Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-07-01
UNITED STATES MINING LAWS.
IMPORTATION FOE LOcsTORs
AID OWNERS OF hinEs.
AppIieasiona for Patsnts-How -
Deal with Csoss Lodes-Tusnsi
RiShss-Adverse Claims
The Law Ia Regard
% AlIsas-kte.
APPLICATION OF PATENT.

Where papers have once been dled Will
the Register and Receiver. they become Z
part Of the record. and can neither be
Withdrawn nor returned, but must bs
transmitted to the General Land 0f3os.
An application will be rejected when the
description Of the premises IL erroneous
or insufficient.
Application for patent will bs rejected
because: t.
Fint-The notice was published without
the knowledge Of the Register.
8eoond-The notice was not published
In . Newspaper designated - published
nearest the olNm.,
3 Thrd- -Rsoord tus was found detective,
and: - -
Pourth-A previous application had been
made for the same premises, which was
Withdrawn pending suit In court com.
menoed BY the adverse claimant.
An application for patent will be rejected
when the survey does not accurately do
flne the boundaries Of the claim.
Where the claim was not located In 20.
oordance 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.
tsrests in mining claim. all should Join
In an application for patent.
A person or association may purchase %
many placer locations a the local Law ID.
mlts, 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 to act - deputy for the Register
and Receiver. oannot be recorded - evi.
dsnce.
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. 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 tho 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 oonsecu-
tive weeks In weekly newspapers. and In
daily newspapers sixty days must slspse
between the drst and the last insertions.
Where the Register designates the daily
Issue OF newspaper for publication OF
notices Of mining application for patent.
10 10 not compliance with law TO change
IN TIM xuaaktxx aIiktn0 ~ ha ar,A ra
without authority Of the Register.
The existence Of . salt spring on tract
Of land withdraws II from the operation Of
the homestead and prescription laws. A
hearing for the purpose Of proving the
agricultural 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 . separate
and distinct claim against each application
which IL IL alleged conflicts with tue prem.
ises owned by such adverse claimant.
The papers In an adverse claim once nled
cannot be withdrawn, bat become part OF
the record.
When an adverse claim has been hled II
sesaSs w emebaca " - w Gu t800 y
larger portion OF the premises than that
An adverse claim must be made out In
proper form and filed In the proper local
Office during the period Of publication
OF tho application for the patent to DO
effective.
It 10 the duty Of the adverse claimant To
commence suit In proper form within the
required time. and II be trusts the uncer
tain medium Of the United States mail, be
must abide the consequences. should the
delsy ensue through misfortune or accl.
dent. Should the failure to commence
suit be the result Of the corrupt or dishon.
est action OF bis attorney, the Interior De-
partmept 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 In evidence.
An adverse claimant should show com.
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 connict alleged.
An allegation Of parties to . suit that
they compose the company IL sufficient,
and they are not required 10 prove that
they arc the original locators or the iden.
tical parties who presented the adverse
claim.
AGRICULTURAL OR MINERAL LANDS.
Where land 10 OF little II any value for
agricultural purposes. but 10 essential 10
the proper development Of mining claims,
1, should be disposed Of under the mining
Act.
Where lands containing valuable
mineral deposits have been included in an
agricultural entry, said entry will be can.
oelsd at any time prior to issuance Of
patent, upon satisfactory evidence Of the
existence Of such valuable deposits.
Where valuable deposits Of mineral are
upon tract after the same has
been entered as agricultural. but before
patent has been issued, the parties claim.
Ing the mino may make application for
patent for same. and the agricultural entry
will be cancelled to that portion Of the land
embraced by said mining claim.
Where mineral deposits are discovered
on agricultural lands after the patent has
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