Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-10-15
UNITED STATES MINING LAWS.
,syosaArIoN FOR L0cAroRs
AND OWNERS OF HINES.
Appiieasie.s fer fssssts-HeW q
Deal with Csess Lodes-Tuanei
Righss-Adverss Ctaims-
The LaW - Regard
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APPLICATION or PATENT.

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APPLICATION OF PATENT.
Where papers have once been fled with
the Register and Rscsivsr. they become
part Of the record. and can neither be
Withdrawn nor returned. but must be
trsnsmitted 10 the General Land Ofice.
An application will be rejected when the
description Of the premises h erroneous
or insufficient. =.
Application for ps.en. viii bs rejected
because:
Pist-The notice was publishsd without
the knowledge Of the Register.
Second-The notice was not Published
In . Newspaper designated - 'published
nearest the claim.
Third-Rscord title Was found detective,
and:
Fourth-A previous application had been
made for tho Same premises, which was
withdrawn pending . suit In court com.
menced by the adverse claimant.
An application for patent will be rejected
whom the survey does not accurately de-
fine the boundaries Of the claim.
Where the claim was not located In 20.
cordsnce 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
tercsts In Q mining claim. all should Join
ID an application for patent.
A person or association may purchase .
many placer locations a the local law Cd.
mits. 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 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 . town
site, clause 10 inserted "excepting and
excluding all town property. rights upon
the surface. and all houes. buildings.
structures. lots. blocks. streets. alleys, or
other municipal improvements not belong
ing to the grantee herein. and all rights
necessary or proper 70 the occupation pos
session and enjoyment OF the same"
Publication Of notice must be mado In
only one Newspaper for the period OF sixsy
days.
Notice must be published ten consecu-
tive weeks In weekly newspapers, and In
daily newspapers sixty days must eiapse
between the nrst 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 the weekly edition Of the same paper
without suthosity OF the Register.
The existence Of salt spring on . tract
Of land withdraws IL from the operation OF
the homestead and pre.emption laws. A
hearing for the purpose Of proving the
agricultural character Of such land 10 not
allowed. Land containing valuable de-
posin Of slate may be entered under the
mining Acts.
ADVERSE cLArxs.
Adverse claimants must Ole . separate
and distinct claim against each application
which 10 10 alleged conflicts with the prem.
ises owned by such adverse claimant.
The papers in an adverse claim once filed
cannot be withdrawn. but become partof
the record.
When an adverse claim has been hled II
cannot be amended 30 a. TO embrace
larger portion Of tho 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
ONCE during the period Of publication
Of tho application for the patent to DO
effective.
Il IL 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 tho United States mail. he
must abide the consequences. should the
delay ensue through misfortune 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-
partmeut cannot redress tho wrong.
An adverse 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.
plisnce with the local laws In recording his
claim and In regard to expenditures, and
shall ils . 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 iocators or the iden-
tical parties who presented the adverse
claim.
AoRIcrLrunAL on xISxRAL LANDS.
Where land 10 Of little II any value for
agricultural purposes, but 10 essential 70
the proper development Of mining claims,
i, should Be- disposed Of under the mining
Act.
where lands containing valuable
mineral deposits have been included In an
agricultural entry. said entry will be can.
celed at any time prior TO issuance OF
patent, upon satisfactory evidence Of tho
existence Of such valuable deposits.
Where valuable deposits Of mineral are
discovered upon q tract after the same has
been entered a. agricultural. but before
patent has been issued. tho 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
been issued to an agricultural claimant
they pass with the patent.
Agricultural college scrip cannot be re-
ceived in payment for claims.
ALIENS.
A foreigner may make mining location
and dispose Of II. provided he becomes .
citizen before iisposing Of the mine. Proof
that the party was not citizen before dis