Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-10-14
UNITED STATES MINING LAWS.
sSyonMArIoN FOR LoCAT0Rs
AND OwNERs OF Mlnks.
Applications for Passnts-How 70
Deal with Csess Lodes-Tusnei
Rishss-Adverss Claims
The Law - Regard
90 Aliess-Eta.
APPLICATION or PATENT.

transmitted to the General Land once.
An application will be rejected when thu
description u the premises II erroneoui
| or insufficient.
Application for patent will bs rejected
because:
First-The notice was published without
/ the knowledge Of the Register.
Second-The notice was not publishec
In . newspaper desisnaisd ~ published
nearest the claim.
Third-Record title was found defective
and:
Fourth-A previous application had beer
made for tho same premises. which wai
Withdrawn pending suit In court cop
menced by the adverse claimant.
An application for patent will be rejected
when the survey does not accurately do
| hne the boundaries Of the claim.
Where tho claim Was not located In 90
cordance with law.
Where several parties own separate and
| distinct portions Of claim. application
| for patent may be made BY either Tor ina,
| portion Of the claim owned BY him; bu'
where several parties own undivided In
terests In mining claim. all should Join
In an application for patent.
A person or association may purchase n
many placer locations - the local law ad'
mits, and embrace them all In one sppli'
cation for patent.
Two or more lodes cannot be embraced
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 a. deputy for the Register
and Receiver, cannot be recorded as evil
dence.
In all patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries Of . town
site, q clause IL 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 be published ten consecu-
tive weeks in weekly newspapers, and in
daily newspapers sixty days must elapse
between the trst and the last insertions.
Where the Register designates the daily
issue Of . newspaper for publication oi
notices Of mining application for patent
IL is not . compliance with law to change
| to tho weekly edition Of tho same paper
without authosity OF the Register.
The existence OF salt spring on . tract
Of land withdraws 10 from the operation OF
the homestead and presumption laws. A
bearing for the purpose Of proving the
| agricultural character Of such land IL not
allowed. Land containing valuable de-
posits Of slate may be entered under the
mining Acts.
ApyEnsE CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must file Q 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 fled
cannot be Withdrawn, but become . part oil
the record.
When an adverse claim has been 6led II
cannot be amended 30 a 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 hled In the proper local
ofico during tho period Of publication
Of the application for tho patent to be
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 consequences. should the
delay ensuo through misfortune or acci.
dent. should the failure to commence
suit be the result Of the corrupt or dishon.
Il .lk ks. .Nk Nhs. nj nQ-
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 the conflict alleged.
An allegation Of parties 10 . suit that
they compose the company Is sufficient.
and they are not required TO prove that
they are the original locators or the iden-
ticsl parties who presented tha adverse
claim.
AGRICULTURAL on MINERAL LANDS.
Where land 10 Of little II any value for
agricultural purposes. but Is essential TO
| tho 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 be can.
celed ut any time pricr TO issuance oil
patent, upon satisfactory evidence of the
existence Of such valuable deposits.
Where valuable deposits OF mineral are
discovered upon tract after the same has
been entered a. agricultural. but before
patent has been issued. the parties claim
ing tho mine may mako application for
patent for same. and the Agricultural entry
will be cancelled to that portion OF the 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 re-
ceived in payment for claims.
ALIENS.
| A foreigner may mako mining location
and dispose Of II, provided no becomes q
citizen before iisposing Of the mine. Proof
| that the party Was not citizen before dis.
posing Of his claim must be aflrmativcly
shown.
Locstors and intermediate owners other
than applicants will not DO presumed
aliens in the absence Of allegation or OBJ
lection prior TO issuance Of patent.
The portion Of . mining claim sold 70
an alien cannot be patented while such
owner 10 an alien but on his declaration
to become citizen. his right dates back
to his purchase. and he may thereuPon
secure United States patent for his claim
Cross LEDoEs.
Revised Statutes. Section 2S36.
Where two or more ledges cross or inter
sect each other. priority Of title shall gov
ern. and such prior location shall % enn'
tied TO all ore or mineral contained within
the space Of intersection. bot tho subse-
ousut location shall have the right OF way