Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-07-08
UNITED STATES MINING. LAWS.
IMPORTATION FOE LoCsToRs
AID OWNERS OF HINES.
Appiieations for Patssts-Bew %
Deal with Gross Lsdes-Tusnsl
Rishts-Adverse Claims
The Law ls Regard
% Altsas-ksS.
APPLICATION OF PATENT.

Where paper1 have once been hled with
the Register and Receiver, they become Q
part Of the record. and can neither be
Withdrawn nor returned, but must be
transmitted to the General Land Omce.
An application will be rejected when the
description ot the premises II erroneous
or insufficient.
Application for patent will be rejected
because:
First-The notice was published without
the knowledge Of the Register.
6econd-The notice was not published
In 0 newspaper designated - published
nearest the claim.
Third-Rsoord title was found defective.
and:
Pourth-A previous application had been
made for the same premises, which was
Withdrawn pending . suit In court oom.
msnced BY the adverse claimant.
An application for patent will BE- rejected
when the survey does not accurately de-
nns the boundaries Of the claim.
Where the claim was not located In 40
oordance 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 Q mining claim, all should Join
In an application for patent.
A person or association may purchase -
many placer locations - the local law I'd.
mih, and embrace them oil 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. oannot be recorded - evi.
dsnoe.
In sll patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries Of . town
sits. clause Ia inserted excepting and
excluding all town property, rights upon
the surface. and al houses, buildings,
structures. lots, blocks. streets. alleys. or
other municipal improvements not belong.
ing to the grantee herein, and oil rights
necessary or proper 10 the occupation, pos
session and enjoyment Of the same"
Publication Of notice must bs made In
only one Newspaper for the period Of sixty
days.
Notice must be published ten consecu-
tive weeks In weekly newspapers. and in
dhily newspapers sixty days must elspss
between the drst 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 Q compliance with law 10 change
to the weekly edition Of the Same paper
without authority OF the Register.
The existence OF salt spring on tract
Of land withdraws II from the operation Of
the homestead and presumption laws. A
hearing for the purpose Of proving the
agricultural character OF such land 10 not
allowed. Land containing valuabls de-
poslts Of slate may be entered under the
mining Acts.
Adverse CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must Ale . 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.
Whom an adverse claim has been died Il
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 In
proper form and flsd In the proper local
oilce during the period Of publication
Of the application for the patent to be
effective.
It 10 the duty Of the adverse claimant to
commence suit In proper form within the
required time, and II he trusts the uncsr.
tain medium Of the United States mall, be
must abide the consequences, should the
delay snsue through misfortune or acoi.
dent. Should tho failure 10 commence
suit be the result Of the corrupt or dishou.
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
be considered In evidence.
An adverse claimant should shaw com.
pllance with the local laws 10 recording his
claim and In regard to expenditures, and
shall hle copy Of the original notice Of
his location. aud show the nature OF extent
Of the conflict alleged.
An allegation OF parties TO . suit that
they compose tha company 10 sufficient,
and they are not required TO provo that
they are the original looators or the iden.
tical parties who presented the adverse
claim.
AGRICULTURAL Oh MINERAL LANDS.
Where land 10 Of little II any valuo for
agricultural purposes, but 10 essential 10
the proper development Of mining claims,
II should bs disposed Of under the mining
Act.
Where lands containing valuable
mineral deposits have been included In an
agricultural entry, said entry will be can.
oeled 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 - 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 arc discovered