Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-05-14
UNITED STATES MINING. LAWS.
rsrosnArloN FOR L0cAroRs
AHD OwNERs OF MINES.
AppIIeasious for Passats-Hew 70
Deal with Gross Lodes-Tusnsi
Rights Claims
The Law is Regard
60 Alisas-kse.
APPLICATION or PATENT.

Where papers have once been nieo Witn
the Register and Receiver. they become. q
part Of the record, and can neither be
Withdrawn nor returned. but mnst DC
transmitted to the General Land 0mce. 4.
An application will be rejected when the
description OF the premises 10 erroneous
or insufficient.
Application for patent will be rejected
because:
First-The notice Was published without
the knowledge Of the Register.
9econd-Tho notice was not Published
In . newspaper designated - published
nearest the claim.
Third-Rsoord title was found defective,
and:
Fourth-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Withdrawn pending .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 tho survey does not accurately de-
fne tho boundaries Of the claim.
Where the claim was not located In 30.
cordance 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
terests in mining claim. all should Join
In an application for . patent.
A person or association may purchase 80
many placer locations a. the local law I'D.
mits. and embrace them all In one appli.
cation for Q patent.
Two or more lodes cannot be embraced
In one application for . patent except for
placer claims embraci6g two or more lodes
within their boundaries.
Papers sworn to before any person pur-
porting TO act a. deputy for the Register
and Receiver, oannot DO recorded - evil
depce.
In all patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries Of 0 town
site. clause is 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 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 consecu-
tive weeks In weekly newspapers. and In
daily newspapers sixty days must elapsc
between the frst 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 and prescription laws. A
hearing for tho purpose of proving the
agricultural character OF such land 10 not
allowed. Land containing valuable de.
posits OF slate may be entered under tho
mining Acts.
ADVERSE CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must nle Q separate
and distinct claim against each application
which IL Ia alleged conflicts With the prem.
ises owned by such adverse claimant.
The papers in an adverse claim once fiied
cannot be Withdrawn, but become part Of
the record.
When an adverse claim has been nled II
cannot be amended % 10 TO embrace 9
larger portion Of the premises than that
described In the original adverse claim.
An adverse claim must be made out in
proper form and filed In the proper local
Office during the period Of publication
Of the application for the patent to be
effective.
It 10 the duty Of the adverse claimant TO
commence suit In proper form within the
required time, and II he trusts the unccr
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 dishon.
est action Of bis attorney, the Interior Dc.
partment cannot redress the wrong.
An adverse claimant should set forth In
detail the facts upon which he bases his
adverse claim. A statement 10 general
terms. embodying conclusions Of law.
without stating tho facts specially, will not
be considered 10 evidence.
An adverse claimant should show com.
pliance with the local laws in recording his
claim and In regard to expenditures, and
shall Ale copy Of the original notice Of
his location. aud show the nature or extent
Of tho conflict alleged.
An allegation Of parties to Q suit that
they compose the company 10 sufficient,
and they are not required to prove that
they are the original locators or the iden.
ticsl parties who presented the adverse
claim.
A0RIcrLTuRAL OR MINERAL LANDS.
Where land 10 Of little II any value for
agricultural purposes, but 10 essential TO
the proper development Of mining claims,
Il should bo disposed Of under the mining
Act.
Where lands containing valuable
mineral deposits have been included In sn
agricultural entry. said. entry will be can.
celed st any time prior TO issuance Of
patent, upon Satisfactory evidence Of tho
eIistencs Of such valuable deposits.
Where valuable deposits Of mineral are
discovered upon tract after the same has
been entered a. 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 lspds after the patent has
been issued to an agricultural claimant,
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