Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1882-01-02
UNITED STATES MINING LAWS.
,xvopMArIoN FOR L0CAT0Rs
AND OWNERS OF HINES.
Auol,estions for Paseats-How to
Deal with Cross Lodes-Tuunei
Rishss-Adverse Claims
The LaW IN Regard
20 Alisns-Ese.
APPLICATION OF PATENT.

the Register and Receiver, they become .
part Of the record. and can neither DO
Withdrawn nor returned. but must be
transmitted to the General Land Once.
An application will be rejected when the
description Of the premises 10 erroneous
or insufficient.
Application for patent will be rejected
because:
First-The notice was published without
the knowledge Of the Register. 49,,
/, Second-The notice Was not puoiished
in = newspaper designated - published
nearest the CLAIM.
Third-Record title was found defective,
and:
Pourth-A previous application had been
made for tho same premises which was
withdrawn pending . suit in court COM
menced BY the adverse claimant.
An application for patent twill 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. y,
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; 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 as
many placer locations as the local law ad.
mits, and embrace them all In one appli-
cation for patent.
Two or more lodes cannot be embraced
in one application for . patent except for
placer claims embracing two or more lodes
within their boundaries.
Papers sworn to before any person pur.
porting to act as deputy for tho Register
and Receiver, cannot be recorded ~ evil
dence.
In all patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries OF town
site. 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 tho 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 bo published ten consecu-
tive weeks in weekly newspapers, and In
daily newspapers sixty days must elapse
between the tirst and tho last insertions.
Where the Register designstes the daily
issue Of q 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 salt spring on tract
Of land withdraws IL from the operation Of
the homestead and pre-emption laws. A
hearing for the purpose Of proving the
| agricultural character VI such land Is not
allowed. Land containing valuable de-
posits Of slate may be entered under tho
mining Acts.
ADVERSE CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must file 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 died
cannot DO withdrawn. but become u part Of
| the record.
When an adverse claim has been Aled 1t
cannot be amended 30 as 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 the patent to be
effective.
1t 10 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 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 q copy Of the original notice Of
his location. aud show tho nature or extent
Of the conflict alleged.
An allegation Of parties to suit that
they compose the company Is sufficient,
and they are not required to prove tina,
they are the original iocators or the iden-
claim!
,o,,cr,-rr,, nm MINERAL. L,sps.
Where land is Of little II any value for
agricultural purposes, but is essential =.
the 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 pricr 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
oeen enereu as a6iisui,u, -. n's.'.
~. Ass 49, -. 1u' -, ~. .n~i;cs,;on 10,
.ne no o., U y ~, ,ha.,.;pp,p,i,u rsi e,trv
p;,, p y. % canceIaJ | - ,h., ~, ner,;on of the ianj
an,hr..oJ hv Ia ,r;ninr c,.im'