Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-10-29
UNITED STATES MINING LAWS,
r.roauArroH FoR LoCAr0Rs
AHD Owug8s OF MINES.


AA8A48-A9N8489 S..&.
The Law - 8sgsra
- Alisss-kse.
AFFIRMATION OF PATENT.
Where papers have once bean fled viii
| tho Register and Receiver, they become I
part OF the record. and ean neither b<
Withdrawn nor returned. but must d
| transmitted 10 tho General Land Omco.
An application will be rejected when Tho
description ot the premises u srroneoai
or insufficient.
Application for patent will b rejected
because:
Tirst-The notics Vas publishsd withou,
tho knowledge Of the Register.
Second-The notice was not published
| In Q Newspaper designated - published
nearest the claim.
Third-Rseord title was found defective,
and:
Fourth-A previous application had been
made for the same premises. which VA
Withdrawn pending . suit In court COM
menccd by the adverse claimant.
An application for patent will be rejected
when the survey does not accurately de-
fne the boundaries Of tho claim.
Where the claim was 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 tho claim owned By him; but
where several parties own undivided In
terests In mining claim. all should Join
In an application for . patent.
.saont q tim mi nnrfIana lr
many placer locations - 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 for
placer claims embracing two or moro iodes
within their boundaries.
Papers sworn to before any person pur-
porting TO act a. deputy for the Register
and Receiver. cannos be recorded ~ evil
dsnce.
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
tho surface, and al 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 consecu-
tive weeks In weekly newspapers. and In
daily newspapers sixty days must elapse
between the first and the last insertions.
Where the Register designates tho daily
issue Of . newspaper for publication Of
notices Of mining application for patent,
10 10 not Q compliance with law 70 change
to the weekly edition Of tho same paper
without suthosity Of the Register.
The existence Of salt spring on tract
Of land withdraws 10 from the operation OF
the homestead and pre-emption laws. A
hearing for the purpose Of proving tho
agricultural character Of such land Is 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 10 alleged conflicts with the prem.
ises owned by sueh adverse claimant.
The papers In an adverse claim once fled
cannot be Withdrawn, but become partof
the record.
When an adverse claim has been hled Il
cannot be amended 90 - 10 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 fled In the proper local
ofice during the period Of publication
Of the application Tor the patent to DO
effective.
II il the duty Of the adverse claimant 70
commence suit In prcoer form within the
required time. and II he trusts the uncer'
tain medium OF tho United States mail, he
must abide tho consequences. should the
delay ensue through misfortune or acci-
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 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
pliance with the local laws In recording his
claim and In regard 10 expenditures, and
shall Ale copy Of the original notice Of
his location. and show the nature or extent
Of the conflict, alleged.
An allegation Of parties 10 . suit that
they compose the company Ii sufficient.
and they are not required 70 provo that
they are the original locators or the iden-
tical parties who presented the adverse
claim.