Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-06-04
The PllcHE DAILY RECORD.
MINING LAW.
Law. OF Congress Governing the Loes-
ton. Holding and Working OF
Mining Claims Upon the Public
nomain.


Domain.
Below will DC found abstract 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 a
portion Of section 5, in reference to the reloca-
tion 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 9, so that a claim located prior TO May 10, 1
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 |
reseutatives 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 hereby de.
clar.d 10 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 so far as
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 da of their location. mining claim located
after the passage of this act, whether located by
one or more persons may equal, but snail nos
exceed one th ousand five hundred feet in length
nlonn 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
4. h sid an hp m n
vein at the surface, shall any claim he lin
tied by any mining regulation to less than TWEEN
tyfye feet on each side of the middle of the vein
at the surface except where adverse rights exist
inr at the passage of this act shall render such
Limitation necessary. The end-lines Of each
claim shall be parallel to each other.
SEC. 8. 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 as
signs, where no adverse claim exists at the pas
sage of this act, so long as they comply Win lne
laws Of the United States, and the state, Terri
torial and local regulations not in conflict with
said laws of the United States ring their
possescory title shall have the exclusive right of
possess sion and enjoyment of all the surface in.
cuded 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 surface-lines extended downward vertical
" although such veins, lodes or lodges may sc
far depart from perpendicular in their course
downward as to extend outside the vertical side
lines OF said surface locations: Provided tha
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 theli
own direction that 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 possessor of vein
or lode which extends in its downward course
beyond the vertical lines of his claim to entei
the surface of n claim owned OF posse d
by another.
SEC A. That where d tunnel is run for the
development Of vein or lode, or for the diseoy
cry of mines, the owners OF such tunnel sinai
have the right of possession of all veins or lUde
within three thousand feet from the face of sucf
tunnel on the line thereof, not previously know
to exist, discovered in such tunnel 10 tue SAINT
extent as If discovered from the surface ant
locations on the line Of such tunnel OF VEINS OF
lodes not appearing on the surface, made b,
other parties after the commencement of thu
tunnel, and while the same is being prosecuted
with reasonable diligence, shall be invalid bu
failure to prosecute the work on the tunnel 70
six months shall be considered as an abandon
ment of the right to all undiscovered veins o'
the line of said tunnel.
SEC. 5. That the miners OF each mining dis
trict may make rules and regulatiOnsno not in con
fiict with the laws of the United States, or wit
the laws of the State or Territory in which tn
district is situated, governing the location, mai
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 he readily traced. All records
mining claims hereafter made shall contain II
name or names Of the locators, date OF the loo
ton, and such a description of the claim
claims located by refcrenence to some natur
object or permanent monument as will denti
the claim. On each claim located after the pa
sage of this act and until patent shall ha'
been issued therefor, no less than one hundrt
dollars worth Of labor shall be performed or il
provements made during each year. On q
claims located prior to the passage of til
act, ten dollars worth Of labor sha
be performed or improvements ma
each year for each one hundred fe
in length along the vein until patent sh;
have been issued therefor; but where such claiI
are held in common, such expenditure may
made upon any one claim; and upon a failure
comply with these conditions, the claim or mi
upon which such failure occurred shall be op
TO relocation in the same manner as If no lo'
ton of the same had ever been made Provide
That the original locators, their hei
assigns, or legal representatives, have not
sumed work upon the claim after such faill
and before such location. Upon the failure
any one of several co-owners to contribute
portion of the expenditures required by this a
the co-owners who have performed the labor
made the improvements may, at the expirat
of the year, give such delinquent co owner y
sonal notice in writing notice by publicat
in the newspaper published nearest the cai
for at least once a week for ninety days, and il
the expiration of ninety days after such notice
writing or by publication such delinquent sho
fail or refuse to contribute his proportion
comply with this act, his interest in the clt
shall become the property Of his co-owners v
have made the required expenditures.
SEC. g. That patent for any land clair
and located for valuable deposits may be
tanned in the following manner: Any pers
association, or corporation authorized to loca
claim under this act, having claimed and loci
piece of land for snch purposes, who has
have, complied with the terms OF this act.
ale in the proper land-ofiice an application
patent, under oath, showing such complain
together with plat and field-notes Of the cl
or claims in common, made by or under the
recton of the United States Surveyor Gene
showing accurately the boundaries of the cl
or claims, which shall be distinctly marked
monuments on the ground, and shall post C
of such plat, together with a notice of s
application for patent, in consp
Gus place on the land embraced in such plat !
vious to the filing of the application for
ent, and shall file an affidavit of at least
persons that such notice has been duly poste'
aforesaid, ana shall file copy OF said motto
such land-offce. and shall thereupon be emit
TO patent for said land, in the manner foil
ing: The register OF the land. ONCE, upon
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