Arizona citizen., 1875-02-27
APPLICATION FOR SURVEY.

their claims under authority of tLis office
 APPLICATION FOR SURVEY.
 lst. Make application for survey.
 | In this application state name of claim by whom claimed, in what mining district
 and county located, and character O.
 mineral.
 If claimant has any choice, he should
 name the deputy surveyor whom he
 desires instructed to execute survey. | Application tor survey of mill-Site may be embodied in ne application gor survey of the mining claim, in connection
 with which it is claimed, or separately. l 2d. To enable this office to act prom ptlY, there should be forwarded with the ap-
 plication the following documents. viz: | First: A copy of the original record of | location, properly certified by the recorder l having charge of the records of mining tlocations in the district where the claim is situate.
 second: A certified copy of the local mining laws or regulations governing the district at the time Of location of appl- cant'S claim. If there were no local laws in existence at the time of location of claim, so state ill writing.
 By giving proper attention to the above, claimants will materially assist in eXpediting the survey of their claims.
 DEPOSIT FOR EXPENSES OF OFFICE WORK. Upon receipt by this office of the forego- ing papers in the case, they are duly examined, and if everything be found
 regular, the claimant will be advised as follows: In accordance with paragraph Seventy-fve, page fifteen, Of the regula- tions under the United States mining law of May l0, 1872, the estimate of eXpenSeS-oI office work, in this surveying distYict, has
 been placed at forty dollars for each min- ing claim, and forty dollars for each mill site claim surveyed. This amount the claimant shall deposit with any desig- mated depOSitary or assistant treasurer of the United States, informing the officer of the object of the deposit and requesting him to return to claimant duplicate cer- tificates therefor. Upon receipt of these certificates, it will be observed that one is marked Original" " and the other" Dupli- cate;" claiman: must forward the Origi- nal " to the Secretary ofthe treasury, Wash ington, D. C., and at the same time for ward the tduplicate" to this office. Upon the receipt by the SurveyOr-General of this duplicate certificate of deposit, instruc- tiOns shall immediately be issued for survey of the claim or claims.
 In case claimant applies for survey of both mining and mill-site claim, or any number Of claims, at one and the same time, the amount of deposit for office work for the whole number of claims, may be sent to the proper officer, and one set of certificates will suffice for all.
 To obviate delays in transmission, it has been customary for claimant making deposits in the depository at Tucson, to direct the United States depOSitary to de- liver the Duplicate" certificate directly to the Surveyor-General, and only send the '' original " to claimant to forward to the Secretary of the treasury. This course in case of deposit being made at Tucson. ! capacities the business, and there is no 1 known objection to it.
 To RECAPITULATE: The regular course | with this office is for claimant to forward | application for surYey, accompanied by | local laws. If upon receipt and eXamina- | ion of these papers, the case appear | regular, the claimant is directed to make deposit, and survey is ordered upon receipt Of "dupiicate" certificate of deposit. If | 1t the Outstart, claimant is so assured Of he regularity of his claim as to be will ng to assume the risk, he may, at his option, send certificate of deposit with the other papers !n the case.
 LOCATION OF CLAIMS,
 It has been found that the one great hin- france to the survey of lode claims located May 10, 1872, is gross deficiency in the ecord of location. As a general thing, he copy of record of location sent by claimants to this office, (with their ap- 'lication for survey,) simply declares that me or more persons undersigned, claim 300 feet along a certain vein or lode, at monument and running long the ledge 750 feet in one course and 50 feet in the opposite direction, and 300 eet on either side. Such a location would 'e passed by this office upon a claim locat- d previously to May 10, 1872, but the Act f May 10, 1872, requires that: "The loca- { ion mnSt be distinctly marked on the round so that it's boundaries can be readI- i y traced. All records of mining claims l ereafter made shall contain the name r names of the locators, the date of the ocatiOn, and such a description of the laim or claims located by reference to ome natural object or permanent monu- nent, as will identify the claim"
 Therefore, and in accordance with in tructionS from the Commissioner of the ieneral Land Office, should a claimant ( nder location made subsequent to May i ), 1872, apply for survey, and should he record of location of his claim not I how that he has compiled with the above , uoted requirements, 1 shall decline to rder the survey. My instructions compel ] nay rest assured that until such instruc- ons are changed, no case of individual ardShlp can be permitted to make an C Xception. In the notice of the new or re- o claimant might refer to previous )catiOn, as for instance: "We, the under S gned, having located this claim at, lon f lch date) now make new location )vering the same ground, under the same ( anne, to-wit: The Blank mine. This we f 0 to more fully comply with the Mining ct of May 10, 1872" Then continue with 'gular notice of location. AS the claim 1t may have some difficulty in determin- n g what manner of location fully com lies with the requirements of the Act of ay IO, 1872, the following example is . ven Of proper location. I have en- eavOred to make it as plain and simple ,
 the law allows, so that the wayfaring d. an can take an axe and a tape line, go )on his claim and remove the only ob- acle likely to stand in his way to a sur y and patent.