Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-02-04
DAILY RECORD
MINING Law.
Laws O. CsngTe.. Governing The Local
ton, Holding and Working of
Mining Claims Upon the Public
Domain.

Below will be found Al ADstfacl OF the mining
Laws OF the United States, as passed by Con
gress and approved May 10. ls72. These are the
last, and hence the only mining laws Of general
interest and force, with the single exception Of |
portion Of section s. in reference to the reloca- /
ton Of claims and mine. located prior 70 the 4
passage Of the general mining law. The Act /
amending the section alluded TO will also be /
found. following tbs general law modifying sec /
ton 5, so that claim located prior to May 10, |
ls72 is 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 J
rssentatives o, 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 de.
clAred TO be free and open 10 exploration ana /
purchase. and the lands in which they |
are found TO occupation ana purchase
BY citizen. 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 far as
the same applicable and not Inconsistent !
with the laws of the United States.
SEC 2. That mining claims upon veins or ]
lsdes Of quartz or other rock in place bearing |
gold silver, ctnnBbar, lead, tin, copper or other
Valuable deposits ltFtlbiOTt 4uEAktAlf EtAalA br
governed as to length along the vein or lode by |
the customs regulations, and laws in force st
the da Of their location. mining claim located
after the passage OF this act, whether located by
one or more persons may equal, but shall not
exceed one thousand I'VE hundred feet in length
along the vein OF 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 st the surface, nor shall any claim be linn
tied by any mining regulation to less than TWEEN
ty-ve feet on 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 q each
claim shall be parallel TO each other.
SEC. 3. That the lOcatOrs Of all mining lOca-
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
signs, where no adverse claim exists al the pas
sAge Of this act, so long - they comply with the
laws Of the United States, and the state, rerrl-
tCrial and local regulations not IN conflict with
said laws Of the United states governing their
possessOry title, shall have the exclusive night Of
possession and enjoyment OF all the surface il
uluded within the lines Of their lOcstlJns and Of
all veins lOdes and lges throughout the entire
depth, the top or apex Of which lies inside Of
such surface-lines extended downward vertical
~ 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 as aforesaid, through the end
lines Of their locations. 20 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 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
10y another.
SIC. 4 That where a tunnel is run for the
development OF a vein or lode CT 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
to exist, discovered in such tunnel, to the same
extent as II discovered from the surface, and
locations on the line Of such tunnel Of veins
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 Op the tunnel for
six months shall be considered az an abandon
nent Of the right to all undiscovered veins on
the line Of said tunnel.
SEC g. That the miners Of each mining dis
trict may make rules and regulations not in con-
fict 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 mining claim. subject to
the following requirements. Location must be
distinctly marked on the ground SO that its
boundaries can be readily traced. All records Of
mining claims hereafter made shall contain the
name or names Of the locatOrs, date Of the lOca-
ton. and such a description Of the claim or
claims located by refercnence to some natural
object or permanent monument as will identify
the claim On each claim located after the pas
sage of this act, and until q patent shall have
been issued therefor, no less than one hundred
dollars worth Of labor shall he performed or i'm
provements made during each year. On ell
claims located prior to the passage Of this
act. ten dollars worth of labor Shall
be performed or improvements made
each year for each hundred feet
in length along the vein until patent shall
have been issued therefor butwhere such claims
are held in common, such expenditure may be
made upon any one claim; and upon a failure to
comply with these conditions, the claim Or mine
upon which such failure occurred shall be open
to relocation in the same manner as If no loca
ton 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 failure
and before such location Upon the failure Of
any one OF several co-owners to contribute his
portion Of the expenditures required by this act
the co-owners who have performed the labor OIL
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 a
the expiration of ninety days after such notice il
writing orby publication such delinquent SHOULD
fail or refuse to contribute his proportion t.
comply with this act his interest in the claim
shall become the property Of his co-owners wht
have made the required expenditures.
SEC G. That patent for any land claimet
and located for valuable deposits may be oh
tanned in the following manner: Any person
association. or corporation authorized to locate
claim under this act having claimed and located
piece of land for such purposes, who has, Of
have, complied with the terms Of this act, ma,
file in the proper land-oiiice an application for
patent under oath, showing such compliance
together with plat aud fleld.notes Of the claim
or claims in common, made by or under the di
rection Of the United States Surveyor General
showing accurately the boundaries Of the claim
or claims, which shall be distinctly marked by
monuments on the ground, and shall post a copy
of such plat, together with q notice of such
application for patent, in cons5icu
Gus place on the land embraced in such plat pre-
yious to the filing of the application for pat
ent, and shall file an affidavit of at least two
persons thai such notice has been duly posted as
aforesaid, and shall file copy of said notice r
such land.o and shall tSereupon be entitled