Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-08-26
UNITED STATES MINING LAWS.
.ryosuArloN FOR L0CAroRs
AND OWNERS OF nihks.
Appiisasisss fer Passsss-Hsw %
Deal with Cssss l<saes-Tasnsl
Bivhss-Adverss Cisims-
The LaW - Regard
- Alless-kt0.
APPLICATION OF PATENT.

yno hck1bt Auo R0C0ivoEs sooy oooS1e
part Of the record. and can neither b
Withdrawn nor returned. but must b
transmitted TO the General Land 0fcs.
An application will bs rejected vhsn the
description ef the premises is erronsosi
or insufficient.
Application for patent will bs rejected
because:
First-The notice was published without
the knowledge Of the Register.
Second-The notice vas not Published
In . newspaper designstsd - published
nearest the clam.
Third--Reoord title Was found detective.
and:
Pourth-A previous application had been
made for the same premises, which wAs
Withdrawn pending . suit In court oom-
menced by the adverse claimant.
An application for patent will be rejected
when the survey does not accurately de-
fne the boundaries Of the claim.
Where the claim was not located In 90
cordanoe 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. all 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 bs 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 a. deputy for the Register
and Receiver. cannot be recorded - 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. and ali 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 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 consecu.
tive weeks In weekly newspapers. and In
daily newspapers sixty days must elspse
between the drst and the last insertions.
Where the Register designates the daily
issue Of Q newspaper for publication Of
notices Of mining application for patent,
Ii IL 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 IL from the operation OF
the homestead and pre-emption laws. A
hearing for the purpose OF proving the
agricultural character Of such land 10 not
allowed. Land containing valuable do
posits Of slate may be entered under the
mining Acts.
ADVERSE CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must hle . separate
and distinct claim against each application
which IL Ii alleged conflicts with the prem.
ises owned BY such adverse claimant.
The papers In an adverse claim once died
cannot be Withdrawn. but become part OF
the record.
when an adverse claim has been filed II
cannot be amended 30 - 70 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 hled In the proper local
Office during the period Of publication
Of the application for the patent to be
effective.
Il il 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 sot forth In
detail the facts upon which be bsses his
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
plisnce with the local laws In recording his
claim and in regard to expenditures. and
shall fle copy Of the original notice Of
his location, and show the nature or extent
Of the conflict alleged.
An allegation Of parties 10 . suit that
they compose tho company 10 sufheient,
ana they arc not required TO provo that
they are the original iocators or the idsn.
tical parties who presented the adverse
claim.
AGRICULTURAL Oh MINERAL LANDS.
Where land 10 Of little II any value for
agricultural purposes, but II essential 70
the proper development Of mining claims,
IL should be disposed Of under the mining
Act.
whero lands containing valuable
mineral deposits have been included In an
agricultural entry. said entry will be can.
celvd 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 mas
been entered a. agricultural. but before
patent has been issued, the parties claim
ing the mine may make application Tor
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
been issued to an agricultural claimant,
they pass with the patent.
hSItCuitutAA SOAcbo oSAAP SsaASs ~ -
ceived in payment for claims.
ALIENS.
A foreigner may mako mining location
and dispose Of 1t. provided he becomes ,
citizen before iisposing Of the mine. Prooi
that the party WAS not citizen before dis
posing Of his claim must be afnrmatively
shown.
Locators and intermediate owners Other
than applicants will not be presumed
aliens In the absence Of allegation or OBJ
lection prior 10 issuance Of patent.
The portion Of . mining claim sold e
an alien cannot be patented while sucf
owner 10 an alien but on his declaration
70 become citizen. his right dates bacl
70 his purchase. and he may thereupor
secure United States patent for his claim
cnoss LxDoEs.
Revised Statutes. Section 2SS6.
Where two or more ledges cross or inter
sect each other. priority Of title shali 60,
ern, and such prior location shall % enti
lied 70 all ore or mineral contained withir
the space Of intersection. but the suose
-....e 1cns ttnu shsu hava thA riQht OF WAY