Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-08-25
UNITED STATES MINING LAWS.
,.vosuArIoN rOR LOCATIONS
AND oWNERs Of nlnEs.
Applseasisss fer Passsss-Hsw -
Deal with Gees Lsdes-Tasnsl
Bishss-Advesss Claims
The Lac - Regard
- Alieas-ets.
APPLICATION OF PATENT.

or insufficient.
Application for patent will be rejsoses
because:
First-The notice was publishsd withou
the knowledge Of the Register.
SeoondAThe notice Wa not publishet
In . newspaper designatsd ~ publishes
nearest the CLAIM.
Third-Record title was found defective
and:
Pourth-A previous application had beer
made for the same premises. which VA
Withdrawn pending . suit In court com
menced BY the adverse claimant.
An application for patent will be relecte<
when the survey does not accurately DO
fine the boundaries Of the claim.
Where the claim was not located In 20
cordsnoe with law.
Where several parties own separate ant
Distinct portions Of . claim. application
for patsnt may be made By either for ths
portion Of tho claim owned by him; bu
where several parties own undivided In
terests in Q mining claim. all should Ioir
In an application for patent.
A person or association may purchase q
many placer locations - tho local law I'd
mits. and embrace them all In ono appli
cation for . patent.
Two or more lodes cannot be embraced
In ono application for . patent except fol
placer claims embracing two or more lodei
within their boundaries.
Papers sworn to before any person pur'
porting to act as deputy for the Register
and Receiver. cannot be recorded as 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 houses, buildings,
structures. lots, blocks. streets. alleys. OF
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 elapst
between the drst and the last insertions.
Where the Register designates the daily
issue Of . newspaper for publication ol
notices Of mining application for patent
10 10 not compliance with law to change
to the weekly edition Of the same paper
without authority Of the Register.
Tho existence Of salt spring on tract
Of land withdraws 1t from the operation oi
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.
ADVERSE CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must ale . separate
and distinct claim against each application
which IL IL alleged conflicts with the prem
isss owned BY such adverse claimant.
The papers 10 an adverse claim once fled
cannot be withdrawn, but become . part OF
the record.
When an adverse claim has been fled II
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
ofice during tho period Of publication
Of the application FOR the patent to be
effective.
It is the duty Of the adverse claimant 10
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 acci.
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 tho facts upon which he 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
pliance with the local laws In recording bis
claim and In regard 70 expenditures, and
shall ale copy Of the original notice oi
his location. aud show the nature or extent
Of the conflict alleged.
An allegation Of parties to suit thai
they compose the company is sufficient
and they are not required TO prove thai
they are the original locstors or the iden'
tical parties who presented the adverse
claim.
AoRIcuLrrRAL Oh MINERAL LANDS.
Where land 10 Of little II any value for
agricultural purposes. but 10 essential 70
the proper development Of mining claims
IL should be disposed Of under the mining
Act.
Whore lands containing valuable
mineral deposits have been included In 90
agricultural entry. said entry will be can
celed at any time prior to issuance oi
patent, upon satisfactory evidence OF the
existence Of such valuable deposits.
Where valuable deposits Of mineral are
discovered upon tract after the same ha'
been entered a. agricultural, but before
patent has been issued. the parties claim
ing tho mine may make application foi
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 hai
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
Auo uisPoso VI i1 PtoNtueu no ooSones
citizen before iisposing Of the mine. Proc
that the party Vas not citizen before dis
posing Of his claim must be afirmatively
shown.
Locstors and intermediate owners othsl
than applicants will not be presumet
aliens in the absence Of allegation or OBJ
lection prior 70 issuance Of patent.
Tho portion Of . mining claim sold Il
an alien cannot DO patented while such
owner IL an alien but on his declaration
to become Q citizen. his right dates baol
TO his purchase. and he may thereupor
secure United States patent for his claim
cRoss LKD0Es.
Revised Statutes. Section 2336.
Where two or moro lodges cross or inter
sect each other. priority Of title shall gov
ern. and such prior location shall be enti
lied to all orc or mineral contained withir
the space Of intersection. bot the subse
queut location shall have the right Of waJ
through the space Of intersectton for th'
purpose Of ths convenient working Of ths
mine. And where two or more veins units
the oldest or prior location shall tsks IN
ysin bslow the point d union, including
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