Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1882-02-18

i cordance with law.
Where several parties own separate and
distinct portions Of claim, application
for patent may be made by either for thai
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 ai
many placer locations as the local law ad'
miis, 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 rs deputy for the Register
and Receiver. cannot DO recorded ~ evil
dence.
In all patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries OF town
site. q clause 10 inserted excepting and
excluding all town property. rights upon
tho 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 tho occupation, pos.
session and enjoyment Of the same"
Publication Of notice must be mado In
only one newspaper for the period OF sixty
| days.
Notice must bo published ten consecu.
tive weeks in weekly newspapers, and In
daily newspapers sixty days must eiapse
between the trst and the last insertions.
Where the Register designates the daily
issue Of . newspaper for publication oi
notices Of mining application for patent,
IL is not compliance with law to change
to the weekly edition Of the samo paper
without authority Of the Register.
The existence Of . salt spring on tract
Of land withdrsws II from the operation oi
the homestead and pre-emption laws. A
hearing for the purpose Of proving the
agricultural character Of such land is not
allowed. Land containing valuable de-
posits Of slate may be entered under the
mining Acts.
ADVERSE CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must die . separate
and distinct claim against each application
which il is 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cannot be withdrawn, but become .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 hled IL
larger portion Of the premises than that
described in tho original adverse claim.
An adverse claim must be made out In
proper form and aled in the proper local
Office during the period Of publication
Of the application for the patent to be
| effective.
It is the duty Of the adverse claimant to
commence suit in proper form within the
required time. and II he trusts tho uncer.
tain medium Of the United States mail. he
must abide the consequences. should the
delay ensue through misfortune or acci.
dent. should the failure to commence
suit bo the 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 he bases his
adverse claim. A statement In general
terms. embodying conclusions OF law.
without stating the facts specially, will not
DO 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 file copy of the original notice OF
| his location, and show tho nature or extent
Of the conflict alleged.
An allegation Of parties to . suit that
they compose tho company Ia sufficient,
and they are not required to prove that
they arc the original locators or the idon'
tical parties who presented the adverse
claim.
AGRICULTURAL on MINERAL LANDS.
Where land il Of little II any value for
agricultural purposes, but Is essential ~
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 be can.
celed at any time pricr to issuance oil
patent, upon satisfactory evidence OF the
existence OF such valuable deposits.
Whore valuable deposits Of mineral are
discovered upon tract after the same has
been entered ~ agricultural. but before
patent has been issued. the parties claims
| ing tho mine may make application Tor
patent for same, and the agricultural entry
will be cancelled to that portion OF the land
embraced by said mining claim.
| Where msneral deposits are discovered
on agricultural lands after tho patent has
been issued to an agricultural claimant,
they pass with the patent.
Agricultural college scrip cannot be 70
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 bs afhrmanveiy
| shown.
Locators and intermediate owners other
than applicants will not DO presumed
aliens in the absence OF alieganon or oo-
lection prior to issuance Of patent.
The portion Of . mining claim sold TO
an alien cannot bo patented while suen
owner Is an alien; but on his declaration
to become q citizen, his right dates back
TO his purchase, and he may thereupon
secure United States patent for his claim.
cross LEpoEs:
Revised Statutes. Section 2S56.
Where two or more lodges cross or inter-
sect each other. priority Of title shall gov
ern. and such prior location shall DO enu'
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
| mine. And where two or more veins unite,
the Oldest or prior location shall take the
/ win bslow the point Of union, including
I'll the space Of intsrssston.