Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-21
MINING LAWS.
C'sspiied frsa unitst states Revised
ssasstss and Dceisisss 81 the
General Land Once.

ssafstss and Dceisis.s Of the
General Land Once.
TIE following are the sections Of the Revised
statutes Of the Omitted states which pertain to
he hseation and psisniing Of claims upon the
mineral lands OF the public domain:
sEcrios 2Jls. All valuable mineral deposits
Ia Lands belonsinz 10 the United States. both
surveyed and unsrrveycd. are ! ersby declared
IA lie free and open 10 exploration and pur |
ehA.e. and the lands on which they are found
10 occupation and purehAre oy citizens Of the |
United staies and those who havs declared
tious pre-eribcd by Law. aud Ascending " tho
iooai eu.,oms OF ru' 90 OF miners In the several
mining q rtriets. 80 far - the same are applicA. |
bic and not ineou-istent with the Laws Of the
United States.
LENGTH % MINING CLAIM rroS WINS on Loprs.
SEC. 3sD mining clsims upon veins or iodss
Of quartz o. other roek In plsees. bearing roid.
silver. cinnAbAf. lead. tin. copper or o,hsf Va n.
abe deposits, heretofore located, shall he gov.
erned a 10 l.ngth along the vein of lod' by
the custom. regulations and laws In force At
the date of their locatiou. Amiuins claim To-
Gated after tho i0,h day of May. ISIS. whether
locatct by one OF more persons. may equal, bat
shall not exceed. one thousand ave hundred
feet In length along the vein or lode: but no
location Of . m ming claim shall he msds until
N.s Nt.'NtNN - wv WIN VI Wv ttutn Nu0
limits az the cain located. No eislm shall eI.
'ead NOR. than three hundred iret 10 each side
Of tbs middle 70 the vein u the ruvfaee. nor
.ha'i any clsiin be limiied BY auS mimi. r~eu-
lation 10 less than twenty-five i--t ID each slds
of The middl. .f the vein 81 tho surface. exr~pt
where sdver-, rishis existing on the iota day
o. Nay. tsI1. Iend-r sueh limitation neees airy
The end Ines % each claim shall be PARALLEL to
sach other.
IocAroas' niaHrs or ro--Ks-icS ASD ENJOY
Z
SEC. asaa. The ~ineator- Of Ill mining locs'
tons hevtofJrv male. or which shAli hervzfter
be male. % any min raj .ets, ! ae. OF lsdge,
sitn st~d on tho public dJm.in. their heirs and
asisn.. wh~so no adv rse claims exist On IN.
tenth dsy Of May. sight~en hundr-d and
s-vesiy two, 80 long - they comply With the
las - % the United States. aud With -t,te. Ter
dtorisl. and local regulations not In conflict
vith tho laws OF The United States governing
thsir ro-s-ssory title. -hsli have the ehelusiv.
| risht % possession and enloy nieht Of all The
surfacs lleludsd withis the lin-s Of their lcs-
ton, O. 4 % ell veins. lodes and sdser through
out their entir. depth. ths top or apeh % vhlsh
| lice isside of such surfAre lines extended down.
wAri vertically. slthough sush veins. ioiss OF
ledges may ~ Tar depart from q perpendicular
Ia their eoarse downward .. to extend OUTSIDE
tho v~.rlr.i side lin~s OF such surface locations
Bat th.lr right 81 possession Tn such ouisid,
parts 81 suca vei.s or l-de-s rhall b. eonin+d
10 snrh Portions thereof - I've between vert
icai planes drawn d0wn~arl as Above des.
eribed. through n. end lines ~ their locations
80 eontinued in their o~n direction that such
planes viii i~utersret such exterior parts OF such
VEINS or ledges. and nothing In this steti'n
shall anthorixe 'Le ioc.ior or po--e-sor Of q
vein or loi- which sttea.is In itr downward
eourss beyond the Vertical lines of hts claim
to enter upon the surfsee ut a claim owned or
po~se-sed By another.
nIxkRs' REGULATIONS; TX rSpirrnEs AND IN
raoyENsSts.
SIC. 732t. The miners VI -seh mining dis
trict may mAke regulations not la eonnies with
the laws of the Unii~i States. OF with the laws
OF the State or Territory In which III. district
is situated. gOyernii 1 the locati'B. manner Of
recorli 2. amount Of work necessary to hold
pa~se-sion of q miniag claim. subi.et To the
following rqnir-m.' -; Tue locati.n must
DO distinc' ly M kci gu the groand =, that its
boundaries can BE- o adliy trs.sst. Al r-eo'd.
Of miuing claim. hercafi.r inside rhall contain
the name or OF tho hsalorr. the Il - Of
the location. and such = absorption Of the
claim ot claims located By reference Ia some
natural object or permanent uionu cut A. will
idrntiry tho elAlm Ga each elai u located a..
ter the tenth Of MAy. eighteen hundred and
scvvntystwo. AMI until . pAt-nt has been Issue
thsrrfor. not " . thsa ute hundred dollAr-'
worth Of labor shall he Performed or In prove
aents made by the tenth dAy 90 June. eishtccu
hundred and seventy fpur. and each year there
after. far sael one hundred feet in IL. 4 d
along the vein. until . patent hs- been issued
therefor. hut where .nch claims Ale
1 ucll u tttuuAths SUN thnEuuttutN bal
Be made upon any vne claim. and upon
. failure 10 comply with these Conditions.
| the claim OF mine upon whieh such failure oc-
| curved shall he orcn to rslocAiion Ina the same
msaber ~ 10 NO loestion OF The same hal ever
been male. provlicd that the original ~lccst,fs.
