Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-05-12
UNITED STATES MINING. LAWS.
IMPORTATION Fos L0caroRs
AND OWNERs OF n1nks.
APPLICATION OF PATENT.

APPLICATION OF PATENT.
Where papers have once bsen tiled with
the Register and Receiver, they become
mart OF the record, and can neither be
Withdrawn nor returned. but must be
transmitted to the General Land once.
An application will be rejected when the
description Of the premises II erroneous
or insufficient.
Application for patent viii b rejected
because:
the knowledge Of the Register.
Second-Ths notice was not published
In . Newspaper designstsd - published
nearest the claim.
Third-nsoofd title vas found defective.
and:
fourth-A previous application had been
made for The same premises. which WAS
Withdrawn pending . suit In court COM
menoed by the adverss claimant
An application for patent will b rejected
when the survey does not accurately de-
fns the boundaries Of the claim.
Where the claim was not located In 90.
cordancs 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 I'd.
mits.. and embrace them al in one appli.
cation for patent.
Two or more lodes cannot be embraced
In one application for Q patent except for
placer claims embracing two ar more lodes
within their boundaries.
Papers sworn to before any person pur.
porting to act - deputy for tho Register
and Receiver. cannot be recorded - evil
dence.
In al patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries Of . town
site. clause is inserted "excrpting 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 all 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.
Notice must be published ten consecu-
tive weeks in weekly newspapers, and in
daily newspapers sixty days must elapse
between the nrst 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
A. L.. xN H.
without authority Of the Register.
The existence OF salt spring on tract
OF land withdraw 10 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-
posiis Of slate may be entered under the
mining Acts.
ADVERSE CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must 6le Q 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 once hled
cannot be Withdrawn. but become part Of
the record.
When An adverse claim has been hled Il
cannot bs 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 fled In the proper local
ofice during the period Of publication
Of tho application for the patent to DO
elective.
It 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 the United States mail, be
must abide the consequences, should the
delay ensue through misfortune or acoi.
dent. Should the failure to commence
suit be the result Of the corrupt or dishon.
est action Of his attorney. the Interior De-
partment cannot redress the wrong.
An adverse claimant should set forth In
detail the facts upon which be 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 show com.
pliancs with the local laws in recording his
claim and In regard TO expenditures, and
shall Ale copy Of the original notice Of
bis location. and show the nature or extent
Of the conflict alleged.
An allegation Of parties 10 . suit that
they compose the company 10 sufficient.
and they are not required 10 prove that
they are tho original locators or the iden-
tical parties who presented the adverse
claim.
AoRicrLrrRAL on -xrSERAL LANDS.
Where land 10 Of little II any value for
agricultural purposes out 10 essenu,l 70
the proper osveioPment OF tniuIns cisims,
IL should be disposed Of under the mining
Act.
Where lands containing valuable
-.,n.S.l IaxSnstfs N h.en nrI1ded an