Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-07-12
UNITED STATES MINING LAWS.
IMPORTATION FOE LOcsroRs
AND OWHgRs OF nihks.
Applieasiess for Passnts-Hew %
Deal with Csoss Ledes-Tunnsi
Rix Clsims-
The Law - Regard
- Alless-kts.
APPLICATION O. ,ArIsT.

Where papers have once been uleo Wltn
the Register and Rsosivsr. they become .
part Of the record, and can. neither be
Withdrawn nor returned. but must be
transmitted TO the General Land Once.
An application will be rejected when the
description q the premises Il erroneous
or insufficient.
Application for patent will b rsjsctsd
because:
First-Ths notice was published without
the knowledge Of the Resistsr.
seoond-The notice was not published
In . Newspaper designated - published
nssrest the olaim.
Third-Bsoord title was found defective,
and:
Fourth-A previous application had been
made for the same premises, which was
Withdrawn pending . suit In court oom.
menoed BY the adverse claimant.
An application for patent will b rejected
when the survey does not accurately de-
dne the boundaries OF the claim.
Where tho claim was not located In 10.
cordsnoe 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 tn mining olaim. all should Join
In an application for patent.
A person or association may purchase -
many placer locations a the local law ID.
miA, and embrace thsm al In one appli-
cation for patent.
Two or more lodes cannot be embraced
In ono application for . patent. except for
placer claims embracing two or more lodes
within their boundaries.
Papers sworn to before any person pur-
porting 70 aot - deputy for the Register
and Receiver, oannot be recorded ~ evil
denoe.
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 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 elspss
between the frst and the last insertions.
Whore 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 presumption laws. A
bearing for the purpose Of proving the
agricultural character Of such land II 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 IL 10 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 hss BEEN Alsd II
cannot be amended 20 ~ TO 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 nlsd In the proper local
otioe during the period Of publication
Of the application for the patent to b
effective.
It 10 the duty Of the adverse claimant 10
commence suit In proper form within the
required time, and II he trusts the unoer.
tain medium Of the United States mail, hs
must abide the consequences, should the
delay snsue 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-
partmsnt 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.
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 the conflict alleged.
An allegation Of parties TO Q suit that
they compose the company 10 sufioient,
and they are not required TO prove that
they are the original locators or the idsn.
tiosl parties who presented the adverse
claim.
AGRICULTURAL on MINERAL LANDS.
Where land 10 Of little II any value for
agricultural purposes, but 10 essential to
the proper development Of mining claims,
II should be disposed Of under the mining
Act.
Where lands containing valuable
mineral deposits have been included In au
agricultural entry. said entry will be oan.
oslsd at any time prior 70 issuance Of
patent, upon sstisfsotory evidences 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
on agricultural lands after the patent has