Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-10-21
UNITED STATES MINING LAWS.
,,rosuArloS roR LocAToRs
AND OwNERs OF MIHEss
App,,easis.s for Passass-Hsw q
Deal with Csess Lsdes-Tesssi
Bishss-Adverss Claims
The Law ia Begsrd
% Alioao-Eto.
APPLICATION OF PATENT.

The Heeistsr and Receiver. they become .
mart OF tho record. and can neither %
Withdrawn nor returned, but must 30
trspsmitted TO the General Land once.
An application will bs rejected when tho
description q the premises u erroneous
or insufficient.
Application for patent viii b rejected
because:
Rirst-The notice was publishsd without
The knowledge Of the Register.
Seoond-The notice Was not published
In Q newspaper dssignatsd - published
Third-Rscord utls was found detective.
and:
Pourth-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Withdrawn pending .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 30 rejected
when the survey does not accurately de-
fine the boundaries Of the claim.
Where the claim wss not located In &C.
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 an application for . patent.
A person or association may purchase -
many placer locations ~ the local law sd-
mits, and embrace them all In ono sppli-
cation for . patent. :,
Two or more iodss cannot be embraced
In one application for . patent except for
placer claims embracing two or more lodes
within their boundaries.
Papers sworn 10 before any person pur-
porting to act a. deputy for tho Register
and Receiver. cannot be recorded - evi.
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 be made In
only one newspaper for the period OF sixty
days.
Notice must 10 published ten consecu-
tive weeks in weekly newspapers. and In
daily newspapers sixty days must elapsc
between the tirst and the last insertions.
Where the Register designates the daily
issue Of . newspaper for publication Oh
notices Of mining application for PATENT
IL IL not compliance With law TO change
10 the weekly edition OF the same paper
without sutbosity Of the Register.
The existence Of salt spring on Q tract
Of land withdraws II from tho operation OF
the homestead and prs-emption laws. A
hearing for tho purpose Of proving the
agricultural character Of such land 10 not
allowed. Land containing valuable de-
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.
The papers In an adverse claim once filed
cannot be withdrawn, but become partof
the record.
When an adverse claim has been hled II
cannot be amended 90 - 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 fled In tho proper local
Office during the period OF publication
Of the application for the patent to DO
effective.
Il Il 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 tho conseq 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 bis attorney, the Interior De-
partmeut cannot redress the wrong.
An adverse claimant should set forth In
detail tho 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.
plianoe with the local laws In recording his
claim and In regard 10 expenditures, and
shall file COPY Of the original notice Of
his location, and show the nature or extent
Of the conflict alleged.
An allegation Of parties to . suit that
they compose ths company is sufficient,
and they are not required to provo that
they are the original locators or the iden-
ucsl P.las' "Ho P''''N s
0is'"'
AoRicuLrrnAL on xiskhAL LANDS
Where land 10 Of little II any value Tor
agricultural purposes, but 10 essential 70
the proper development Of mining claims,
II should bs disposed Of under the mining
Act.
where lands containing valuable
mineral deposits have been included In an
agricultural entry. said entry will be can,
celcd ct 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 mas
oeen en.efsu ss sss, 49,. r.,,;.s Claim.
~. ,.,;na msv msks .pplicstion for
n.ssns s NJ Tor ,.m.. and the Agricultural entry
LII be Cancelled to tbst portion Of the land
sr,hrscsd & hv ssid mining claim.
Whsrs mineral deno.its are discovered
nm .s,,crisnr.i land. After the patent has
49, ;.snss 40 an s.r;cr,tpr,l clsimsnt.
.ss. 49,. S,,n ara n.,ent