Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-07-22
UNITED STATES MINING LAWS.
ssvosMArIoN FOR LoCsroRs
AND OWNERS OF nihEs.
Ap,l,easio.s for Passass-Hsw -
Deal with Csess Lsdss-Tesnsi
Rights Claims
The Lac - Regafd
70 Aliess-kte.
APPLICATION or PATENT,

II - hhA0o-ssys
/ APPLICATION or PATENT.
Where papers have once been fled viii
the Register and Reosivsr. they become
part OF the record, and can neither b
Withdrawn nor returned. but must b
trsnsmitted TO the General Land Once.
An application win be rejected when tht
description Of the premises 10 erronsouI
or insufficient.
Application for patent will b rejected
RYs-The notice was publishsd vithou,
| The knowledge OF the Register.
Sscond-Ths notice wss not published
In Q newspaper designated - publisheo
nearest the CLAIM.
Third-Reoord title va found detective
and:
Fourth-A previous application had been
made for the same premises, which VA
Withdrawn pending suit In court COM
menced BY the adverse claimant.
An application for patent will be rejected
when the survey does not accurately Do
hne the boundaries Of the claim.
Where the claim was not located In 90
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
vhere several parties own undivided In.
teress 10 Q mining claim. all should Join
In an application for patent.
A person or association may purchase -
many placer locations - the local law ad'
mis. and embrace them oil In ono 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.
Pspers sworn to before any person pur.
porting to act a. q 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 all town property. rights upon
the surface. and all houses. buildings.
structures. lots. blocks. streets. alleys. or
othsr 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 hrst and the last insertions.
Where the Register designates the daily
issue Of . newspaper for publication Of
notices Of . mining application for patent,
II 10 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 withdraw 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-
posits Of slate may be entered under the
mining Acts.
ApvERsr CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must nle . separate
and distinct claim against each application
which 10 10 alleged conflicts With the prem.
ises owned by such adverse claimant.
The papers 10 an adverse claim once hled
cannot bs Withdrawn, but become part OF
the record.
When an adverse claim has been alsd II
cannot be amended 90 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 died In the proper local
ofacs during the period Of publication
Of the application for the patent to be
effective.
It is the duty Of the adverse claimant TO
.,.lt tt, f0run wttI.in tba
REQUIRED time, and II he trusts the uncer
tain medium Of the United StAtes mail, he
must abide the consequences. should the
delay ensue through misfortune or acct.
dent. should the failure to commence
suit bo tho 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 he bases his
adverse claim. A abatement In general
terms. embodyiug conclusions Of law.
without stating the facts specially. will not
be considered IN evidence.
An adverse claimant should show com.
pliance with the local laws In recording his
claim and In regard to expenditures. and
shall fle 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 sufieient,
and they arc not required TO prove that
they are the original locators or the iden-
tical parties who presented the adverse
claim.
AoRIcuLIrRAL Oh MINERAL LANDS.
Where land 10 Of little II any value for
agricultural purposes, but 10 essential TO
the proper development OF mining claims.
IL should be disposed OF under the mining
Act.
where lands containing valuable
mineral deposits have been included IN an
agricultural entry. said entry will DO can.
csled 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 tho 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 TO that portion Of the land
embraced BY said mining claim.
Where mineral deposits are discovered
on agricultural lands after tho patent has
been issued to an agricultural claimant.
they pass with tho patent.
Agricultural college scrip cannot be re-
csived In payment for claims.
ALIENS.
A foreigner may make mining location
and dispose Of IL, provided hs becomes .
citizen before iisposing Of the mine. Proof
that the party was not eitisen before dis
posipg Of his claim must bs afirmativsly
Locs.ors and intermediate owners other
than applicants will not be presumed
sIIens In the absence Of allegation or OBJ.
lection prior to issuance Of patent.
tn. ,ortion Of a mining claim sold 70