Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1882-01-13
UNITED STATES MINING LAWS.
,.vopmArIoN FOR L0cAToRs
AND OWNERS OF HINES.
Applieasioss for Passuts-How %
Deal with Csess Lodes-Tunnsi
Rishss-Adyerss Claims
The LaW - Regard
% Aliena-Eto.
APPLICATION OF PATENT

60 Alisss-Kss.
APPLICATION OF PATENT.
Whore papers have once been nled with
the Register and Receiver. they become
part Of the record. and can neither be
Withdrawn nor returned. but must be
transmitted to tho General Land Once.
An application will be rejected when the
description Of the premises Is erroneous
or insufficient.
Application for patent will bs rejected
because:
the knowledge Of the Register.
Second-Tho notice WAS not pubiisned
In . newspaper designated a. published
nearest the CLAIM.
Third-RecOrd title was found defective,
and:
Fourth-A previous application had been
made for the same premises, which was
withdrawn pending . suit in court COM
menced BY the adverse claimant.
An application for patent will be rejected
when the survey does not accurately de-
fine the boundaries Of the claim.
Where the claim was not located In &C.
cordance with law.
Where several parties own separate and
distinct portions Of Q claim, application
for patent may be made by either Tor that
portion OF tho 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 a.
many placer locations a. the local law ad-
mits, and embrace them all In one sppli-
cation for . patent. .
Two or more lodes cannot be embraced
in one application for . patent except Tor
placer claims embracing two or more lodes
within their boundaries.
Papers sworn to before any person pur.
porting to act as . deputy for the Register
and Receiver, cannot be recorded a. evil
dence.
In all patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries OF . town
site. clause 10 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 tho 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 trst and tho last insertions.
Where the Register designates the daily
issue Of . newspaper for publication Of
notices Of 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 Q salt spring on tract
Of land withdraws 10 from the operation of
the homestead and pro-emptiou 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 file . separate
and distinct claim against each application
which 10 IL alleged conflicts With the prem
ises owned by such adverse claimant.
The papers In an adverse claim once hled
cannot bs withdrawn, but become partof
the record.
When an adverse claim has been fled 1t
cannot bs 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 hled In the proper local
Office during the period Of publication
Of the application for tho patent to DO
effective.
Il il the duty Of the adverse claimant TO
commence suit in proper form within the
required time, and IL he trusts the uncer.
tain medium OF the United States mail, he
must abide the consequences. should the
delay ensuo through misfortune or acci.
dent. Should the failure to commence
suit be the result Of the corrupt or dishon'
est action Of his attorney, the Interior De-
partmeut cannot redress the wrong.
An adverse claimant should set forth In
detail the facts upon which he bases his
adverse claim. A statement 10 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 file . copy Of the original notice OF
his location, aud show the nature or extent
Of the conflict alleged.
An allegation Of parties to suit that
they compose the company 10 sufficient,
and they arc not required TO prove that
they are the original iocators or the iden-
tical parties who presented the adverse
claim.
Aon1crLrunAL ON MINERAL LANDS.
Where land 10 Of little II any value for
agricultural purposes, but 10 essential e.
tho proper development Of mining claims,
Il should be disposed Of under the mining
Act.
Where lands containing valuable
mineral deposits have been included In an
agricultural entry, said entry will be 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 arc
discovered upon tract after the same has
been entered as agricultural. but before
patent has been issued, the parties claim.
ing the mine may make application Tor
patent for same. aud the agricultural entry
will be cancelled to 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 be TO
ceived In payment for claims.
ALIENS.
A foreigner may make mining location
and dispose Of IL, provided be becomes q
citizen before iisposing OF the mine. Proo'
that the party was not citizen before DIS
posing Of his claim must be aftrmaaveiy
Locstors and intermediate owners other
than Applicants will not be presumed
.Ii.,. a. ,hs .bsence OF allegation or OBJ