Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-10-01
MINING CLAIMS.
Regulations Governing Application. r,,
 Patents

The Secretary of the Interior bas i, sued an important circular to Registars Receivers and Surveyors General with reference to placer claims, amendstor, of the circular of October, 1881 ir which the mining laws were sunma- izel It Is directed against the coDsoE. datioO Of claims in one application lor, patent, and was made necessary by A ds- cision of the Supreme C urt in tie ease oi the St. Louis Smelling and Reipir, Company against Kemp, m winch t was decided that the deIa -tueut isJ authority to allow the consolidation 1t claims In the circular the Sec-a'a-, directs that in the recognition of sr an. plicatiOn for a patent upon a ulars- claim care must be exercised m 5e,s-. mining the classification of the hand q, which end the clearest evidence ,f which the case IS capable must be p--. sented. If the claim be Cf place. ground, that must be statel in the s-- plicatiOn anu cOrrObOrated b, accorr. panying proofs. IT of mixed place.. and lodes, 1t should be SD set out. vi,b q description of all kn VII lodes. .itrst. cd within the boundaries of the clam, "A statute, must be furnished by each lnts to be claimed. All other lodes are Inv the silence of the applicant exclud-i from all claim by him. The Secretsrv calls attention to the clause Of Section 1895, Revised Statutes, which re1ui-s surveyors to note on their field book. the due situation of all mines. salt Gcks salt springs, etc, winch come Co tb-ir knowledge; also all watercourses over which their lands run and the quality of the land.
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 Is to be incorporated n the plat by ,Le Survey or General, and the Seorf-ar, says II these instructions are followed they will furnish a reasonable guide t. the district officers and the claimrlt,ir in prosecuting their applications, but atis that experience has shown that grsu neglect has resulted from iuartru-.rr 70 the law ID this respect, SO that r-gu- lar plats are Of very little value ItWl- therefore, be required in the iUtu-a thai Deputy Surveyors shall, at tar -x.s.,. of the parties, make full eXamuaa.l If all placer claims and duly uJce tl- fact, stating the quality and composite. of the soil, the kind and amount of rr- per and other vegetation, and such other matters as may be proper upon the survey of the claims. TLis exam nation should include the charattsr and extent of all surface and under round working, whether placer or lode. for mining purposes. In addition Co these requirements of the law, the clrtu ar says the deputy should report with reference to the proximity of centres Of trade or residence; also well known sy stems or lOdes or individual lodes. and as to the adaptabihty of the claim for placer mining; whether water has leen brought upon 1t in sufficient quau- titles to mine, or whether it can be provided, and finally, as the work done by or the expenditures made by the claimants. It requires that the deQut, shall report his examinations under lAth to the Surveyor General, a copy tl be furnished with the application for patent to the clam and included n the oath of the applicant The circular also provides that these regulations shall govern all applications for surveys uf lands yet unsurveyed.