Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-11-22
MI MISCELLANEOUS.
1NFOR
OWNERS AND L0cATORS
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MI ES.
APPLICATION ron pArrNr.

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the record, and can neither be withdrawn nor
but must be transmitted to the Gen.
eral Land Once.
An application will be rejected when the de-
scription Of the premises 10 erroneous or in
Application for patent will be rejected be-
cause:
First = The notice was published without the
knowledge Of the Register.
Second-The notice was not published in q
new spaper designated Is published nearest the
claim.
Third-Record title was found defective,
and
Fourth-A previous application had been
made for the same premises, which was with |
drawn pending . suit in Court commenced by |
the adverse claimant.
An application for patent will be rejected
when the survey does not accurately define the !
OF the claim.
Where the claim was not located in accord
ance with law.
Where several parties own separate and dis
tinct portions Of Q claim, application for
patent may be made by either for tn at portion
OF the claim owned by him: but where several
parties own undivided interests in O mining
claim all should join in an application for q
patent.
A person or association may purchase as
many placer locations AZ the local Law admits, |
and embrace them all in one application for 9
patent.
Two OF more iodes cannot be embraced In
t1S v Het'4h SAt1ks VI RA31tA
claims embracing two or more lodes within
their boundaries.
Papers sworn to before any person ~purport-
ing to act as = deputy for the Register and Re-
ceiver cannot be recorded as evidence.
In all patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries of q town site
Q clause Ia inserted excepting and excluding
all town property, rights upon the surface.
and all houses, buildings, structures, lots,
blocks. streets, alleys or other municipal i'm
provements not belonging to the grantee here
In, and all rtghts necessary or proper to the
occupation, possession and enjoyment Of the
same"
Publication OF notice must be made In only
one newspaper for the period Of 60 days.
Notice must be published 10 consecutive
weeks in weekly newspapers, and in daily
newspapers GO days must elspse between the
frat and last insertions.
Where the Register designates the daily Issue
of . newspaper fer publication of notices of .
mining application for patent IL Is not 3 COM
pliance with law TO change TO the weakly edi.
tion Of the same paper without authority Of
the Register.
The existence OF Q salt spring on Q tract of
land withdraws IL from the operation Of the
homestead and presumption laws. A hearing
for the purpose OF proving the agricultural
character Of such land is not allowed. Land
containing valuable deposits Of slate may be
entered under the mining Acts.
ADVERSE CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must file q separate and
distinct claim against each application which
It 10 alleged conflicts with the premises owned
by such adverse claimant.
The papers in an adverse claim, once filed.
cannot be Withdrawn, but becomes q part OF the
record.
When an adverse claim has been filed 1t can.
not be amended so a. to embrace 4 larger por-
ton of the premises than that described in the
original adverse claim.
Al adverse claim must be made out in
proper form and filed In the proper local Off co
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cation for the patent TO be effective.
1t Is the duty Of the adverse claimant to
commence suit In proper form within the re-
quired time, and II he trusts the uncertain
medium Of the United States mail he must
abide the consequences. should the delay
ensue, through misfortune or accident. Should
the failure to ommences suit be the result of
the cor supt or dishonest sction Of his attorney,
the Interior Department cannot redress the
wrong.
An adverse claimant should set forth In de-
tail the facts upon which he bases hts adverse
claim. A statement In general terms. embody-
ing conclusions OF law, without stating the
facts specially, will not be considered In evil
dence.
An adverse claimant should show q compli-
ance with the local laws In recording his claim
and In regard to expenditures. and shsil hle a
copy of the original notice OF his location, and
show the nature or extent OF the conflict
elleged.
An allegation Of parties to q suit that they
compose the ompsny 10 sufhcient. and they
are not required to prove that they are the
original l~ocators or the identical parties who
present the adverse claim.
AGRICULTURAL on MINERAL LANDS.
Where land is of little, II any value, for agri-
~cultnrsl purposes, but fs essential to the
proper development OF mining claims. 1t
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 cancelled At any time
prior 10 issuance Of patent. upon satisfactory
evidence OF the existence OF such valuable de-
posits.
Where valuable deposits Of mineral are dis.
covered upon q tract sitter the same has been
entered as agricultural, but before patent has
been Issued, the parties claiming 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 the patent has been
Issued TO an agricultural claimant. they pass
with the patent.
Agricultural College scrip cannot be re-
ceived in payment for claims.
ALIENS.
foreigner may make q mining location and
dispose OF 1t. provided he becomes Q citizen
before disposiDg of the mine. Proof that the
party was not q citizen before disposing Of his
claim must be afirmatively shown.
LocAtors and intermediate owners. other
than applicants, will not be presumed aliens.
in the absence Of allegation or objection prior
to issuance of patent.
The portion of q mining claim sold to an
alien cannot be patented while such owner 10
an alien; but on his declaration to become .
citizen his right dates back TO his purchase,
and he may thereupon secure United States
patent for his claim.
CROSS LEDaER.
Revised Statutes. Section 1855:
Where two or more ledge cross or intersect
each other, priority Of title shall govern, and
such prior location shall be entitled to all ore
or mineral contained within the space of inter
section. but the subsequent location shall have
the right Of way through the space OF inter.
section for the purpose OF the convenient
working of the mine. And where two or more
veins unite the oldest or prior location shall
take the vein below the point Of union. In
Guiding all the space Of intersection.
TUNNELS.
There IL no authority of law for a tunnel
location 5000 by 800 feet. A proper location
IL the width OF the tunnel for 5000 feet.
There 10 no provision OF law for patentinR
tunnel locations, but iodes discovered In run
ning o tunnel may be patented in like manner
AZ other lodes.
The right is granted 10 tunnel owners to
800 feet Of each blind lode, not previously
known to exist, which may be discovered In
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