Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-10-26
UNITED STATES MINING LAWS.
snroaaArIoN FOR LOCATIONS
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APPLICATION or PATENT.

the R<lister and Receiver, tnoy pecomo .
part Oh the record, and can neither 30
withdrawn nor returned, but must DO
trsnsmittsd 70 the General Land Once.
An application will be rejected when the
description oi the premises II erroneous
or Insufficient
Application for patent will bs rejected
because:
First-The notice was published without
The knowledge Of the Register.
Sccond-The notice was not published
In . newspaper designated - published
nearest the claim.
Third-Bsoord atls was found detective.
and:
Fourth-A previous application had BEEN
mado for the same premises. which was
withdrawn pending . suit In court com.
menced by the adverse claimant.
An application for patent will bs rejected
when tho survey does not accurately do
nne the boundaries Of tho claim.
Where the claim Was not located In 90
cordance with law.
Where several parties own separate and
dis,inct 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.
tsrests In . mining claim. all should Join
In an application for . patent.
A person or association may purchase -
many .iacer locations - the local law ad-
mits, and embrace them all In one appli.
cation for patent.
Two or more lodes cannot bc embraced
In ono application for patent except ior
placer claims embracing two or moro lodes
within their boundaries.
Papers sworn to before any person pur.
porting TO act - deputy for the Hegister
and Receiver. cannot DO recorded - evil
dence.
In all patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries OF town
site. . clause II 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 10 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 . Newspaper for publication Of
notices Of mining application for patent,
10 il not . compliance with law to change
to the weekly edition Of the same paper
without authosity Of the Register.
The existence OF salt spring on . tract
Of land withdrsws 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 valuable do
posits Of slate may be entered under ths
mining Acts.
ADVERSE CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must ale . separate
and distinct claim against each application
which 10 Il alleged conflicts with the prem
ises owned BY such adverse claimant.
The papers in an adverse claim once hled
cannot be Withdrawn. but become partof
the record.
when an adverse claim has been fled IL
cannot be amended 20 - 70 embrace .
larger portion Of the premises than that
described In tho original adverse claim.
An adverse claim must be made out In
proper form and hlsd In the proper local
once during tho period Of publication
Of the application FOR the patent to be
effective.
Il 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, be
must abide the consequences. should tho
delay ensuo 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-
psrtment 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
bs considered In evidence.
An Adverse claimant should show COM
plisnce with the local laws In recording his
claim and In regard TO expenditures. ana
shall hle \ COPY Of the original notice Of
Ria iocss,on. and show the nature or extent
Of the conflict alleged.
An allegation OF parties TO suit that
they compose the company is sumcient.
and they are not required 70 provo that
they are the original locators or the iden-
tical parties who presented the adverse
claim.
AoRIcuLruRAL on xINxRAL 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.
Where lands containing valuable
mineral deposits have been included In an
agricultural entry. said entry will 30 can.
celsd At any time prior 70 issuance Of
patent, upon satisfactory evidence OF the
existence Of such valuable deposits.
Where valuable deposits Of mineral arc
discovered upon tract after the same mas
BEEN entered - agricultural. but before
patent has been issued. the parties claim
Ing the mine may mako application ior
patent for same. and the Agricultural entry
viii bs cancelled TO that portion Of the land
embraced by said mining claim. ,
Where mineral deposits are discovered
ON agricultural lands after tho patent has
been issued to an agricultural claimant
they pass with the patent.
Agricultural college scrip cannot be 70
eeived In payment for claims.
ALIENS.
A foreigner may make mining location
and dispose Of IL. provided he becomes .
citizen before iisposing Of the mine. Proof
that the party Was not citissn before dis
posipg OF his claim must be sfarmatively
shown.
Locstors and intermediate owners other
than applicants will not bs presumed
aliens In the absence Of allegation or OBJ
lection prior 10 issuance Of patsnt.
The portion Of . mining claim sold 70
an Alien cannot bs patented while such
owner 10 an alien but on his declaration
to become . citizen. his right dates back
TO his purchase. and hs may therenpon
secure United States patsnt for his claim
choss LEDors.
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-
lied 70 all ore or mineral contained within
the space Of intersection. but the subse-
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