Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-05-16
UNITED STATES MInIna. LAWS
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where papers have oncs bsen Aled with
The Rsgistsr and Receiver, they become .
part Of the record, and can neither 30
withdraw nor returned, bot must be
transmitted 70 the General Land once.
An application will b rejected when the
description Of the premises u erroneous
or insuflcient:
Application for patent will b rejected
because:
Yirst-Ths motto: was publlshsd without
the knowledge Of the Rrgistef.
seoond-Tbs notice was not published
In . Newspaper designstsd ~ publishsd
nearest the claim.
Third-Reoord title wss found detective,
Rourth-A previous appllcs.iop had been
made for the same premises, which was
Withdrawn pending suit In court com.
menoed BY the adverse clsimant.
An application for patent will be rejected
when the survey does not accurately de-
Hns the boundaries Of the claim.
Where the claim was not located In 20.
cordance with law.
Where several parties own separate and
distinct portions Of Q claim. application
for patent may be made BY either for that
portion OF the claim owned BY hlm; but
where several parties own undivided In.
tsrests In mining claim, all should Join
In au application for . patent
A person or association may purchase -
many placer locations a. the local law I'D.
mits, aud embrace them all In one appli-
cation for patent.
Two or more lodes cannot be embraced
10 one application for . patent except for
placer claims embracing two Or more lodes
within their boundaries.
Papers sworn to before any person pur.
porting 10 act - deputy for the Register
and Receiver, cannot b recorded - evil
dence.
In al patents for mining claims situated
within the Interior boundaries Of . town
site. clause 10 inserted "excepting and
excluding all town property, rights upon
the surface. and all houses. buildings,
structures, lots. blocks, streets, alleys. or
other municipal Improvements not belong.
ing to the grantee herein, and all rights
necessary or proper to the occupation, poe.
session and enjoyment of the same"
Publication Of notice must bs made In
only one newspaper for the period Of sixty
days.
Notice must be published ten consecu.
tive weeks In weekly newspapers. and 10
daily newspapers sixty days must elspse
between the frat and the last insertions.
Where the Register designstes the daily
issue Of newspaper for publication Of
notices Of mining application for patent,
IL 10 not . compliance with Law to change
to the weekly edition Of the same paper
without authority Of the Register.
The existence Of salt spring on tract
OF land witbdraws IL from the operation Of
the homestead aud prescription laws. A
bearing for the purpose of proving the
.gricultursl character Of such land 10 not
allowed. Land containing valuable de-
posits Of slate may be entered under the
mining Acts.
ApvIasx CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must ale . separate
and distinct claim against each application
which 10 In alleged conflicts with the prem.
ises owned by such adverse claimant.
The papers 10 an adverse claim once nled
cannot be withdrawn, but become part Of
the record.
When an adverse claim has been hled IL
cannot be amended 20 % to embrace .
larger portion Of the premises than that
described In the original adverse claim.
An adverse claim must be made out In
proper form and fled In the proper local
Office during the period Of publication
Of the application Tor the patent to be
effective.
II 10 the duty Of the adverse claimant to
commence suit In proper form within the
required time, and II he trusts the uncer
tain medium Of the United States mail, be
must abide the consequences, should the
delay ensue through misfortune or acci.
dent. Should the. failure to commence
suit be the result Of the corrupt or dlshon.
est action Of bis attorney, the Interior De-
partment cannot redress the wrong.
An adverse claimant should set forth In
detail the facts upon which be bases bis
adverse claim. A statement 10 general
terms, embodying conclusions Of Law,
without stating the facts specially, will not
be considered In evidence.
An adverse claimant should show com.
pllancs with the local laws ip recording bis
claim and In regard 10 expenditures, and
shall fle copy Of the original notice Of
bis location, aud show the nature or extent
Of the conflict alleged.
An allegation Of parties to . suit that
they compose the company 10 sufficient.
and they are not required 70 prove that
they are the original locators or the iden.
ticsl parties who presented the adverse
claim.
AolIcuLrunAL Oh xrsrRAL LANDS.
Where land 10 Of little II any value for
agricultural purposes. but 10 essential to
the proper development Of mining claims.
Il should be disposed Of under the mining
Act.
Where lands containing valuable
mineral deposits have been included 10 au
agricultural entry, said entry will bo can.
eeled at any time prior TO issuance Of
patent. upon satisfactory evidence Of the
existence Of such valuable deposits.
Where valuable deposits Of mineral are
discovered upon tract sfttr the same has
been entered a. agricultural. but b-fors
patent has been issued, the parties claim.
Ing the mine may make application for
patent for same, aud the agricultural entry
will be cancelled to that portion Of the land
embraced by said mining claim.
Where mineral deposits are discovered