Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-05-18
UNITED STATES MINING. LAWS.
APPLICATION or PArxrr.

ALfLAoAxSoA W EAAA~S
whsrs papers have once been hled With
the Rseistsr and Receiver. they become q
part Of the record. and osn neither Be
Withdrawn nor returned, but must Be
transmitted 10 ths General Land. Once.
An application viii b rejected when the
description Of the premises 10 srronsous
or insufacisnt.
Application for patent viii b. rejected
because: fL
.Iint-The notice was publshed without
The knowledge OF the Register.
Gecond-Ths notice Was not published
In . Newspaper dssignstod - published
nearest the clam.
Third-Reoord htls was found defective.
and:
Fourth-A previous application had been
made for the same premises, which was
Withdrawn pending Q suit In court com.
menoed BY the adverse claimant.
An application for patent will bs rejected
when the survey does not accurately de-
hns the boundaries Of the claim.
Where the claim was not located In 40
oordsnoe with law.
Where several parties own separate and
distinct portions Of claim. application
for patsnt may be made by either for that
portion Of the claim owned by him; but
where several parties own undivided in
forests In . mining claim, all should Join
In an application for . patent.
A person or association may purchase -
many placer locations a. the local Law I'd.
mits, and embrace them all Ia one appli-
cation for patent.
n.n aara ln1as ~ Ia t~s al
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 - deputy for the Register
and Receiver. cannot be recorded - evi.
dence.
In oil patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries Of Q town
site. clause is inserted "exoepting and
excluding al town property, rights upon
the surface. and al houses, buildings,
structures. lots, blocks. streets. alleys. or
other municipal improvements not belong.
Ing to tho 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 10
daily newspapers sixty days must elspse
between the Arst 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 paper
without authority OF the Register.
The existence Of salt spring on tract
Of land withdrsws IL from the operation OF
the homestead and prescription laws. A
hearing for the 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.
ApvrnsE cLArxs.
Adverse claimants must nls Q separate
and distinct claim against each application
which II 10 alleged conflicts With the prem.
ises owned BY such adverse claimant.
The papers 10 an adverse claim once died
cannot be Withdrawn, but become part Of
the record.
When an adverse claim has been nled Il
cannot be amended 20 a. to embrace Q
larger portion Of the premises than that
In the original adverse claim.
An adverse claim must be made ont 10
proper form and dled In the proper local
Office during the period Of publication
Of the application for the patent to bs
effective.
II 10 the duty Of the adverse claimant 10
commence suit In proper form within the
required time. and II he trusts the uncer
tain medium Of the United States mail, hs
must abide the consequences, should the
delay ensue through misfortune or accl.
dent. Should the failure to commence
suit bs the result Of the corrupt or dishon.
est action Of bis attorney. the Interior De-
partment cannot redress the wrong.
An adverse claimant should set forth In
detail the facts upon which he bases his
adverse claim. A statement 10 general
terms, embodyipg conclusions Of law,
without stating the facts specially, will not
be considered 10 evidence.
An adverse claimant should show com.
plisnoe with the local laws 10 recording his
claim and In regard 10 expenditures, and
shall Ale copy Of the original notice Of
bis location, aud show the nature or extent
Of the conflict alleged:
An allegation Of parties TO . suit that
they compose the company 10 sufficient.
and they are not required 10 prove that
they are the original looators or the iden.
ticsl parties who presented the adverse
claim.
AonIcuLruRAL Oh MINERAL LANDS.
whsrs land 10 Of little II any value for
agricultural purposes, but 10 essential 10
the proper development Of mining claims,
II should be disposed Of under the mining
Act.
Where lands containing valuable
mineral deposits have been included 10 40
agricultural entry. said entry will bs can.
celsd st any time prior 10 issuance Of
patent, upon satisfactory evidence Of the
existence Of such valuable deposits.
Where valuable deposits Of mineral are
upon tract after the ssme 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 DO cancelled 10 that portion Of the land
embraced BY said mining claim.
Where mineral deposits are discovered