Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-11-17
UNITED STATES MINING LAWS.
,,yosxArloX FOR L0CAroRs
AND OwNERs OF nlnks.
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APPLICATION or PATENT.
Whore papers have once bean hlsd With
the Register and Rscsiver. thsy become
part Of tho record. and can neither DO
Withdrawn nor returned. but must be
transmitted 70 the General Land Once.
An application will Be rejected when tho
description Of the premises h erroneous
or insufficient.
Application for patent will bs rejected
because:
First-The notice was published without
the knowledge Of tho Register.
Second-Tho notice was not Published
In . newspaper designated as published
nearest the clam.
Third-Record title was found defective,
and:
Pourth-A prsvior, 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Withdrawn pending .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 DO rejected
when the survey does not accurately de-
fine the boundaries Of the 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.
A person or association may purchase -
many placer locations - the local law ad-
mits. and embrace them all In ono appli-
cation for patent.
in one application for . patent except Tor
placer claims embracing two or moro iodes
within their boundaries.
Papers sworn to before any person pur.
porting to act as deputy for the Register
and Receiver, cannot be recorded - evil
denee.
In al 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 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 ono 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 drst and the last insertions.
Where the Register designates tho daily
issue Of . newspaper for publication Of
notices Of mining application for patent,
10 is not compliance with law to change
TO tho weekly edition OF the same paper
without authority Of the Register.
Tho existence Of salt spring on tract
Of land withdraws u from the operation of
the Homestead and pre-emption laws. A
hearing 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.
ADVERSE CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must fle . separate
and distinct claim against each application
which IL il alleged conflicts with the prem
ises owned by such adverse claimant.
The papers In an adverse claim once filed
cannot be withdrawn, but become . part Of
the record.
When an adverse claim has been hled II
cannot be amended 30 a. 10 embrace .
larger portion OF the premises than that
described in tho original adverse claim.
An adverse claim must be mado out In
proper form aud filsd In the proper local
ofico during the period Of publication
Of tho application FOR the patent to be
effective.
II is the duty Of the adverse claimant TO
commence suit In proper form within the
required time, and II he trusts tho uncer.
tain medium Of the United States mail. ho
must abide the consequences, should the
delay ensue through misfortune or acci.
dent. Should the failure 10 commence
suit be 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 In general
terms, embodying conclusions OF law.
without stating the facts specially, will not
DO 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, aud show the nature or extent
Of the conflict alleged.
An allegation Of parties TO . suit that
they compose the company is sufficient,
and they are not required to prove that
they are the original locators or the iden-
tical parties who presented tho adverse
claim.
AGRICULTURAL Oh MINERAL LANDS.
Where land 10 Of little II any value for
agricultural purposes. but 10 essential -
the proper development Of mining claims,
IL should be disposed Of under the mining
Act. =,
Whcro lands containing valuable
mineral deposits have been included in IN
agricultural entry. said entry will be can.
celed at any time prior TO issuance oi
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 DO 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 DO ro-
ceived in payment for claims.
ALIENS.
A foreigner may make . mining location
and dispose Of IL. provided he becomes .
citizen before iisposing Of the mine. Proof
that the party WAS not citizen before dis
posing OF his claim must bs afarmatively
shown.