
same, and shall show the nature, boundarit
and extent of such adverse claim. and all pI
ceedings, except the publication Of notice al
making and filing of the affidavit thereof, shl
be stayed until the controversy shall have be-
settled or decided by o court Of competent juri