Tombstone weekly epitaph., 1882-11-11
MINING MATTERS. Defining the Bounds of Claim-How to Make Survey for Patents.

to Make Survey for Patents.
 U. S. SURVEYOR GENERALS OFFICE,
 Tucson, A. T., Noy. 6, 1882.
 Section 2,32O, U. S. Revised Statutes, is as follows:
 Mining claims upon veins or lodes of quartz or other rock in place bearing gold, silver, cinnabar, lead, tin. copI CT, 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 ol their location. A mining claim located after the 10th day of May, 1872, whether located bv one or more persons, may equal but shall not ex- cced, 1,500 feet in length along the vein or lode but no location of a mining claim shall be made until the discovery of the vein or lode within the limits of the clam located. No claim shall extend more than 300 feet on each side of the middle of the vein at the surface, nor shall any claim Dc limited by any mining regulations to less than twenty five feet on each side of the middle of the veln at the surface, ex- cept where adverse rights existing on the 10th day of May, 1872, render such limi- tations necessary. The end-lines of each claim shall be parallel to each other.
 And Section 10 of the Land Office regu- lations reads:
 With regard to the extent of surface ground adjoining vein or lode, and claimed for the convenient working there of the Revised Statutes provide that the lateral extent Of location of veins or lodes made after May 10, 1872, shall in no case exceed 800 feet on each side of the middle of the vein at the surface, and that no such surface rights shall be limited by any mining regulations to less than twenty i've feet on each side of the middle of the vein at the surface, except where adverse rights existing on the 10th of May, 1872, may render such limitations necessary; the end lines of such claims to be in all cases parallel to each other. Said lateral measurements cannot extend beyond 300 feet on either side of the middle of the vein at the surface, or such distance as is allowed by local laws. For example, 400 feet cannot be taken on one side and 200 on the other. If, however, 300 feet on each side are allowed, and by reason of prior cla,ms but 100 feet can be taken on one side, the locator will not be restricted to less than 300 feet on the other side; and when the locator does not determine by exploration where the middle of the vein at the surface is, his discovery shaft must be assumed to mark such point.
 The General Land Office requires a strict observance of its construction of the law, as given in section 10, already quoted, and the rule is binding no less upon this office thaL upon the claimants to mineral lands.
 Parties desiring to have official surveys of their claims prior to making applica- tion for patent, would do we'll to acquaint themselves with the law and regulations prior to making application for survey, for no survey of lode mining claim will be approved by this office which does not show compliance with the provisions of law and regulations given above, and is not in other respects correct. slxSSx
 Surveys returned ts this office whi1 d0 not fulfill the above requirements, aI approved and transmitted to claj with statement of the reasons for proval, and unless additional d6 hSueS bS py thShip oioIiSSnA R4@*** vein in the required position, the stsvSy] must be amended by order of thls oDGlt| and at the request of claimant, ss theftho lateral measurements may not exceed the] length allowed by law on either sIie q the middle of the vein at the surfaces
 This office is allowed no discreticn ins the above matters, and applicants for ;1uss vey would save themselves delay and pense, and relieve this office of mud ~ \ noyance, by developing the vein i'd {Io required position before making apr]lea3 ! tion for survey, or by excluding from MT surveys any excess of the surface gun allowed by law on either side of the lj1 dle of the vein at the surface, in all64ln where the vein is not disclosed ip 1o] proper position within the location.
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 U. s. Surveyor. Gent 5]