Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-08-18
UNITED STATES MINING LAWS.
asFoaMArI0N POE LocaroRs
AND OWNERS OF nlnks.
Applieasiess fer Passats-Hew %
Deal with Csess Lsdes-Tuansl
Bishss-Advsrss CisiAs-
The Lac n Bsgsrd
- Alisns-kt4.
APPLICATION or PATENT.

- Alisss-kts.
APPLICATION OF PATENT.
whsre papers have once been filed with
/ the Register and Receiver. they become
part Of the record. and can neither be
1 Withdrawn nor returned. bat must b
/ transmitted TO the General Land Ofioe.
An application will be rejected when the
description Of the premises IL erronsos'
/ or insufficient.
Application for patent will bs rejected
because:
Pirst-The notice was published without
the knowledge OF the Register.
Second-The notice was not published
In . newspaper designated - published
nearest tho clam.
Third-Rooord title was found defective
and:
Fourth-A previous application bad been
made for tho Same premises. which Was
Withdrawn pending . suit In court COM
mepced by The adverse claimant.
An application for patent will 30 rejected
when the survey doss not accurately de-
| hne the boundaries Of tho claim.
Where tho claim was not located In &C.
oordanoe 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
where several parties own undivided In.
terests In mining claim. all should Join
In an application for . patent.
A person or association may purchase -
many placer locations ~ the local law sd.
mis. and embrace them all In ono appli-
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 70 sot - deputy for the Register
and Receiver. oannot be recorded a. evi-
denos.
In all patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries OF town
sits. clause Ia 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.
Notice must be published ten oonsecu-
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 Q mining application for patent,
10 is 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 withdraws 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.
ADVERSE CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must Ale . separate
and distinct claim against each application
which 1t IL alleged conflicts with the prem
ises owned BY such adverse claimant.
The papers In an adverse claim once filed
cannot be Withdrawn, but become = part OF
the record.
When an adverse claim has been filed II
cannot be amended 90 - 10 embrace .
larger portion Of the premises than that
described In the original adverse claim.
An adverse claim must bs made out In
proper form and dled In the proper local
once during the period Of publication
Of the application for the patent to be
effective.
II 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. he
must abide the consequences, should the
delay ensue through misfortune or acci.
dent. Should tho failure TO commence
suit be 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 tho facts upon which be 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 his
claim and In regard to expenditures. and
shall fle Q copy Of the Original notice Of
his location, aud show the nature or extent
Of the conflict alleged.
An allegation Of parties 70 . suit that
they compose the company 10 sufficient,
and they are not required to prove that
they are the original locators or the iden-
tical parties who presented tho adverse
claim.
AoRicrLruRAL 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.
Whero lands containing valuable
mineral deposits have been included In an
agricultural entry. said entry will DO can.
celed at any time prior 70 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 has
been entered a. agricultural. but before
patent has been issued. the parties claim.
| ing the mine may make application for
patent for same, and the Agricultural entry
will be cancelled 10 that portion OF the land
embraced by said mining claim.
Where mineral deposits are discovered
on agricultural lands after the patent has
been issued to an agricultural claimant,
they pass with the patent.
Agricultural college scrip cannot DO 70
ceived in payment for claims.
| ALIENS.
A foreigner may mako . mining location
and dispose Of IL. provided he becomes
citizen before iisposing Of the mine. Prool
that the party Was not . citizen before dis
posing Of his claim must be amrmanveiJ
shown.
Locstors and intermediate owners othel
than applicants will not oe presumse
aliens In the absence OF allegation or Cd
lection prior 70 issuance Of patent.
The r.ortion Of 4 mining claim sold x