their heirs. assigns &c LEGAL representatives.
have not is-nieed work Jpn the claim Aner
failure aud bsfote sunh location. Upoa the
failure OF any one Of several co owue's tn cou
tribute his potion Of ,be eipsnd .tur = reqsirci
-. 81
,Abor or male the improvements. may. At tue
expiration Of the year give such ieli.quent c-
owner personal noilee IN writing. or not &c by
puolles,ion In u. Newspaper rablishssi nesr.
est The eiaim. for Al least once awseS TOR nin-ty
days. and II, 81 the a. ir.tion az a nety days
| amer sach notice In writing or by publication
| such delinquent -honid fail os refuse Ia con.
tribute hls portion of the eapenii ure required
by this ~s-etlS". bis ini.rc-t In the ,hia, shall
become the prvpsrty of hlsco osbers who hss.
made the ,eaaircd expenditures.
Expsnditarvs msis u,on sny one Ella &c
lode, however gresi. can Ia M war be u,ais To
tFE ssS. TO other '''s' S'''"'' " inc sam parry
lily On amendment p SEED February n. 1878,
section ana. the sbise- eiion In reS m u. the
sxvenditure upon mlni.s claims ts a. nao u sl
that money which h>- ,--u 90 may he sxs.ndcl
In running . tunnel Tor thu purpo-- al devel-
oping one or more iaie. owned by such perAnn
os company, sLal, be considered .. expended
upon such lode. The eapcrdit rec rquirrj
upon mining claims may h. made from the sn'-
fsec or In unbinz . tusnel Tor tns develop
ment Of such eisims.l
PArESr. ron MINERAL LANDS now oBrAisgp
sEc. arr. A p.l~nt for any land claimed and
loeAied Tor valuable deposits my be obtained
In the foll0wiss manner Any l-r-,n. associt.
tion. or corporation auihorxsi 10 locate . claim
under thu. chapter. hss M ciaim-i ard loc tied
apicse Of land for such purposes. who has. or
have. compliei with the e NJ. cf thi. ehspi.r.
may nls In the prJr-r land ofise an applicaticn
patent. u sief Data. -ho z Ing -aeh cnmpii.
sncc. together with . plst AMI reld noter Of the
claim or claims In eomron. msi. by or uni-s
the direction of the United States surveyor
0euerai. sho xing aecurs ely the boundaries II
the claim or elaims. which shsll be distinctly
markell by molu'penis on the ground. a.d .hsll
pr-t q copy % rnch plat. tos-,n.r with q notice
Of such Application Tor . patent; 10 . eon'I leu
ous plscs on the land cmbrzeed In ruch p,a'.
previous % the nlins of the application ior .
patent, and shall 4 . an afhlayii Of nj last Two
persons that aich notice has been suly poet.
cd, and shall MOS copy 81 the not &C In such
land once. and shall thereapon be entitled TO
q patent Tor tbs Land. iu the man.
asr following; tn. register % the land
once, upon tho al.ng Of su b app ~Icsion,
piaf. neld l,tes. n stiee-. snd sh10asit-.
shall pnbiish q notice that ruch application
has been made. for the period ~ .isty tays IN
. Newspaper To b, by him dcrignaiei ~ pun
lished nearest To suoh claim: ard he shall also
post gu h notice In his once Tor the sans ~. |
rioi. Ths claimant 81 the time of nlu z tbi.
application. or a. any tine IN rcait.r within
"a. sixty days OF publication. sasll Ole With
the register e-r;ihests of the United states
suvvryor.0 O. neral that hve hu.cr~i dollar
worth of labor ha- b-en expended. ar lmp,ov--
msnis mad. upon The eiim b. bias IL OF grant
or-; tnst the plat l. eorr-ct with sucn furhcr
dcA rtpiion By ouch iefefrnee to natural object.
or psrtnaneat IA .ru:5sniss - rh.lI Ideally the
CHIN. AMI urni,h an &C .urGte description. Ia
be Incorporated m he patent. Al the cxpirs-
tiou of the sixty DAYS % rub.ic .tlon the claim.
ant shall III. hIs sfiia.lt. .h,aing that the
plat AMI notes have been postci In . enb-plcu
publication. ~ no 'alv.rs- claim shall have
ben aid with IN. te.i.t.s ani The 2 ceiv~r Of
the proper land ofn>~ al the stplr .tis n u the
sixty d.y, Of pat;iesiio., ~ shall be assumed
that the applicants l. ntitl.d toa patent uI=,p
the payment N tho prSpir oric-r OF nvc u .llar-
per serc. and thai ~ adverse claim EXISTS; ani
thereafter no o~eieetio fnom third part es 90
the Issuance Of Q p> .nt rhAll b. heard. except
u b. shown that the apilic.nt has failed 10
comply with IN. terms e this chapter.
ADVERSE clAis rfocEruINa- ON. /
Src. 15sS. Where an siv-r-- claim 10 nled
during the period OF pnhl,ca inn. 10 -hall he
upon oath OF the ~ -ca az per- Us making the
same. and shAli show the nsiars. houn aries,
abd extent Of -neh adverse claim. and all pc,
ccsdinss. except the publication a. -. n 9 snd
mailing aud hiin: % The Aiiiavit tNer Of. Oh n
be stayed until the controversy .hall have becn
settled or dseii,d by . court VI ,.ispeunt
Iurl-i,c'ion. or the adverse ei-,m waived. u
shsli be the daty VI the tdyer-. ~elaihiait Z. With
In thity days AFTER niibc his claim, q com.