Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-08-04

Below Will be found an abstract Of the Mining
Laws of the United States, ss passed By Cen
sress and approved May 10. 1872. These are the
last. and hence the only mining laws Of general
interest and force, with the single exception offs
portion Of section 6. In reference TO the reloca-
ton Of Chains and mines located prior 10 the
passage Of tho general mining law. The Act
amending the section alluded 10 will also be
found. following the general law modifying SEC
.Ion g. so that claim located prior to May 10,
ls7e. Is not subject 10 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
resentstives Of 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-
clsred to be free and open TO exploration and
purchase, and the lands in which they
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 Hs
the same are apple BILE and not inconsistent
with the laws of the United States.
SEC. q That mining claims upon veins or
lodes Of quartz or other rock in place bearing
gold, silver, I'm, copper, or Otutr
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 c 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 thousand five hundred feet in length
along the vein or lode: but no location of min
I z claim shall be made until the discovery of
ie vein or lode within the limits Of the claim
I Gated No claim shall extend more than three
= lra.l ,ta sd 4. nF ha ~ he
' in at the surface. nor shall any claim be linn
I ed by any mining regulation TO less than twen-
ty-ve feet on each side of the middle of the vein
a. 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.
SEC. 3. That the locators Of Attaining locs-
tons heretofore made, or which shall hereafter
be made, on any mineral vein, lode, or ledge, sit
usted on the public domain, their heirs and as
signs, where no adverse claim exists at the pas
sage Of this set, SO long SIS 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 within the lines Of their locations and Of
all veins, lodes and hedges throughout the entire
depth, the top or apex of which lies inside Of
such surfAee-lines extended downward vertical
", although such veins, lodes or hedges 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, 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 loca.or 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 q claim owned or possessed
by another.
SEC. 4. That where tunnel is run for the
development OF 4 vein or lode, or for the discov.
cry of mi pes the owners Of such tunnel shall
have the right Of possession Of all veins lodes
within three thousand feet from the face Of such
tunnel on the line thereof, not previously known
70 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 or
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 on the tunnel for
six months shall be considered as an abandon.
ment of the right to all undiscovered veins on
the line of said tunnel.
SEC. 8. That the miners of each mining dis
triet 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
IL, N,
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 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 u description of the claim or
claims located by referenence to some natural
object or permanent monument a. Will identify
the claim. On each claim located after the pas
aan ,f dc a.t AVID anti taT1t pl.11 have
been issued therefor, no less than one hundred
dollars worth OF labor shall be performed or i'm
provements made during each year. On all
claims located prior to the passage of this
be performed or improvements made
each year for each one hundred feet
in length along the vein until patent shall
have been issued therefor; but where such claims
are held W ccinmon, such expenditure may be
nade upon any one claim; and upon failure &c
comply with these conditions, the claim or mine
upon which such failure occurred shall be open
TO relocation in the same manner as II 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 hi
portion of the expenditures required by this act
the co-owners who have performed the labor o
made the improvements may, at the expiration
of the year, give such delinquent co owner per
sonal notice in wrihng or notice by publication
in the newspaper published nearest the claim
for at least once week for ninety days, and il a
the expiration of ninety days after such notice il
writing or by publication such delinquent SHOULD
fill or refuse to contribute his proportion Il
comply with this act, his interest in the CLAIM
shall become the property Of his co-owners VIII
have made the required expenditures.
SIC. 6. That patent for any land elaine
and located for valuable deposits may be oil
tanned in the following manner: Any person
association. or corporation authorized to locate
claim under this act, having claimed and locate
q piece Of land for snch purposes who has, {
have, complied with the terms of this act ma
ale in the proper land-office an application for
patent, under oath, showing such compliance
ogether with plat and field notes Of the clail
claims In common, made by or under the d
ection Of tho United States Surveyor Genera
showing accurately the boundaries Of the clail
claims, which shall be distinctly marked b
monuments on the ground, and shall post cop
Of such plat, together with notice of snc
application for a patent in conspicl
Gus place on the land embraced in such plat pr,
vious to the filing of the application for a pa
ent, and shall ile an affidavit of at least tw
prisons that such notice has been duly posted 4
aforesaid, and shall file copy of said notice
such land.ofice, and shall thereupon be entitle
20 patent for said land, in the manner follow
ng: The register Of the land-office, upon IL
hling Of such application, plat, field notes, N
tices and afiidavits, shall publish q notice tn,
Bucn hppl1catlon mas Deen maue, LOT the perlt
of sixty days, in a newspaper : De by him desi
mated as published nearest to said claim: and
shall also post such notice in his office for Il
same period. ,claim at the time of fill
this application. lat any time thereafter, wit
in the sixty days of publication, shall file wit
the register certificate Of the United Stat
Surveyor General that Ave hundred dolla
worth Of labor has been expended or improv
ments made upon the claim by himself or graz
tors; that the plat IL correct, with such furth,
description by such reference to natural objec
or permanent monuments as shall identify Il
claim, and furnish an accurate description, to |
incorporated in the patent At the expiration
the sixty days Of publication the claimant sha
Ale his affidavit, showing that the plat and n
wee have been posted in a conspicuous place G
the claim during said period Of publication.
no adverse claim shall have been filed with II
register and the receiver of the proper land-ofh,
1t the expiration of the sixty days Of publicatio
1t shall be assumed that the applicant is entitlt
to patent, upon the payment to the proper o
hcer of five dollars per acre, and that no adver
claim exists; and thereafter no objection fro
third parties TO the issuance Of patent shall
heard, except 1t be shown that the applicant b;
failed to comply with this act.
SECT. That where an adverse claim shall |
Aled during the period Of publication, it shall |
upon oath of the person or persons making q
same, and shall show the nature, boundarie
and extent Of such adverse claim, and all pr
ceedings, except the publication Of notice an
making and filing Of the affidavit thereof sha