Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-12-14
UNITED STATES MINING LAWS.
,svosMArIoN FOR LoCAToRs
AND OWNERS OF HINES.
Applications for Patsats-How %
peal with Gross Lodes-Tuanel
Righss-Adverse Ciatms-
The Law In Regard
60 Aliens-Eto.
APPLICATION OF PATENT.

APPLICATION OF PATENT.
Where papers have once been iled with
the Register aud Receiver, they become
part Of the record. and can neither be
withdrawn nor returned, but must be
transmitted to the General Land 0fice.
An application will be rejected when the
description sf tho premises is erroneous
or insufficient.
Application for patent will be rejected
because:
Fist-Tho notice was published without
the knowledge Of the Register. /.
Second-The notice was not published
In o newspaper designated - published
nearest the clam.
Third-Record title was found defective,
and:
Fourth-A previous application had been
made for the same premises, which was
withdrawn pending . suit In court COM
menced BY the adverse claimant.
An application for patent will be rejected
when the survey does not accurately de-
fine the boundaries Of the claim.
Where the claim was not located In &C.
cordance with law. i,
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 as
many placer locations a. the local law ad'
mits, and embrace them all In one appli.
cation for . patent.
l.1.
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 as deputy for the Register
and Receiver. cannot be recorded as evi-
dence.
In all patents for mining claims situated
within tho interior boundaries OF 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 tho 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 elapse
between the hrst and tho last insertions.
Where tho Register designates the daily
issue Of . newspaper for publication OF
notices Of o mining application Tor patent
10 is 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 pre-emption laws. A
hearing for tho purpose of proving the
agricultural character Of such land Is not
allowed. Land containing valuable de-
posits Of slate may be entered under tho
mining Acts.
ADVERSE CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must file separate
and distinct claim against each application
which IL is alleged conflicts with the prem.
ises owned by such adverse claimant.
The papers in an adverse claim once fled
cannot be withdrawn, but become part OF
the record.
When an adverse claim has been hled II
cannot be amended SO a. 10 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 dled in the proper local
Office during the period Of publication
o: the application for tho patent to DO
effective.
II is the duty Of the adverse claimant TO
commence suit in proper form within the
reouired time, and IL he trusts the uncer.
tain medium Of the United States mail, he
must abide the consequences. should the
delay ensue through misfortune or aeci.
dent. should the failure to commence
suit be the result Of the corrupt or dishon-
est action Of his attorney. the Interior Do
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 to expenditures. and
shall file copy Of the original notice Of
his location, and show the nature or extent
OF tho conflict alleged.
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 locators or the iden-
tical parties who presented tho adverse
claim.
AGRICULTURAL on MINERAL LANDS.
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