Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-05-11
UNITED STATES MINING. LAWS.
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APPLICATION or PATENT.

transmitted 70 the 0enefAl Lanu Omco.
An application will be rejected when the
description Of the premises II erroneous
or insufficient. =.
Application for patent will bs rejected
because:
First-The notice was published without
ths knowledge Of the Register.
Second-The notice was not Published
In Q newspaper designsted - published
nearest the CLAIM.
Third-Reoord title wss found defective.
and:
Fourth-A previous application bad been
made for the same premises, which vas
Withdrawn pending suit In court som'
menced by the adverse claimant.
An application for patent will b rejected
when the survey does not accurately do.
Hne the boundaries Of the claim.
Where the claim was not located In %.
cordance 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
terests in mining claim. all should Join
In an application for patent.
A person or association may purchase -
many placer locations a. the local Law Id.
mits, and embrace them al In one sppli-
cation for patent.
Two or more lodes cannot be embraced
In ono 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 all patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries Of Q 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 the grantee herein, and oil 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 sixiy
days.
Notice must be published ten eonsecu.
tive weeks In weekly newspapers. and 10
daily newspapers sixty days must elspse
between the hrst and the last insertions.
Where the Register designates the daily
issue Of . newspaper for publication Of
notices Of mining application for patent,
Il 10 not . compliance with Law TO change
TO the weekly edition Of the same paper
without authority Of the Register.
The existence Of salt spring on tract
OF land withdraws 10 from the operation OF
the homestead aud pre-emption laws. A
hearing for the purpose Of proving the
= -gricultural character Of such land 10 not
allowed. Land containing valuable de-
posits Of stats may be entered under the
mining Acts.
ADVERSE CLANS.
Adverse claimants must Ale . 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 flled
cannot bs Withdrawn. but become part Of
the record.
When an adverse claim has been flled 1t
cannot be amended % a. TO embrace .
larger portion Of the premises than that
In the original adverse claim.
An adverse claim must be made out In
proper form and 6led In the proper local
Office during the period Of publication
Of the application FOR the patent to be
effective.
II 10 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 the consequences, should the
delay ensue through inisfortune or acci.
dent. Should the failure to commence
suit be the result Of the corrupt or dishon-
est action Of bis attorney, the Interior De-
partment cannot redress the wrong.
An sdverss claimant should set forth In
detail the facts upon which he bases his
adverse claim. A statement 10 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 bis
claim and In regard to expenditures, and
shall Hls 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 10 sufficient.
and they are not required TO prove that
tncy 8Io tuo oNAkAueA tSSetohs VI tbo Aatb-
ticsl parties who presented the adverse
claim.
AGRICULTURAL Oh MINERAL LANDS.
Where land 10 Of little II any value for
agricultural purposes. but 10 essential TO
the proper development Of mining claims,
II should be disposed Of under the mining
Act.
where lands containing valuable
mineral deposits have been included In au
agricultural entry. said entry will be can.
ctisd 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 aftefthe same has
been entered a. agricultural. but before
patent has been issued. the parties claim
ing the mine may make application Tor
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 hal
been issued to an agricultural claimant
they pass With the patent.
Agricultural college scrip cannot bs 70
eeivsd in payment for claims.
ALIENS.
A foreigner may make mining location
and dispose Of II, provided be becomes {
citizen before aisposing Of the mine. Prooi
that the party was not citizen before dis
posing Of his claim must b afirmatively
shown.
Locstors and intermediate owners Other
than applicants will not b presumed
aliens in the absence sf allegation or OBJ
lection prior 10 issuance Of patent.
The portion Of . mining claim sold e
an alien cannot be patented while sucf
owner 10 an alien bot on his declaration
70 become . citizen. his right dates bsel
70 his purchase. and be may thereuPor
secure United States patent for his claim
closs LxDoEs.
Revised Statutes. Section 23Se.
Where two or moro ledges cross or inter
sect each other. priority Of title shali gov
eru. and such prior location shall be emil
tied to all ore or mineral contained within
the space Of intersection. but the subse'
quent location shall have the right Of way
through the space Of intersection for ths
purpose Of ths convenient working Of the
mine. And whsrs two or more veins unite
the oldest or prior location shall take tn
vein below the point Of union, including