Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-28
MINING LAWS.
Complied frsss latte I states Revised
Statutes srd Dceisiess Of the
General Lsud once.

The following are the section. Of the Rsvised
s,atu,e. OF the United States which rertaln TO
the hsation and p.isn,inc Of claims upon the
mineral lands Of tbs public domain:
sEcrfos 25is. All valuable mineral deposits
Ia lands belonging In the United siatss. both
.urveyed and unsurveyed, are ! .rsby declared
Ia Be free and Vpen ~ s~xpigrHtion and par
chase. and the lands on which they sre found
UsIird sisiss and fno-e who ssSs declared
ta<tr Intentions To become such. under regu.s-
Iona prescribed by Law. asd according 10 the
local customs or ru'es OF miners In the sveral
inininG dsstrict>. 20 far A. the same arr applica-
HE and no, ineolslstent With the laws OF the
United States.
ssc. 3sO Mining Chains upon vrins or lodes
VI quartz or .ther rosk IN place. bearing gold.
oliver. einnabar. he'd. tin. copper " other valu-
be dsposits, herstofore loca,sc. rhall be gov.
erned - TO lsngth along the vein of od' By
the customs. regulations and laws In force II
the dsis Of their location. mining claim 10
eAisd after the 10Th day VI May. is7s. watcher
locatsi BY one OF more persons may equal. hut
shall not exceed. one thousand nvs hundred
feet In iengtn along the vein os lode; bat M
location OF . M ming claim shall be m de until
ths discovery of the vein or lols within the
iimits of the claim located. No claim snail en-.
tod more than three hundred feet - each side
OF the middle VI the vein IL the ~su-fsce. noI
sha any claim be limited by aus mining regu-
latian to les than tweniy.n. . fe-t on each lid
Of The middle - the vein at the surface. except
where sdvrr- hts existing on the iota day
o. Nay, 1874. f-nd. slSh limitation neces airy
rhe end iires of each claim -hali DO parallel IL
Zach other.
L~ocArona' niaurs OF ro-sk--ioN AND ENJOY
nKSr.
src. a3f3. The ~ioc.tors % sill mining ioch
tions hcretof0rv male. VI which shall hereafter
- NAL. ma. aUv a.lNs raj elm aIe 0f Ietflse
sttnss~d on the public domain, their heirs ana
assign., where no adv re claims exist ON IA,
tsnth day VI MAY. e,ght-en huDdrd snd
ssvesty two. 90 long o. they comply with th'
Ia 20 81 N. United Stst-s. and with stste. Ter
ntori.l. md heal regulation. not In eonnlel
their pos s'ssory title. shall have the e~relnsis'
right "a possession and enIoymeht OF all IN
surface Included wiihis the nnss VI their iocs
ton, Q. q az ell veins. ioie- ard ridges thrDugh
out their entirr depth. the top or apex of which
iiss i-si.l. of such surface line. rxiend-si down
vard vertically. although such veins> lotss 81
LEDGE nay ~ far depart from q p~erpendieuiaI
In thsir eourpe downward - oextend OUTSIDE
the vsrt,e.i side lines VI such surface location.
| Hat IN. ir right OF Possession to such ouisid'
psrts q such veins or iedges shAll be eoniln d
la such port,ons thereof 90 lie between vert.
| icAl planrs drawn downward a. above DIES
| enbed. thraugh the end line. of their ~iocation-
90 eontinued In Their o~n direti"n thai such
planes vii i~aterrect such On terror parts Of such
vclns OF ledgvs. and nothing In this pecti q
shAil anthcsixs he loesior or posse-sor of a
| vein or lcd- which sxt.as- In Its downward
cour-e beyond The vertical lines 90 Ills claim
Ia en'er upon the surface % u claim owned OF
possessed b. another.
niNkns' k~tarLArioSs. II k>pirShks ArD IN
| rRovENaSfs.
