Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-09-11
U. S. MINING LAWS.
Information fer Owaer. aE3 1oeaioTS cr Miue apriic; i!oEs fe- Patents
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 Where papers have once bean filed with the Register and RecoiyCr, they become a part of the record, and cen
 neither be v-ithdra su liar re5uled, o;,t must be transmitted r0 fi.9 General Land | Office.
 An application wiH he rciee.ed when
 the description of the --criise. ia err0- | neous Or insuHi-ielt.
 Application for pa5en. viIi he rejected | because:
 ! Firs5-fhc notice was published -7 .l- 1 out the knowledge of the Be-'ster. ! SecOnd-Ihe notice was 1v- published | in newspaper des-gna1ed ss published : nearest the claim.
 Third-Reccrd title was found deioc- | tive, and:
 ] Fourth a previous applcs-i1n had 1 been made for the same premise, which was withdrawn pending ssit in court | commented by the adverse ciaimanl. | An application for patent VII be re- ! iected when the survey does not accu- | rately define the boundaries of the claim. Where the claim was not located in ! accordance with law.
 Where several parties own separate and distinct portions of a clam, aEpiics- | tiOn fer patent may be made by either | for that portion cf the claim owned by
 him; but where several parties own un-
 divided interests in a mining claim, au
 should join in am application for patent.
 A person or association may purchase
 as many placer locations as tle local law
 admits, and embrace them all in one ap- pEcation for a patent.
 Two or more lode5 cannot 6ecmbraced
 in one application for a patent except
 for two or more lcdas Witi.in their bonn daries
 Papers sworn to before any person purp0rting to act Gs a dspgty for the Register and Receiver, cannot be re- corded as evidence.
 In all patents for mining claims s.-iI- ated vithiu the interior boundaries of tOwiisitc, a clause is inserted " excepting and excluding all town property, rights upon the surface, and ail houses, 5uild- incs structures, lots, blocks, streets, ai- leys, or other municipal imprJvl lEenls no. belonging to tine grantee hcre.u, aad all rights necessary or proper Co tae 0o- cupation, possession and enioyn szf oi the same
 Publication Oi notice must be ma, D only one newspaper for the perio0 of sixty days. --e.
 Notice nus -s -.... ,,--- ,.,---l5Iicd ten eonsec- .I...ll--steks in weekly newspapers, and . n daily newspapers sixty days must elapse between the first and the last iu- sertiOus.
 Where the Register dcsima;es the daily issue Oi a paper for publication Ci notices of q mining application for pal- ept, it is not a compliance with law 5o change to the weekly edition oi tle same paper without authority of the Register.
 The existence oi sJlt spring 0u a tract Jf land wichdraws 1t from iae or- eratiou Of the homestead and p1e-cur- ton laws. \ hearing for the purpose ot proving the agricultural character oi ! such land is not allowed. Land csntair- ing valuable deposits of slate may le eu- tered under the mining Acts.
 ADVERSE CLAIMS
 Adverse claimants must fife a separate and distinct claim against each applicg- tion which it is alleged conflicts vi-b tLe premises owned by such adverse claim ant.
 The papers in 0H adverse claim once filed cannot be withdrawn, 1ut bee. me a part of the record
 When an adverse claim has been filed it cannot be amended 80 as Co embrace a larger portion of the premises tlau t.-t described in the original adverse clam.
 An adverse claim must be mato oIr iu , proper form and filed in the prope- local office during tEe period of publication of the application for the patent to be 
 IT Is the duty of the adverse claimant ] to commence sUit in proper form within n N.s. medium of the United States ; mail, be must abide the consequences, should the delay eusue through mis- fortune or accident Should the failure , to commence suit be the result O. the corrupt or dishonest action of his at- tOrney, tue Interior Department can not redress the wrong.
 An adverse claimant should set forth in detail the facts upon which he bases his adverse claim. \ statement in gen eral terms, embodying conclusions oi law, without stating the facts specially, will not be considered iu evidence.
 An adverse claimant should show c. with the local laws in record ing his claim and in regard to eXpcud.- .ure5, and shall file @ copy of t-e br-gI- lal notice of his location, and show the nature or extent of the conflict alleged
 An allegation of parties to suit that -LCy compose the company j. sufficient, lud they are not required to prove chat they are the original lcgata-s COP 5le parties who presented Che li- verse ciaim.
 .Cki,UITUBAL oE SiiSEI4- HANDS,
 Wher, land is of little ii any v.lue for agricultural purposes, but is essential .o IT.. Hf.f it should Ice disposed oi u-C"r the mig- ng Act.
 Where lands containing valuable min srai deposits have been included in an lgricultaral entry, said entry will he cancelled at any 5ime prior to issuance )f patent, upon satisfactory evidence ni the existence of such valuable deposits
 Where valuable deposits ct mineral are discovered upon a tract af,e- the same has been entered as agricultural put before patent has been issued, the parties claiming the mIre may make ap- pication for patent for same. and tEc agricultural entry Will le cancelled to that portion of the land embraced by said mining claim
 Where mineral deposits ere GiscOv- ] cred Oh agricultural lands after the )5tent has been issued to an agricultural they pass with tEc patent.
 Agricultural colicce scrip cau not bc in payment for ciaims.
 ALIE>s.
 4 foreigner may make 8 Uiun- locs- ion and dispose of it, provided Dc be- comes a citizen before disFosiue Cf tie nine Proof that the party was not , citizen before disposiu- o. his clam must hc aEirmatiyeiy shown.
 Locators and iItcrmediase owners other than applicants Will not he pre- sumed aliens in leabsencc ci aliaga tion or objection prior to issuance Of patent.
 The portion oi a E..niuc claim sold Go an alien cannot 1e patented while such owner is an alien, h,it au his declaration To become a citizen, his sialt dates heck io lis purchase, and lac may tlereUpan secure United States patent for his claim.
 CROSS LEDGEs.
 Revised Statutes. Section 2,&i
 Where two or more lodges cross or in- tersect each other. priority of title shall govern. and such prior location shall