Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-06-03
UNITED STATES MINING, LAWS.
IMPORTATION FOR LocsroRs
AID OWNERS OF HINES.
Applications for Pasests-Hsw %
Deal with Cross des-TusnsI
Bights-AdveFsr Claims
The laW - Regard
- Alisss-kss.
APPLICATION or PATENT.

Whore papers have once been hled With
the Register 'snd Reosiver. they become
part Of the record, and can neither bs
Withdrawn nor returned, but must be
transmitted 10 the General Land omcs...
An application will be rejected when the
description Of the premises Il erroneous
or insufficient.
Application for patent will b rejected
because:
Pirst-Ths notice was publishsd without
the knowledge Of the Rtsister.
6eoond-Ths notice was not publishsd
In . nswspsper dssisnstsd - publishsd
nearest the claim.
Third-Reoord title wm found detective,
and:
Fourth-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Withdrawn pending .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 be rejected
when the survey does not accurately do.
Ane the boundaries Of the claim.
Where the claim was not located In 20.
oordsnce 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 Ioin
In an application for patent.
A person. or association may purchase -
many placer locations a. the local law ad.
mits, and embrace them al In one appli.
cation for . patent.
Two or more lodes cannot be embraced
L. . noli,s ttap far t.nk for
placer claims embracing two or more lodes
within their boundaries.
Papers sworn to before any person pur-
porting to act % deputy for the Register
and Receiver. osnnot be recorded - evil
dencs.
In all patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries Of Q town
site. 0 clause 10 inserted "exoepting and
excluding oil 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 enjoy yment OF the same"
Publication Of notice must b made In
only one newspaper for the period Of sixty
days.
Notice must be published ten oonsecu.
tive weeks In weekly newspapers. and 10
daily newspapers sixty days must elspse
between the frst and the last insertions.
Where the Register designates the daily
issue Of . newspaper for publication OF
notices Of mining application for patent,
10 10 not compliance with law to change
70 the weekly edition Of the same psper
without authority Of the Register.
The existence Of . salt spring on Q tract
OF land withdrsws IL from the operation OF
the homestead and prescription laws. 4
hearing for the purpose of proving the
-gricultursl character Of such land 10 not
allowed. Land contsiuing valuable do
posits Of slate may be entered under the
mining Acts.
ApvxasE CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must 6ls . separate
and distinct claim against each application
which IL 10 alleged conflicts With the prem.
ises owned by such adverse claimant.
The papers 10 an adverse claim once nled
cannot be Withdrawn, but become part Of
the record.
When an adverse claim has been filsd II
cannot be amended 20 a. TO embrace =
larger portion Of the premises than that
described In the original adverse claim.
An adverse claim must be made out 10
proper form and hled In the proper local
Office during the period Of publication
Of the application for the patent to bs
effective.
It 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. be
must abide the consequences, should the
yielsy ensue. through misfortune or acci.
dent. Should the failure to commence
suit bs the result Of the corrupt or dishon.
est action Of bis attorney, the Interior De.
psrtment cannot redress the wrong.
An adverse claimant should set forth In
detail the facts upon which bs bases his
adverse claim. A statement 10 general
terms, embodying conclusions Of law.
without stating the facts specially, will not
be considered 10 evidence.
An adverse claimant should show com.
plisnce with the local laws in recording his
claim and In regard to expenditures, and
shall ale copy Of the original notice Of
his location, aud show the nature or extent
Of the conflict alleged.
AL ul6kuuou W PsEhes w sut Ahss
they compose the company 10 sufficient,
and they are not required TO prove that
they are the original locators or the iden.
ticsl parties who presented the adverse
claim.
AoaIcuLTuR.L Oh xrsraAt LANDS.
Where land 10 OF little II any value for
agricultural purposes. but 10 essential to
the proper development Of miuing claims,
1t should bs disposed Of under the mining
Act.
Where lands containing valuable
mineral deposits have been included In su
agricultural entry, said entry will bs can.
celsd at 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 has
been entered a. agricultural, but before
patent has been issued. the parties claim
Ing the mine may make 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
Al has