Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-01-07

i see NO way u US
Of this evidently m%sritorious
lain except to patent II for an estima.
ed surface, or TO grant the lode with
riQht to the surface over It,. n leave
he question OF the extent OF such sur
face 10 he afterwards determined. Tho
I think. il tho preferable course.
The survey in question. / think, Is q
fair estimate Of the surface OF the lode,
and a. nearly correct as II Is possible TO
make Il under the circumstances"
In the sworn statement Of the super
iptendent Of said South Comstock Gold
and Silver Mining Company. accom-
panyine said application for patent. he
alleges that said company has become
the owner Of, and n now In the actual
quiet and u~ndisturbed possession OF.
and entitled TO the possession OF Two
thousand "a, 000l linear feet Of the Com.
stock lode, vein or deposit, bearing gold
and silver, with surface ground for the
convenient working thereof, as allowed
By the local customs and rules oil Mines
said mineral claim. vein, lode n de-
posit and surface ground being situate
In the Devils Gsts Mining District, In
the counties OF Lyon and Storey. In the
State Of Nevada, and being more par.
ticularly set forth and described In b
official field notes Of survey thereof
herewith fled, dated the It'll day OF
April, 1874. and in the official plat OF
said survey" lie also alleged that said
Company and their ancestors, grantors
and predecessors In interest have held.
occupied and improved said claim and
maintained the actual and undisputed
possession thereof from the date OF said
record Of location. to wit: Tho thirtieth
OF April. 1879, to the present date.
In the sworn statement OF q. w. RoS-
ers, fled by the attorneys for the pat
entess In this Office. with their argument
In the case, he alleges "that said ledge
has very large. heavy and prominent
groupings on the surface. indicating its
course or direction. said groupings being
In some places at least two hundred feet
in width. the greatest width d the ledge
80 claimed by said South Comstock Gold
and Silver Mining Company being shown
by the groupings at Devils Gate
near tho southern end OF said claim.
whore the outcroppings are at least 60
feet high. and not less than 400 feet in
width"
No sworn statement has over been
filed disputing the sworn proof fled BY
the applicant In this case, and no I'D
verso claim wa fled against said aPpli-
cation for patent. The location notice
In this case Was rs full, and contained rs
accurate q description OF the premises
located a. Il was customary for miners
to record previous to the passage OF the
Mining Act Of May 10. 1872. Vido de-
cision of Honorable Secretary. dated
March "a, 1875. OF 40 Mining Compa.
ny 70. Bullion Mining Company; and
that OF April /, 1875. In case OF the An
tslope, Prince Of Wales and Wandering
Boy mines. and the decision Of this
Office. dated January I. 1875, which WAS
affirmed by the Secretary March .. 1876,
in a OF tho Red Pine minc.
The objection urged ut this lato day
that the applicants had embraced In their
application for patent surface ground
with their said mino is overruled.
Tho second point raised by the parties
ssking . revocation Of this patent Is,
that III the time Of the issuance Of said
patent the Government had obligated
itself to give n patent to the town OF
Silver City. for . largo portion Of the
same tract"
LII. 4. Ia.