Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-12-16
UNITED STATES MINING LAWS.
lNroRMArION FOE LoCAroRs
AND OWNERS OF MINES.
Applieatieaa for Patents-How 90
Deal with Cross Lodes-Tunnel
Rights-Adverse Claims
The Law ia Regard
60 Alieas-Ete.
APPLICATION OF PATENT.

Where papers have once been fled with
tho Register and Receiver. they become Q
part Of the record. and can neither be
Withdrawn nor returned, but must DO
transmitted to the General Land once.
An application will DO rejected when the
description Of the premises 10 erroneous
or insufficient.
Application for patent will DO rejected
because:
First-The notice was published without
the knowledge Of the Register. ..., =,
Second-The notice was not published
in q newspaper designated a. published
nearest the claim.
Third-Record title was found defective,
and:
Fourth-A previous application had been
made for the same premises. which was
withdrawn pending . suit in court COM
mencsd by the adverse claimant.
An application for patent will be rejected
when the survey does not accurately de-
fine tho boundaries Of the claim.
Where the claim was not located In &C.
cordance with law. j.,
Where several parties own separate and
distinct portions Of claim, application
for patent may be made by either Tor that
portion Of tho claim owned by him; but
where several parties own undivided In
terests In mining claim, all should JOIN
In an application for Q patent.
A person or association may purchase as
many placer locations a. tho local law ad.
mits, aud embrace them all In one appli-
cation for . patent. i,
Two or more lodes cannot be embraced
in one application for patent except Tor
placer claims embracing two or moro iodes
within their boundaries.
Papers sworn to before any person pur-
porting to act ~ deputy for tho hegister
and Receiver. cannot bo recorded as evil
dence.
In all patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries OF . town
site. clause is inserted excepting and
excluding all town property. rights upon
the surface. aud all houses. buildings,
structures. lots. blocks, streets, alleys. or
other municipal improvements not belong.
ing to tho grantee herein. and all rights
necessary or proper to the occupation, pos.
session and enjoyment Of the same"
Publication Of notice must be made in
only one newspaper for the period OF sixty
days.
Notice must DO published ten consecu-
tive weeks in weekly newspapers, and in
daily newspapers sixty days must elapse
between tho trst and tho last insertions.
Where tho Register designates the daily
issue Of . newspaper for publication oi
notices OF . mining application for patent
IL is not compliance with law to change
to the weekly edition Of the same paper
without authority OF tho Register.
The existence Of salt spring on tract
Of land withdraws II from the operation oi
the homestead and presumption laws. A
hearing for the purpose OF proving the
agricultural character OF such land - not
allowed. Land containing valuable do
posits Of slate may bo entered under the
mining Acts.
ADVERSE CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must file separate
and distinct claim against each application
which IL Is alleged conflicts with tho prem.
ises owned by such adverse claimant.
The papers in an adverse claim once filed
cannot be withdrawn, but become part Of
the record.
When an adverse claim has been filed IL
cannot be amended so as 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 dled in the proper local
Office during tho period OF publication
Of the application for the patent to DO
effective.
1t is 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, he
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 dishon-
est action Of his attorney, the Interior De-
partment cannot redress the wrong.
An adverse claimant should set forth in
detail tho facts upon which ho bases his
adverse claim. A statement in general
terms, embodying conclusions Of law.
without stating the facts specially. will not
be considered IN evidence.
An adverse claimant should show COM
pliance with the local laws In recording his
claim and i'm regard to expenditures, and
shall file copy Of the original notice Of
his location. and show the nature or extent
Of the conflict alleged.
An allegation Of parties to suit that
they compose the company Is sufficient,
and they arc not required to prove that
they are the original locators or the iden-
tical parties who presented the adverse
claim.
AGRICULTURAL on MINERAL LANDS.
Where land is Of littlo II any value for
agricultural purposes, but is essential ~
the proper development Of mining claims,
it should be disposed Of under tho mining
Act.
Where lands containing valuable