Weekly Phoenix herald., 1882-11-10

C. S. SURVEYOR GENERALS OF !
FIcE, TUcsoS, A. T., nov. 6, 1882.
Section 1890, U. 5. Revised Stat
utes is as follows::.
aMining claims upon veins or
lodes of quar'z 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, regulations
and laws in force at the date of their
location. A mining claim located
after the tenth day of May, eigh' n
hundred and seventy-two, whether
located by one or more persons, may
equal, but shall MT exceed one thou
sand five hundred ieet in ZENITH
along the vein or lode; oft no loca-
ton of a mining claim shall be
made until tie discovery of the vein
or lode within the limits cf the
claim located. No claim shall ell
tend more than three hundred feet
on each side of the middle of the
vein at the surface, nor shall any
claim be limited by any mining reg
ulaiion To less than twenty-five f7et
On each side of the middle of the
vein a; the surface, except where adj
verse rights existing on the tenth
day of May, eighteen hundred and
seventy-two, render uch limitation
necessary. The end line of each
claim shall he parallel to each Other.
AID section 10 OF the Land Office
Fl regulations reads:
1.Tith regard to the extent of sur
face ground adjoining vein or lode
mi claimed for the convenient
working thereof, the revised statutes
provide that the lateral extent Of 10
cations of veins or lodes made after
MAY 10th. 1872, shall in no case ex-
iced more than thee hundred feet
III each side of the middle OF
e vein at The surface, and
at no such surface rights. shall
limited by any mining regula-
ans to less than twenty-five feet on
ach side of the middle of the vein
t the surface, except when adverse
Fights existing on the 10th OF May,
BIZ, may render such Initial on
Necessary the end lines of such
.laim5 to be in all cases parallel to
ach other Said lateral neasur-
/ lnents cannot extend beyond three
hundred feet on eiIhei side of the
middle of the vein at the surface, or
such distance as is allowed by local
laws. For example: Four hun
drei feet caunot bs taken on oas
side and 200 Feet on the other. If,
however, 200 feet on each side are
allowed, and by reason of prior
claims, but 100 feet can be taken on
one de, the locator will not BE- re-
stricted to less than 80 feet on the
. other side; and when III e locator
does not determine by exploration
where the middle of the vein at the
surface is, his discovery shaft must
be assumed 10 mark such point"
The General Land Office requires
strics observance IF its construction
OF the law, as given in section 10 al
ready quoted, and the rule is bin J.
ing no les, upon this ofice, than up |
On al claimants to mineral lands.
Parties desiring official survey of
their Claims, prior to making appll-
cation for patent, would do well to
acqGa:nt themselves with the lAw
and regulations, previous to making
applications for survey, for no sur
yey Of a lcde mineral claim will be
approved by this Office which does
not show a compliance with the pro-
visions of law and regulations given
asSve, and is not, III other respects
correct
Surveys returned to this office
which do not fulfill the above re-
qu3remxn's, are disapprovcd and
transmit. d claimants with state
meat of the reasons for disapproval;
aud unless addition devc pment be
made BIZ them, disclosing ihs vein
in the required position, the survey ]
must be amended by or!cr of this
Office and at request of claimant, so
that the lateral MEASUREMENTS may
not exceed the length allowei by
law, on either si]e of the middle of
the vein at the surface. This Office
Is allowed no discretion il the above ,
MATTERS, and applicants for survey
n ould save thcms Ives delay AMI ex-
ira expense, and reliev. this office of
muck annoyance ty dev Looping The ,
FeIn in the req nir-dl position before .
application for survey, or by
excluding from their surveys any
|xeess o! the surface grouad allowed
By Law on either size of the middle
If the vein at the surface, il all cas-
IS W ere the vein i. discl ,scd in the
proper position within the location.
]. w. Robbins, q
Us surveyor General. O
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