Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-11-16
MISCELLANEOUS
INFOR
OWNERS AND L0CATORS
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MI m IFS.
APPLICATION FOR PATENT.

etOa hAoo NAth th0 I
Register and receiver they become q part Of
the record, and can neither be Withdrawn nor
returned, but must be transmitted to the Gen.
ersl Land Once.
An application will be rejected when the de-
scription of the premises Is erroneous or in
sufficient.
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 a
newspaper designated as published nearest the
claim.
T-hird-Record title was found defective,
and
Fourth--A previous application had been
made for the same premises, which was with.
drawn pending 9 suit in Court commenced by
the adverse
An application for patent will be rejected
when the survey does not accurately define the
boundaries OF the claim.
Where the claim was not located In accord
ance with law.
Where several parties own separate and dis
ttnct portions of . claim, application for
patent may be made by either for that 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 a
patent.
A person or association may purchase as
many placer locations as the local law admits,
and embrace them all in one application for a
patent.
Two or more lodes cannot be embraced in
one application for a patent except for placer
claims embracing two or more lodes within
their boundaries.
Papers sworn to before any person purport-
| ing TO act Is q deputy for the Register and Re-
ceiver cannot be recorded ~ evidence.
In all patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries of q town site
Q clause Is Inc erted 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 rights 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 90 days.
Notice must be published 10 consecutive
weeks in weekly newspapers. and In daily
newspapers 60 days must elApse between the
frat and last insertions.
Where the Register designates the d aily Issue
of q newspaper for publication of notices Of q
mining application for patent 1t is not q COM
pliance with law 10 change TO the weekly edi-
tion OF the same paper without authority Of
the Register.
The existence Of q salt spring on q tract Of
land withdrsws 1t from the operation Of ths
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.
i Adverse claimants must ME q separate ana
distinct claim against each application which
II Is alleged conflicts with the premises owned
by such adverse
The papers in an adverse claim, once filed
cannot be withdrawn. but becomes q part Of the
| record.
When an adverse claim has been fled IL can
not be amended so AZ to embrace a larger por-
ton of the premises than that described In the
| original adverse claim.
An adverse claim must be made out in
\ proper form and hled In the proper local ofiee
during the period of publication OF the sppli-
cation for the patent TO be effective.
1t is the duty Of the adverse claimant to
commence suit in proper form within the re-
CURED time, and IL he trusts ths uncertain
medium OF the United States mail he must
abide the consequences, should the delay
ensue, through misfortune or accident. Should
the failure to commence suit be the result Of
the cor upt or dishonest action 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 his adverse
claim. A statement In general terms, embody-
ing conclusions of law, without stating the
facts specially. will not DO considered In evil
dence.
An adverse claimant should show Q compli-
ance with the local laws In recording hts claim
and In regard TO expenditures. and shall hle q
copy OF the original notice of his location, and
show the nature or extent Of the conflict
alleged.
An allegation Of parties TO 9 suit that they
compose the company IL sufficient, and they
are not required to prove that they are the
original ~locstors or the identical parties who
present the adverse claim.
AGRICULTURAL or MINERAL LANDS
Where land is OF little. II any value. for agri-
| cultural purposes, but 10 essential to 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
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prior to 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 after 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
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 . mining location and
dispose Of 1t. provided he becomes q citizen
before disposing Of the mine. Proof that the
party was not q citizen before disposing Of his
claim must be afhrmatively 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 elsim sold TO an
alien cannot be patented while such owner Ia
an alien; but on his declaration 10 become Q
citizen his right dates back 10 his purchase,
and he may thereupon secure United States
patent for his claim.
CROSS LEDGEs.
Revised statutes. Section 2,336:
Where two or more led ges cross or intersect
each other, priority Of title shall govern, and
such prior location shall be entitled to all ore
or mineral contsined within the space Of inter-
section. but the subsequent location shall have
the right OF way through the space of inter
section Tor 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
GLIDING all the space OF intersection.
TUNNELS.
There 10 no authority of law for q tunnel
location 5000 by ] 800 feet. A proper location
Is the width OF the tunnel for 5000 feet.
There 10 no provision OF law for patenting
tunnel locations, but lodes discovered In run
NM q tunnel may be patented In like manner
The right is granted TO tunnel owners to