Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-12-01
APPLICATION OF PATENT

menced by the adverse claimant.
An application for patent will bo re1ectec
when the survey does not accurately do
fine the boundaries Of the claim.
Where the claim was not located In &C.
cordancc with law.
Where several parties own separate and
distinct portions Of . claim, application
for patent may be made by either for thai
portion OF the claim owned by him; bu'
where several parties own undivided In
terests In = mining claim. all should loin
In an application for patent.
A person or association may purchase Al
many placer locations a. the local law ad'
mits, and embrace them all In one appli'
cation for . patent.
Two or more lodes cannot be embraced
| in one application for patent except Tor
placer claims embracing two or moro lodes
within their boundaries.
Papers sworn to before any person pur-
porting to act as deputy for the Register
and Receiver, cannot bo recorded as evil
dence.
In all patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries Of town
site, q 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 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 the last insertions.
Where the Register designates the daily
issue Of Q newspaper for publication oi
notices Of mining application for patent,
II Is not a 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 oi
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 do
posits Of slate may be entered under the
mining Acts.
ADVERSE CLAIMS.
| Adverse claimants must file . separate
and distinct claim against each application
which il Ia alleged conflicts with the prem
ises owned by such adverse claimant.
Tho papers In IN adverse claim once filed
cannot be withdrawn, but become . part oi
the record.
When an adverse claim has been filed II
cannot be amended 80 as to embrace q
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
ofice during tho period Of publication
Of the application for the patent to be
effective.
It is the duty Of the adverse claimant TO
commence suit in proper form within the
REQUIRED time, and II no trusts the uncer'
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 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 mol
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 oi
his location, aud show the nature or extent
OF the conflict alleged.
An allegation Of parties to . suit that
they compose the company is sufficient,
and they are not required to prove that
Il Al. s.., IL tOR Or IN NJ
tieal parties who presented the adverse
claim.
AGRICULTURAL Oh MINERAL LANDS.
Where land Is Of little II any value for
agricultural purposes, but 10 essential 'o
the proper development Of mining claims,
it should be disposed Of under the mining
Act.
Where lands containing valuable
mineral deposits have been included In an
agricultural entry, said entry Will be can.
celed at any time prior to issuance oi
patent, upon satisfactory evidence oi the
existence Of such valuable deposits.
Where valuable deposits Of mineral arc
discovered upon tract after the same has
been entered as agricultural. but before
patent has been issued. the parties claim.
ing the mine may make application for
patent for same. aud the agricultural entry
will be cancelled to that portion OF tho 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.
Agricultural college scrip cannot be 70
ceived In payment for claims.
ALIENS.
A foreigner may make mining location
and dispose Of ID, provided he becomes
citizen before iisposing Of tho mine. Prool
that the party was not citizen before dis
posing OF his claim must be afirmatively
shown.
Locstors and intermediate owners othel
than applicants will not be presumed
alieus.in the absence OF allegation or OBJ
lection prior TO issuance Of patent.
The portion Of Q mining claim sold tt
an alien cannot be patented while suct
owner is an alien but on his declaration
to become citizen. his right dates baci
TO his purchase, and he may thereupor
secure United States patent for his claim
cRoss LEDoEs.
Revised Statutes. Section 1855.
| Where two or more lodges 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 subso.
quent location shall have the right Of way
through the space Of intersection for the
purpose Of the convenient working Of the
mine, And where two or moro veins unite,
tbe Oldest or prior location shall take the