Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-07-16
UNITED STATES MINING. LAWS.
IMPORTATION FOE LOCsToRs
And OWNERS OF nlnEs.
AppIieatiens fer Patsnts-How .
Deal with Csoss Lsdss-Tusnsi
Rights Claims
The Law ln Regard
% A11eas-kte.
APPLICATION or PATENT.

Where papers have once been dled Will
the Register and Receiver. they become
part Of the record, and can neither b
Withdrawn nor returned, bat must b
transmitted to the General Land 0Goe.
An application will be rejected when th'
description ot the premises II erronsoui
or insufficient.
Application for patent will be rejected
because:
First-Tte notice was published without
the knowledge OF the Register.
Seoond-The notice was not published
In . newspaper dssignstsd - published
nearest the claim
Third-Rsoord title Was found detective,
and:
Fourth-A previous application had been
made for the same premises, which was
Withdrawn pending 9 suit In court com.
menced BY the adverse claimant.
An application for patent will be rejected
when the survey does not accurately de-
hpe the boundaries OF the claim.
Where the claim was not located In 90
oordanoe with law.
Where several prties 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.
terests In . mining claim. all should Join
In an application for Q patent.
A person or association may purchase -
many placer locations - the local Law ID.
mits, and embrace them oil 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.
dsnoe.
In all patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries OF Q town
site. clause 10 inserted excepting and
excluding oil town property, rights upon
the surface. and all houses. buildings,
structures. lots. blocks. streets. alleys, or
other municipal Improvements not belong.
ing to tho 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 oonseou.
tive weeks In weekly nswspspers, and in
daily newspapers sixty days must slapse
between the hrst and the last insertions.
Where the Register designates the daily
issue Of . Newspaper for publication OF
notices Of mining application for patsnt,
IL 10 not compliance with law to change
TO the weekly edition Of the ssme paper
without authority Of the Register.
Ths existence Of salt spring on tract
Of land withdraws II from the operation Of
the homestead and prescription laws. A
hearing for the purpose Of proving the
agricultural character Of suoh land 10 not
allowed. Land containing valuable de-
posits Of slate may be entered under the
mining Acts.
ADvrRsE CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must die . separate
and distinct claim sgsinst 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 died Il
cannot be amended 90 a. to embrace Q
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
oiioe 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 ensue through misfortune or scci.
dent. Should the failure to commence
suit be the result Of the corrupt or dishon.
est action Of his attorney, the Interior Do.
partment 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.
pljsncs with the local laws in recording his
claim and In regard to expenditures, and
shall hls copy Of the original notice Of
bis location, aud show the nature or extent
Of the CONFLICT alleged.
An allegation Of parties to . suit that
they compose the company 10 sufaoient,
and they are not required TO prove that
they are the original looators or the iden.
ticsl parties who presented the adverse
claim.
AoRIcuLTuRAL Oh MrNKRAL LANDS.
Where land 10 OF little II any value for
agricultural purposes, but 10 essential to
the proper development Of mining claims.
II 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.
oeled at any time prior 10 issuance Of
patent, upon satisfsctory 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 tho mine may make application for
patent for same. and the agricultural entry
will bs cancelled to that portion Of the land
embraced by said mining claim.
Where mineral deposits are discovered
on agricultural lands after the patent has
hean isanad IN an s0ricnlfnral claimant.