Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-05-08
NEW MINING LAWS

WI IIMNI tNNSAN~ 49,
tatlvs Kendall copies Of two bills
amendatory OF the "Act to promote
the development Of the Mining Re-
sources OF the United States, ap-
proved May 10, ls72." The first Is As
follows:
Be IL enacted by the Senate and
House OF Representatives Of the
United States OF America In Congress
assembled, Ths: the nth ssctlen Of
said act be, and the same 10 hereby,
amended 30 that where q person or
company shall run q tunnel for the
purposes Of devsloplnga lode or loaes,
owned BY said person or company, the
money so expended In said tunnel
shall be taken add considered as ex-
pended on said lode or lodes, whether
located prior to or since the passags
of said act; and such person or COM
pany shall not DO required to perform
work on the surface OF said lode or
lodss In order to held the same ~ re-
qulred by said act.
We think this q most sensible amend
msnt. There Z many lodges so Sit
uated that IL Is far moro advantageous
for their locstors TO prospect them
through a tnnnsl than by means Of =
perpendicular shaft, and IL IL difficult
to understand why the time and money
expended In running a tunnel to eri a
ledge ut certain depths for purposes OF
prospecting o. working, should not be
considered as expended on tho lode or
lodss In process Of development just
as much rs II the work performed had
been done In 4 perpendicular shalt
from the groupings Oh the surface. A
shaft Is rarely sver sunk In the ledge,
but generally at some distance from
the groupings, sol rs 20 interssc: the
ledge, which always lies at M arr.s,
at q certain depth. We fall TO see the
distinction In their application to the
lode for purposes OF location and title.
between n perpendicular or horizontal
o~riice. The object Of both il tho
same, {. G., to cut and prospect the
ledge at certain depths, and tho dis
tlnction now made Is arbitrary and
absurd. We hope the amendment
will be pressed to a passage.
The second amendment Is as fol-
lows:
lie it enacted by thu Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the United
States OF America la Congress assem-
bled, That the act approved March
first, eighteen hundred and seventy
three, amendatory OF the fifth section
OF the act entitled IAN act to promote
the mineral resources Of the United
States" passed May tenth. eighteen
hundred aud se~venty-two. which TO-
quirss expenditures OF labor and I'M
provements OIL claims located prior 10
the passage OF said act, 10 hereby so
amended that the time for the ilrst an
mall expenditure on claims located
prior to tho passage OF said act, shall
be extended to the tenth day Of June,
eighteen hundred and seventy-iys.
'rhis Is simply an extension Of the
time for performing the labor required
by law annually to be put upon a
claim. The Act Of March 10. lS72, to
the ilnh section OF which this Is al
amendment, provides that ION each
claim located, after tho passage Of this
Act, and until a patent shall have been
Issued therefor, not loss than one hun
dred dollars worth Of labor shall DO
performed or improvements made dur
ring each year on all claims located
prior to the passage Of this Act, ten
dsllars' worth Of labor shsll be por.
formed or improvements made each
year, for each n hundred feet In
length along tina vein, until a patent
shall have been issued therefor but
where such claims are held la ON
mon, such expenditure may bs made
upon any u claim ; and upon n fall
uro to comply with these conditions,
the claim or mine upon which such
failure occurred shall be open TO relo-
cation In the ssme u As IL no To-
cation Of tho iams had ever been
made"
This Act was amended by n law
passed May lst, 1873, which extended
the time for the first annual expsndl-
ture on claims located prlsr to tho
passage Of the Act, to June 10Th Of this
year. Should the above amendment
Be adopted miners will have another
year In which to perfect their clsims
In the manner required by law, {. C.,
to sxpend on each one hundred feet
thereof in length along the vein, ten
dollars In labor or improvements. Thi,
Is obviously In the Interest Of those
miners whs have thus far been unable
to make the necessary expenditures,
and Is designed to a v their claims
from being jumped or relocated. It