SIC. 7s2i. tn miners 81 -seh mining die
ulet may make Equation. not In eonficf with
the Laws of The Cniied Stats. or with the isws
Of the state or Territory In whieh the district
Il. sltusted. sove-ni 8 the location. manner u
recsrli <. sniount " work necessary Ia bold
possession of a ruihias claim. subject 10 the
following rqnir IA. t.: Tbs iocsti,n must
10 di-tinc ly me- kcd ON the ground ~ that ~
boupdari~s can be r. adliy trae.l. AL record
of mising claims hereafter mads shAll contain
the name 80 name VI the ~locsiorr. the Il O. OF
the location. anil such . d-scr ption Of the
claim or eiai'ns located by reierens. IA rom.
natural object or permanent monugent q. will
~ ntify the elaim On each ciAim located a..
Ter ths teuth OF May. eigote~u hundred aud
thersfor. not b. . thsa Que hundred DOLLAR
worth Of labor rhAl. 10 Performed or In prove.
sents made by the tenth day u Jane. eighteen
hundred aud seventy fur. and each year there
s'tr. OR eaes one hun drrd FEET In ieng b
along the vein. until . patent hes beeu issued
held In common. -rch expenditure MAJ
10 made upon sny uis claim. and upon
. fAilurr 10 empty with these eonditioas.
The el.lm OF mine upon which such fa,larr as
| Cured shall b. open tn rvlceat'oa Ia the anne
| manber - n no la,si,un ot the same had ever
been msd.. provided that tho original l~ocat,rs.
thsir heirs. a>sisu- or le1sl r~press natives.
have not ,esufnsd WORK up n the claim amer
fAllur. aud hsfote such .ocAtio1. Upon the
failure OF any one of ~ vvr>i Co ow nvrs to con
hersby. the en- owners who have performed thu
abor or made the improvcms nt.. may. Al the
expiration Of the GEAR Civ. -Cea deli. qnent 80
owner PERSONAL notice In writing. 80 not &C ~
publica,i Ion In the nc~rpsI-e Published near
at The claim. for at least onee 4 week Tor ninct,
jays. and n, 81 the -x. irstioa az n n.ty dsi,
xtef sneh notice In Srtin. or nv publication
sich delinquent -bonld fail or refuse tn cnn
tribute his portion OF the etprnii ufe required
by this s~eetion. his intsrest In The claim shall
become the property OF his CO os ners who hsv,
made the iequird Expenditure.
Expenditure. iasds urea snv one claim OF
hsis. no~-ssr arest. cen In no ~, ho made "a
snrlv tn Other loaie- claimed b. the Sans rsfty.
ibid.
10y IN ~smsndment p seed February II. ISIS.
,es.ioa asa. the seo,ss e,ion In resinl Ia Oh.
sx,endi ure upon minins claims 10 ~ mn lied
that money which hss been 90 hay BE- Ell, .1ded
In running Q tunnel for the prspose ~ d.vvl
oping Tue or more lefes owned By -uch person
o. n iny, shali be considered - expended
upo, sneh lode. The eEy.Dditrre- rquir-i
upon mining cisiui- ual o. MAIZE ffoui Tue sui.
lsse or In running a tunnel Tor the develop
ment OF such elsims.l
yArKsrs roH MINERAL LANDS. uow OBTAINED
SEC. 3x25. A patent for any land claimed and
losa.ed for valuable dspOsits may he ohtaih,d
In tue f~ollo~iss manner /; Any tsrson. Asaoel,-
ton. or c rporaiion aaihof1-d 10 locate . elzim
under thi. chapter, HAVING ,laimei aud loe lied
apes Of land tor such purposes. Who has. ar
have. eompii-i with The !. ms IL this ehspier.
may nl- In the pc per land ON - al application
fr q patent. u .det OATH. .lio sing sueh esmpii.
snee. together with . plat and held note- of The
claim or claims la common. made by or unics
tho dircction Of the United states Surveyor