Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-09-16
UNITED STATES MINING Laws.
aNFOsMArION FOR LOcAroRs
AND OWNIRs OF AinEs.
Ap,,,e.sie.s fer Passass-Hew -
Deal with Gees Lsaes-Tessss
Rishss -Advssss Claims
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APPLICATION or PATENT.

part OF the record. and oan neither b<
vithdravn nor returned. bot must bt
transmitted TO the General Land Onioe.
An application will be rejected when the
description Of the premises 10 erroneosi
Application for ps.sn. will bs rejected
because:
First-The notice was published without
the knowledge Of the Register.
Second-The notice was not Published
In . newspaper designAtsd % published
nearest the CLAIM.
Third-tecord title Was found detective
and:
Pourth-A previous application had bean
made for the ssuc premises, which Wa
sithdrawn pending . suit In court COM
menced BY the adverye claimant.
An application for patent will be rejected
when the survey doss not accurately de-
Ane tbs boundaries OF ths claim.
Where the claim Was not located In 90
cordance with law.
Where several parties own separate and
distinct portions Of claim, application
tor patent may be made BY either for that
portion OF the claim owned BY him; bu,
where several parties own undivided In
terssts In mining claim. all should Join
In an application for . patent.
A person or association may purchase q
many placer locations - the local law I'd.
misl, and embrace them all In ono sppli-
cation for . patent. ....
Two or more lodss cannot be embraced
In ono application for . patent except for
placer claims embracing TWO or more iodes
within their boundaries.
Papers sworn to before any person pur-
porting to act as deputy for the Register
and Receiver. cannot be recorded ~ evi-
dence.
In all patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries Of . town
sits, Q clause 10 inserted "excepting 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. .aI
Notice must be published ten consecu.
tive weeks In weekly newspapers, and In
daily newspapers sixty days must elApse
between tho drst and the last insertions.
Where the Register desiguates the daily
Issue Of . newspaper for publication OF
notices Of . mining application Tor patent
10 IL not = compliance with law to change
to tho weekly edition OF the same paper
without authority OF the Register.
The existence OF salt spring on tract
Of land withdraws Il from the operation Of
the homestead and prescription laws. A
hearing for the purpose Of proving the
agricultural character OF such land 10 not
allowed. Land containing valuable do
posits Of slate may DO entered under the
mining Acts.
ADVERSE CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must dle Q separate
and distinct claim against each application
which 10 is alleged conflicts with tue prem.
ises owned by such adverse claimant.
The papers In an adverse claim once dled
cannot be Withdrawn. but become . part OF
the record.
When an adverse claim has been hled II
cannot be amended 20 - 70 embrace 4
larger portion Of the premises than that
described in the original adverse claim.
AQ 1QN0Iu0 ClnlnA mum w Lheao Wv 80
proper form and filed in the proper local
Office during the period OF publication
VI the application for the patent to b.
effective.
1t 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 ensuc through misfortune or scci'
dent. should the failure TO commences
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 ho bases his
adverse clam. 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
plisncs with the local laws In recording his
claim and In regard 70 expenditures, and
shall die copy Of the original notice oi
his location. aud show the nature or extent
of the conflict alleged.
An allegation VI parties to . suit that
they composs the company IL sufficient
ana they are not required to prove tha,
they ars the original locators or the iden.
tical parties VINO presented the adverse
claim.
AaRIcuLruRAL 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 au
agricultural entry. said entry will be can.
celed at any time pricr to issuance oi
patent. upon satisfactory evidence OF the
.xistsncs 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. tho parties claim
ing the mine may make application Tor
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 the patent bal
been issued to an agricultural claimant
they psss with the patent.
Agricultural college scrip cannot be re-
ceivsd in payment for claims.
ALIENS.
A foreigner may make mining location
and dispose Of IL. provided be becomes
citizen before iisposing Of the mine. Proc
that the party wAs not . citizen before dis
posing Of his claim must bs afirmativsl,
shown.
Locators and intermediate owners othel
than applicants will not be presumed
aliens In the absence Of allegation or Oh
lection prior 70 issuance Of patent.
The portion Of . mining claim sold y
an alien cannot be patented while sucf
owner 10 an alien; but on bis declaration
70 become Q citizen. his right dates bacl
| 70 his purchase. and he may thereupor
secure United States patent for his claim
Cross LrDoEs.
Revised Statutes. Section 2sS6.
Where two or more ledges cross or inter
sec, each other. priority Of uus shali gov
ern, and such prior location shall DO emu
lied 70 all ore or mineral contained witnii
| The space Of intersection. but the :uose
| or.nt loca tion ahall have the right OF VA