Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1882-03-04
UNITED STATES MINING LAWS.
,sroRnArIoN FOR LOCATORs
AND OWNERS OF MINES.
Appiiestions for Patents-How %
neal with Cross lodes-Tunnel
Righss-Adverse Claims
The Law IN Regard
90 Aliens-Eto.
APPLICATION or PATENT.

tho Register and Receiver, they become
part Of the record. and can neither b
withdrawn nor returned. bat must b.
transmitted to the General Land Office.
An application will be rejected when thu
description Of the premises IL erroneous
or insufficient.
Application for patent will be rejected
because:
First-The notice WAS published without
the knowledge Of the Register.
Second-The notice was not publishet
In q newspaper designated a. published
nearest the claim.
Third-Rscord title was found defective
and:
Pourth-A previous application bad beer
made for the same premises, which Wal
withdrawn pending suit In court com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 ae
cordance with law.
Where several parties own separate ant
distinct portions Of claim, applicauof
| for patent may be made by either Tor tha
portion Of the claim owned by him; bu
where several parties own undivided In
terests In mining claim, all should loir
In an application for . patent.
A person or association may purchase a
many placer locations a. the local law ad
mits. aud embrace them all In ono appli
cation for patent.
Two or more lodes cannot be embraced
in one application for . patent except FOL
al. ,hr.. txun nr IN lOdpt
within their boundaries.
Papers sworn to before any person pur'
porting to act as deputy for the Register
and Receiver, cannot be recorded as eyl'
dence. :.
In all patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries OF q town
site. u 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, pos
session and enjoyment Of the same"
Publication Of notice must DO made In
only one newspaper for the period Of sixty
days.
Notice must DO published ten consecu'
tive weeks in weekly newspapers, and in
daily newspapers sixty days must elaPs'
between the trst and the last insertions.
Where the Register designates the daily
issue Of newspaper for publication o'
notices Of mining application FOR patent
1, is not compliance with law TO change
to the weekly edition Of the Same paper
without authority Of tho Register.
The existence Of . salt spring on tract
Of land withdraws il from the operation ol
the homestead aud presumption laws. A
hearing for the purpose of proving the
agricultural character Of such land 10 mol
allowed. Land containing valuable do
posits Of slate may bo 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 oil
the record.
When an adverse claim has been filed II
cannot DO amended so 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 the period Of publication
Of tho application for tho patent to be
effective.
1t is the 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, be
must abide the consequences. should the
delay ensue 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-
partment cannot redress the wrong.
An adverse claimant should set forth in
detail the facts upon which he bases his
adverse claim. A statement in general
terms, embodying conclusions OF law,
without stating the facts specially, will mol
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 dle copy Of the original notice oi
his location, aud show the nature or extent
Of the conflict alleged.
An allegation Of parties to . suit thai
ani tbev AR, NOT required TO prove tina,
tbev are ,be ORIGINAL iocators or the iden.
tical parties who presented tho adverse
claim.
AGRICULTURAL OR MINERAL LANDS.
w,. ,.,, 4. q, u,,,. 10 .nv valpe for
.,1,.,.i "o .au .,,sa.a. - In, "a essential :.
- ..na apaipnn,sn, pa 81 mining claims
4, shpnld ho 5;snosea OF under the mining
~ :nouiu W a''Po'eu VI u"0e' 'A' A'"''
ASv; Whs,. l,,ds containing valuable
,"an.I "n.to ,.,ns;,. n. va hssn inclpded In an
u.';s.,I,np u 80, Ia sn,rv will bo can.
- as,ad y, snv nm ,;ms nrior 10 issuance Of
80, rnnn s.,;.y,c,orv evidence OF the
ps;s,apo p" ~ ~ sn.h vsir.b,s dsnosits.
W.. .,n.hio Jsno.i,s ~ mineral ara
,,..a.a,.S neae % nnoO tr.r, .i,er the same b.,
., hssn "n,s,sd "a ,srieui,ural. but before
patent has been issued, the parties claim.
Ing the mine may mako application iof
patent Tor same, and the agrieui'ura, .n enny
VIII be Cancelled 70 tnat Poruon VI 'no iAno
embraced by SAID mining ciAiui'
Where mineral deposits arc aisco,c,eu
Agricultural laQuH Alter the pAteOt Dhk