Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-06-10
UNITED STATES MINING LAWS.
IMPORTATION soR LocsrORs
AHD OWNERS OF HINES.
AppIieasisss fer Pasents-Hsw ts
Deal with Cssss Lsdes-Tusnsl'
Bishss-Adsefse Claims
The law ~ Regard
- Allsss-kt9.
APPLICATION o, ,Arrsr.

Where papers have once been died viii
the Register and Receiver. they become
part Of the record, and can neither b
Withdrawn nor returned, but mnst bs
transmitted to the General Land Once.
An application will be rejected when The
description Of the premises ID srronsoui
or insufficient.
Application for patent will b rejected
because:
Fint-Ths notice was published without
the knowledge Of the Register.
-seoond-The notice was not publishsd
In 3 newspaper designated - published
nearest the CLAIM. -..
Third-Rsoord title wss found detective,
and:
Pourth-A previous application had been
made for the same premises. which Was
Withdrawn pending . suit In court oom.
msnoed By the adverse claimant.
An application for patent will be rejected
when the. survey does not accurately do
hne the boundaries Of the claim.
Where the claim was not located In 20.
oordsnce with law.
Where several parties own separate and
distinct portions Of claim, application
for patent may be made BY either for that
portion OF the claim owned BY him; but
where several parties own undivided In.
forests In mining claim. al should Join
In an application for . patent
A person or association may purchase -
many placer locations - the local law I'd.
mits, and embrace them all in one appli-
cation for patent.
Two or more lodes cannot be embraced
In one application for . patent except for
placer claims embracing two or more lodes
within their boundaries.
Papers sworn to before any person pur-
porting 70 act - deputy for the Register
and Receiver, oannot be recorded - evi-
dence.
In all patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries Of . town
site. Q clause 10 inserted ''exc~pting and
excluding al town property. rights upon
the surface. and al houses. buildings,
structures, lots. blocks. streets. alleys. or
other municipal improvements not belong.
ing to the grantee herein, and oil 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 be published ten eonseou.
tive weeks In weekly newspapers. and in
daily newspapers sixty days must elapse
between the hrst and the last insertions.
Where the Register designates 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 withdraws II from the operation Of
the homestead aud presumption laws. A
hearing 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.
ADVERSE CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must ale Q separate
and distinct claim against each application
which II Ia alleged conflicts With the prem.
ises owned BY such adverse clsimsnt.
The papers In an adverse claim once filed
cannot be Withdrawn, but become part Of
the record.
When an adverse claim has been fiisd II
cannot be amended 20 % 10 embrace .
larger portion Of the premises than that
described In the original adverse claim.
An adverse claim must be made ont In
proper form and fled In the proper local
oface during the period Of publication
Of the application for the patent to be
effective. ...
II 10 the duty Of the adverse claimant 10
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 acoi.
dent. Should the failure to commence
suit be the result Of the corrupt or dishon.
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 his
adverse claim. A statement In general
terms, embodying conclusions OF Law,
without stating the facts specially, will not
be considered 10 evidence.
An adverse claimant should show com.
plisnce with the local laws Ia recording bis
claim and In regard to expenditures, and
shall Ale 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.
AoaIcuLTuaAL on xrSrRAL LANDS.
Where land 10 Of little II any value for
agricultural purposes, but 10 essential 70
the proper development Of mining claims,
Il should be disposed Of under the mining
Act.
Whore lands containing valuable
mineral deposits have been included 10 40
agricultural entry. said entry will bs can.
celsd 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 after the same has
been entered ~ agricultural. but before
patent has been issued, the parties claim.
Ing the mine may make application for
patent for same, and the agricultural entry
will be cancelled 10 that portion Of the land
embraced BY said mining claim.
Where mineral deposits are discovered