Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-10-18
UNITED STATES MINING LAWS.
asroaMArIoN FoR L0CAToRs
AND OWNERS OF MlNES.
Applieasiess fer Patssss-Hew "a
Deal with CSoss Ledes-rusnel
BiShts-Advsrse Ctstms-
The Law Ia Regard
@ Alieas-Ete.
APPLICATION or PATENT.

part Of the record. and can neither b
Withdrawn nor returned. bot must be
/ transmitted TO the General Land Once.
An application will b rejected when the
description q tbs premises 10 erronsou'
or insufficient.
Application for patent viii bs rejected
because:
First-The notice Was published without
the knowledge Of the Register.
Second-The notice was not published
In . newspaper designated - published
iearest the CLAIM.
ThIrd-Rscord title was found detective.
and:
Fourth-A previous application had been
made for the same premises, which wa
Withdrawn pending suit In court COM
menoed BY the adverse claimant.
An application for patent will bs rejected
whom the survey doss not accurately do
Ane the boundaries Of the claim.
Where the claim Was not located In 90
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 IN application for patent.
A person or association may purchase -
many placer locations - the local law sd-
mits, and embrace them al In one sppli'
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 10 act - 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 10 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 all rights
necessary or proper TO the occupation, pos.
session and enjoyment Of the same"
Publication Of notice must bo 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 elapse
| between the first and the last insertions.
Where the Register designates the daily
| issue Of q newspaper for publication of
/ notices Of mining application for patent.
/ it IL not compliance with law 70 change
/ 10 the weekly edition Of the Same paper
| without authosity Of the Register.
The existence OF salt spring on tract
Of land withdraws 10 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 valuSble de-
posits Of slate may be entered under the
mining Acts.
ADVERSE CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must hle . separate
and distinct claim against each application
which 1t is alleged conflicts with the prem.
ises owned by such adverse claimant. /.
The papers In an adverse claim once flod
cannot be Withdrawn, but become . part OF
the record.
When an adverse claim has been fled 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 ont In
proper form and filed In the proper local
ofice during the period Of publication
Of the application for the patent to 20
effective.
II 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 tho
delay ensue through misfortune or acct.
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 the facts upon which he 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 in regard 70 expenditures. and
shall file Q COPY of the original notice OF
his location. aud show the nature or extens
Of the conflict alleged. 49,.
An allegation Of parties to suit that
they compose the company 10 sufficient,
and they are not required TO prove that
they are the original iocstors or tho iden-
tical parties who presented the adverse
claim.
AGRICULTURAL on MrSxRAL LANDS.
Whore land IL 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. 49,
whero lands containing valuable
mineral deposits have been included In an
agricultural entry, said entry will be can.
celed OF 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 tho mine may make application Tor
patent for same, and the agricultural entry
will be cancelled 10 that portion OF the land
embraced by said mining claim.
/ Where mineral deposits arc discovered
on agricultural lands after the patent has
been issued to an agricultural claimant,
they pass with the patent.
Agricultural college scrip cannot be re-
ceived in payment for claims.
ALIENS.
A foreigner may make mining location
and dispose Of IL. provided he becomes Q
citizen before iisposing Of the mine. Proof
| that the party Was not . citizen before dis
posing OF his claim must be afhrmatively
shown.
Locstors and intermediate owners other
than applicants will not be presumed
aliens In the absence Of allegation or OBJ
| lection prior TO issuance Of patent.
The portion Of . mining claim sold 70
an alien cannot be patented while suen
owner 10 an alien but on his declaration
/ 10 become . citizen. his right dates back
10 his purchase. and be may thereupon
secure United States patent for bis claim
CROSS LrDoEs.
Revised Statutes. Section 2SS6.
| Where two or moro ledges cross or inter-
sect each other. priority Of title shall gov
ern. and such prior location shall be enti'
tied TO all ore or mineral contained within
the space Of intersection. but the subse-
quent location shall have the right OF way
i through the SPACE Of intersection for the