Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1882-01-05
UNITED STATES MINING LAWS.
,.rormArIoS FOE L0CAToRs
AND OWNERS OF HINES.
Applications for Pateuts-How 70
Deni with Gross Lodes-Tunnei
Righss-Adverss Cistms-
The Law Ia RegaRd
% Ali0na-Eto.
APPLICATION OF PATENT.

APPLICATION OF PATENT.
Where papers have once been fled with
the Register and Receiver, they become q
part OF the record. and can neither be
withdrawn nor returned. but must be
transmitted to the General Land once.
An application will be rejected when the
description Of the premises u erroneous
or insufficient.
Application for patent will DO rejected
because:
First-Ths notice Was Published without
the knowledge Of the Register.
Second-The notice was not published
In q newspaper designated - pubiished
nearest the claim.
Third-Rscord title was found defective,
and:
Fourth-A previous application had been
mado 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withdrawn pending .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 do
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 . claim, application
for patent may be made by either for that
portion OF tho claim owned BY him; bu'
where several parties own undivided In
terests In Q mining claim. all should JOIN
In an application for . patent.
A persou or association may purchase a.
many placer locations a. the local law ad.
mits, and embrace them all In one appli'
cation for . patent.
lnsIaa nannnt ha am nr rRCe0
in one application for . patent except for
placer claims embracing two or moro lodes
within their boundaries.
Papers sworn to before any person pur-
porting to act as deputy for the Register
and Receiver, cannot be recorded as evi-
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. aud all houses, buildings
structures. lots. blocks. streets, alleys. or
other municipal Improvement 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 the period oi sixty
days.
Notice must be published ten consecu.
tive weeks in weekly newspapers, and In
daily newspapers sixty days must elapse
between the hrst and the last insertions,
Where the Register designatcs 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 same paper
without authority Of the Register.
The existence Of . salt spring on . tract
OF land withdraws II from the operation oil
the homestead and pro-emption laws. A
hearing for the purpose of proving the
agricultural character Of such land 10 not
allowed. Land containing valuable dc.
posits Of slate may be entered under the
mining Acts.
ADVERSE CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must fle . separate
and distinct claim against each application
which IL 10 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 II
cannot bs amended 80 a. to embrace
larger portion Of the promises than that
described in the original adverse claim.
An adverse claim must be made out In
proper form and dled In the proper local
ollice during the period Of publication
Of the application Tor the 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 tho 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 Do.
partmeut 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 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 die copy Of the original notice Of
his location, aud show the nature or extent
Of the conflict alleged.
Az butkhtou Va PeAaes w oais saos
they compose the company Is sufficient,
and they are not required TO prove that
they are the original locators or the iden.
tical parties who presented the adverse
claim.
AGRICULTURAL on MINERAL LANDS.
Where land 10 Of little II any value for
agricultural purposes, but 10 essential -
the proper development Of mining claims,
IL should bs 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 are
discovered upon tract after the same has
been entered a. agricultural. but before
paten; has been issued. the parties claim.
Ing the mine may make application for
patent for same, and 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 tho patent has
been issued to an agricultural claimant,
they pass with the patent.
| Agricultural college scrip cannot be ro-
ceived In payment for claims.
ALIENS.
| A foreigner may mako . mining location
and dispose OF II. provided ho becomes q