The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-12-09
MINING LAWS.

ATlZOHd, covers SOillS VI tIic uOuDl-
ful points in regard to the bounda-
rics of mineral claims and other
matters.
L. $. SURVEYOR GENERALS OFFICE,
Tucson, A. T., Nov. 6, 1882.
Section $500, U. s. Revised |
Statutes, is as follows:
Mining claims upon veins or
lodes of quartz or other rock in
place bearing gold, silver, cinnabar,
lead, tin, copper, or other valuable
deposits, heretofore located, shall
be governed as to length along the
vein or lode by The customs, rogula-
tons and laws in force at the date
Of their location. 4 mining claim
located after the 10Th day of May,
1872, whether located by one or
more persons, may equal but shall
not exceed, 1900 feet in length IL
long the vein or lode; but no loca-
ton Of 4 mining claim shall be
made until the discovery of the
vein or lode within the limits oil
the claim located. No claim shall
extend more than 800 feet on each
side Of the middle Of the vein at the
surface, nor shall any claim bo tim
tied by any mining regulations to
less than twenty-five feet on each
side of the middle Of the vein at
the surface, except where adverse
rights, existing on the 10th day Of
May, 1872, render such limitations
necessary. The end lines Of each
claim shall be parallel to each
other.
And Section 10 of the Land Of
fee regulations reads:
With regard to the extent of sur
face ground adjoining a vein or
lode, and claimed for the conven-
lent working thereof, the Revised
Statues provide that the lateral ex-
tent of location of veins OF lodes
made after May 10th 1872, shall in
no case exceed 800 feet on each
side Of the middle of the vein at the
surface and that no such surface
rights shall be limited by any min
ing regulations to less than twenty
five feet on each side Of the middle
Of the vein at the surface, except
where adverse rights existing on
the 10th Of May, 1872, may render
such limitations necessary ; the end
lines of such claims 10 be in all
cases parallel to each other. Said
lateral measurements cannot extend
beyond 800 feet on either side of
! the middle OF the vein at the sur
| face, or such distance rs is allowed
! by local laws. For example, 400
feet cannot be taken on one side
ana 200 on the other. If, however
800 feet on each side are allowed,
and by reason Of prior claims but
100 feet can be taken on one side,
the locator viii not be restricted to
- less than 800 fecton the other side;
q and when the locator does not dc
termine by exploration where the
e. middle ofthe vein at the surface is,
his discovery shaft must be assum-
med to mark such point.
The General Land Office requires
a strict observance of its constyuc
ton of the law, as given in section
? 10, already quoted, and the rule is
binding no less upon this office
than upon the claimants to miner
J al lands.
. Parties desiring to have oflicia
p surveys Of their claims prior Il
J making application for patent
would do well to acquaint them
selves with the law and regulation.
prior to making application for sur
o yey for no survey Of lode min
9 ing claim viii be approved by thii
| Office which does not show a com
pliance with the provisions of Law
! and regulations given above, and il
not in other respects correct.
= Surveys returned to this offic,
which do not fulfill the above re