Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-07-02
UNITED STATES MINING. LAWS.
IMPORTATION YOR L0csr0Rs
AID OWNERS OF HINES.
Appiieasious fer Passnts-Hsw %
Deal with OSoss Lsdes-Tusnsi
Rishss-Adverse Claims
The Law - Regard
% Alisns-kto.
APPLICATION or pATpT.

Where papers have once been fled viii
the Register and Rscsiver, they become
part Of the record, and can neither b
Withdrawn nor returned. but must b
transmitted TO the General Land Once.
An application will bs rejected when th'
description Of the premises 10 srronsoai
or insufficient.
Application for patent will b rejected
becaufe:
Fint-The notice was published withou,
the knowledge Of the Register.
Second-Ths notice was not publishsd
In . Newspaper designated - Published
nearest the claim.
Third-Rsoord title was found dsfsetivs.
and:
Fourth-A previous application had bseu
made for the same premises, which wAs
Withdrawn pending Q suit In court oom.
menoed by the adverse claimant.
An application for patent will bs rejected
when tho survey does not accurately de-
hne the boundaries OF the claim.
Where the claim was not located In 10.
oordanoe with law.
Where several parties own separate and
distinct portions Of . claim. sppliostion
for patent may be made by either for that
portion OF the claim owned by him; bat
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 - the local Law ID.
mits, and embrace them oil 10 one sppli.
cation for Q 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 - deputy for the Register
and Receiver. cannot be recorded - evil
dence.
In all patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries Of . town
site. . clause 10 inserted excepting and
excluding sll 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 sixty
days.
Notios must be published ten oonseou.
tive weeks In weekly newspapers. and 10
daily newspapers sixty days must slapse
between the hrst and the last insertions.
Where the Register designstes the daily
issue Of Newspaper for publication Of
notices Of . mining application for patent,
II 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 withdraws 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 do.
posi,s Of slate may be entered under the
mining Acts.
ADVERSE CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must fils Q separate
and distinct claim against each application
which 10 II alleged conflicts With the prem.
ises owned BY such adverse claimant.
The papers In an adverse claim once nlsd
cannot be Withdrawn, but become part Of
the record.
When an adverse claim has been hlsd II
cannot be amended 90 - TO embrace .
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
Office during the period Of publication
Of the application for the patent to bs
effective.
It 10 the duty OF the adverse claimant 10
commences 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 be the result Of the corrupt or dishon.
est action Of his attorney. the Interior De-
partmeut cannot redress the wrong.
An adverse claimant should Sst 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.
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 70 . suit that
they compose the company 10 sufficient,
and they are not required TO prove that
they are the original locators or the iden.
tical 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 su
agricultural entry. said entry will be can.
oelsd Ut 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 10 that portion OF the land
embraced by said mining claim. =.
Where mineral deposits are discovered
on agricultural lands after the patent has
heen iaaued IN an Agricultural claimant,