Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1882-04-04
APPLICATION or PATENT.

cordance 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
whero several parties own undivided In
terests in mining claim, all should Join
In an application for . patent.
A person or association may purchase a.
many placer locations - the local law ad'
mits. and embrace them all In one 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 TO act a. deputy for tho Register
and Receiver, cannot be recorded as evil
dence. :.
In all patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries OF . town
site, q clause is 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, poe.
session and enjoyment of'the same"
Publication Of notice must DO 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 elapse
between the tirst and the last insertions.
Where the Register designates the daily
issue Of y newspaper for publication of
notices Of . mining application for patent,
IL is not compliance with law to change
to the weekly edition Of tho same paper
without authority Of the Register.
Tho existence Of salt spring on tract
OF land withdraws IL from the operation OF
the homestead aud pre-emption laws. A
hearing for tho purpose Of proving the
agricultural character Of such land Is not
allowed. Land containing valuable do
posits Of slate may DO entered under the
mining Aets.
ADVERSE CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must file . separate
and distinct claim against each application
which IL Ia alleged conflicts With the prem
ises owned by such adverse claimant.
The papers 10 an adverse claim once MED
cannot be withdrawn. but become partof
the record.
When an adverse claim has been aled IL
cannot be amended 20 a. TO embrace
larger portion Of the premises than that
described in the original adverse claim.
An adverse claim must be made out In
proper form and filed In the proper local
Office during tho period Of publication
Of the application Tor the patent to be
effective.
II il tho 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 tho consequences. should the
delay ensue through misfortune or aeci.
dent. should the failure to commence
suit DO the result Of the corrupt or dishon.
est action Of his attorney, the Interior De-
partment cannot redress tho wrong.
An adverse claimant should set forth In
detail the facts upon which he bases his
adverse claim. A statement Ia 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 aud In regard TO expenditures, and
shall file copy Of the original notice Of
his location. aud show the nature or extent
Of the conflict alleged.
An allegation Of parties to o suit that
they compose the company 10 sufficient,
and they are not required TO prove that
they are the original iocators or the iden-
ticai parties who presented the adverse
claim.
AGRICULTURAL Oh MINERAL LANDS.
Where land 10 Of little II any value for
agricultural purposes. but is essential ~
the proper development Of mining claims,
1t should be disposed OF under the mining
Act.
Where lands containing valuable
mineral deposits have been included in an
agricultural entry. said entry will DO can.
celed at any time prior to issuance OF
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
VIII Do CAuCclou w tuet PohhoA Va s&sS 1880
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 be re-
ceived in payment for claims.
ALIENS.
A foreigner may make mining location
and dispose Of IL, provided he becomes .
citizen before iisposing Of the mine. Proof
that the party was not citizen before dis
posing OF his claim must be afirmatively
shown.
Locstors and intermediate owners other
than applicants will not be presumed
aliens in the absence OF allegation or OBJ
lection prior to issuance Of patent.
The portion Of . mining claim sold to
an alien cannot be patented while such
owner IL an alien but on his declaration
to become citizen, his right dates back
TO his purchase, and he may therenpon
secure United States patent for his ciaim'
Cross LEp0Es.
Revised Statutes. Section 1885.
Where two or more lodges cross or inter-
sect each other. priority Of title shall gov.
ern. and such prior location shall be enti-
tied to all ore or mineral contained within
the space Of intersection. but the subse-
queut location shall have the right Of way
through the space Of intersection for the
purpose Of the convenient working Of the