Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-04-10
DAILY RECORD
TANNING Law.
Law. of Congress Governing the Locs-
ton, Holding and Working OF
Mining Claims Upon the Public
namain.


Laws Of The United States. As passed b. Con.
gress and approved May 10. ls72. These are the
last. AID hence the only mining laws Of general
interest and forcs. with tie single exception II :
portion o. section S, in reference to the reloea-
ton Of claims and mines located prior 10 the
passage Of the gansrIl mining iEv. The Act
Amending the section alluded TO will also b
found. following the general Law modifying sec
ton s. 50 that claim located prior To Nay TO-
1872, il not subject TO Relocation until June TO-
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
rasentAtiyes Of the United States Of America IN
Congress Assembled, That all valuable mineral
deposits in lands belonging to the United States.
10th surveyed and unsuryeyed, are hereby de-
cls-ed to be free and open 10 exploration and
purchase, and the lands i'll which they
arc fund to occupation and purchase
those ho have declared there intention to be-
come such. under regulations Prescribed by law,
and 6cc0rling to the local customs OF rules Of
miners in the several mining districts 80 far as
the same are apple bic and not inconsistent
with the Laws Of the United States.
SEC .. That mining claims upon veins O.
lodes Of quartz or other rock in place bearing
gold silver, cinnabsr, lead. tin, copper, or other
VALUABLE deposits HEfEL1lDft 4Dftttl. elhAA u
governed as t. length along the vein or lods by
the customs, regulations, and laws in force at
the dS Of their location. mining claim located
after the passage Of this act, whether located 10y
Oue or more persons. may equal, but shall not
exceed one thousand five hundred feet in length
along the vein or lode; but no location Of a min
lug claim shall be made until the discovery Of
the vein or lode within the limits Of the claim
located. No claim shah extend more than three
hundred feet on each side q the middle Of the
vein AZ the surface, nor shall any claim be linn
tied BY any mining regulation to less than TWEEN.
iy-hve feet each side Of the middle Of the vein
at the surface except where adverse rights exist
Ing at the passage Of this act shall render such
limitation necessary. The end-lines Cf eagh
claim shall be parallel t. each other.
SEC. 3. That the locaturs Of all mining locB-
tons heretofore made, or Which shall hereafter
be made, On any mineral vein, lode, or ledge, sit
EAted on the public domain, their heirs and as
signs, where no adverse claim exists at the pas
sage q this act 50 long as they comply with the
laws Of the United States, and the State Terri
toriGl and local regulations not in conflict with
said lsws Of the United States governing their
posseseory title shall have the exclusive right Of
possession and Enjoyment Of all the surface in
eluded within the lines Of their locations and Of
all veins, lOdss and ridges 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
Tar depart from perpendicular in their course
downward as 10 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 continued in their
own direction thBt such planes will interseci
such exterior parts Of said veins or lodges: And
provided further. that nothing IN this section
shall authorize the locator or pUsssssUr Of a vein
or lode which extends IN its downward course
beyond the vertical lines Of his claim TO enter
E4H F.fFa af.H# nod VnHHEE sod
by another
SEC 4 That where tunnel is run for the
development OF vein or lode. or for the discov-
cry Of mi e.. 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
to exist discovered in such tunnel, TO the same
extent as II discovered from the surface and
locations on the line u such tunnel Of veins OF
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 10 prosecute the work on the tunnel fol
Elk months shall be considered az M abandon
ment Uf the night 10 AL undiscovered veins on
the line Of said tunnel
SEC. 6. That the miners Uf each mining dis
trict may make rules and regulations not in con
tct with the laws OF the United States, or with
the laws Of the state OF Territory in which IN
district II situated, governing the location, maI
Her Of recording amount Of work necessary I
hold possession of 4 mining claim, subject t
the following requirements: Location must
distinctly marked on the ground that il
boundaries can he readily traced. All records
mining claims hereafter made shall contain ii
name or names Of the locatOrs, date Of the loci
tOn, and such description Of the claim G
claims located by reiereDence to some nsturt
object or permanent monument as will identif
the claim. On each claim located after the pas
sage OF this act and until patent shall hGy
been issued therefor, no less than one hundre
dollars worth Of labor shall be performed or i'll
provements made during each year, On a.
claims located prior to the passage of thi
act, ten dollars worth Of labor shaI
be performed or Improvements mad
each year for each one hundred fec
in length along the vein until patent shAl
have been issued therefor. but where such claim
are held in common. such expenditure may |
made upon any one claim; and upon failure
comply with these conditions. the claim OF min
upon which such failure occurred shall he ope
to relocation IL the same manner as il no loc
ton Of the SANE had ever been made: PROVIDED
That the original locGtors, their heir
assigns, OF legal representatives, have not r
tumed work upon tine claim after such failul
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 expiratit
Of the year, give such delinquent co owner pc
sonal notice in writing or notice by public6tit
in the newspaper published nearest the claiI
for ut least once week for ninety days, and if
the expiration Of ninety days after such notice
writing or by publication such delinquent shou
fail 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. c. That patent for any land claim
and located for valuable deposits may be {
tanned in the following manner: Any persC
association or corporation AUTHORIZED to locst
claim under this act, having claimed and lOcat
piece Of land for such purposes, who has,
have, complied with the terms of this act, IL
file in the proper land office all application 70
patent under oath, showing such complain
together with plat and field.n notes of the ella
claims in common, made by or under the
rection Of the United States Surveyor Gener
showing accurately the boundaries Of the ella
or claims, which shall be distinctly marked
monuments on the ground. and shall post a co
Of such plat, together with notice of su
application for patent, in conspiC
Gus place on the land embraced in such plat p
vous to the filing of the application for p
ent, and shall file an affidavit OF at least L
persons That such notice has been duly posted
aforesaid, and shall file copy of said notice
such land-ofiice and shall taereupon be entitl
TO patent for said land, in the manner folio
ing: The register Of the landoffice, upon
filing Of such application plat, field notes,
tees and affdavits shall publish a notice Il
such application has been made, for The per-
of sixty DAYS, in q newspaper : DC by him des
shall also post such notice in his office for
same period. ." J. claim at the time of fl
this application oIat any time thereafter, wi
in the sixty days of publication, shall file W
the register certificate Of the United Sta
Surveyor General that five hundred doll
worth of labor has been expended or impro
Inents made upon the claim by himself or gr
tors; that the plat il correct, with such furtl
description by such reference to natural obje
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 sh
ale his affidavit. showing that the plat and
ace have been posted in conspicuous place
the claim during said period OF publication.
no adverse claim shall have been filed with
register and the receiver OF the proper land-ofl
Ut the expiration Of the sixty days Of pubicat
1t shall be assumed that the applicant is EMIT
to patent, upon the payment to the proper
6cer of five dollars per acre, and that no adve
claim exists: and thereafter no objection fir
third parties 10 the issuance OF patent shall
heard, except II be shown that the applicant
failed to comply with this act.
SEC. 7. That where an adverse claim shal
filed during the period of publication, 1t shall
upon oath of the person or persons making
same, and shall show the nature, boundari
and extent Of such adverse claim, and all p
ceedings, except the publication OF notice a
making and filing of the affidavit thereof, sh
be stayed until the controversy shall have be
settled or decided by court of competent jur
diction, or the adverse claim waived. 1t sh