Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-05-25
UNITED STATES MIEIHaa LAWS.
IsropuArIoN FOE LooAT0Rs
AHD OWNERS OF HINES.
Appiisatiess for Passsts-Hew %
Deal with Cress Lodes-Tusnsl
Eighss-Adveras Cisims- .
The Law - Regsrd
% Alisae-Eto.
APPLICATION OF rATxsr.


Where papers have once bsen aled with
the Register and Receiver. they become
part Of the record, and can neither 30
Withdrawn nor returned, but must be
transmitted To the General Land once.
An application will b rejected when the
description Of the premises II erroneous
or insufficient.
Application for patent will b rsjsetsd
because:
Hirst-The notice was published without
the knowledge Of the Register.
Seoond-Ths notice wss not published
In . nswspsper designated - Pablishsd
nearest the claim.
Third-Rsoord title was found detective,
and:
Pourth-A previous application had bssu
made for the same premises, which was
Withdrawn pending . suit In court com.
msnoed BY the adverse claimant.
An application for patent will bs rsjsotsd
whom tho survey does not accurately de-
hne tho boundaries Of the claim.
Where the claim was not located In 10.
oordsnoe with law.
whsrs 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
tsrests In mining claim, all should Join
In an application for . patent.
A person or association may purchase -
many placer locations - the local law I'd.
mis, and embrace them all In one sppli.
cation for 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 10 act ~ deputy for the Register
and Receiver, cannot be recorded - svi.
dence.
In oil patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries Of . town
site. clause 10 inserted "excepting 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 the grantee herein, and oil rights
necessary or proper 10 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 cohsecp.
tive weeks In weekly newspapers, and In
daily newspapers sixty days must elapse
between the frst and the last insertions.
Where the Register designates the daily
issue Of . Newspaper for publication Of
notices Of mining application for patent,
10 IL 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 II from the operation Of
the homestead and prescription laws. 4
hearing for the purpose Of proving tho
sgricultural character Of such land 10 not
allowed. Land containing valuable de-
poslts Of slats may bs entered under the
mining Acts.
ApvInsx CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must Ale . separate
and distinct claim against each application
which IL 10 alleged conflicts with the prem.
ises owned BY such adverse claimant.
The papers In an adverse claim onos hlsd
cannot bs withdrawn, but become partof
the record.
When an adverse claim has been nlsd Il
cannot be amended % - 10 embrace .
larger portion OF the premises than that
described In the original adverse claim.
An adverse claim must be made ont 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 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 ensus through misfortune or acci.
dent. Should the failure TO commence
suit be the result Of the corrupt or dishon.
sst action OF his attorney. the Interior De-
psrtment cannot redress the wrong.
An adverse claimant should set forth In
detail the facts upon which be 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.
claim and In regard to expenditures. and
shall Hle copy Of the original notice Of
his location. and 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 locstors or the iden-
ticsl parties who presented the adverse
claim.
AolIcuLruRkL Oh MINERAL LANDS.
Where land 10 Of little II any value for
agricultural purposes, but 10 essential 10
the proper development Of mining claims,
Il should bs disposed Of under the mining
Act.
Where lands containing valuable
mineral deposits have been included In au
agricultural entry, said entry will bs can.
celsd ct 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 bs cancelled 10 that portion Of the land
embraced by said mining claim.
Where mineral deposits are discovered
on agricultural lands after the patsnt has
been iaaued IN an Agricultural claimant,