Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-11-19
MISCELLANEOUS.
INFOR NATION
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OWNERS AND LOCATORS
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Wnefe papers nave once been hled 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the record, and can neither be withdrawn nor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 Gen
eral 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.
Third--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
tlnet portions of q claim. application for
patent may be made by either for tn Of portion
Of the claim owned by him: but where several
parties own undivided interests in q mining
claim all should join in an application for a
patent.
A person or association may purchase as
many placer locstions as the local Law admits,
and embrace them all in one application for 0
patent.
wv VI Ac1co uhhOt 10 CHiD htcQ III
one application for q patent except for placer
claims embracing two or more lodes within
their boundaries.
Papers sworn to before any person purport-
ing to act rs q deputy for the Register and Re-
cefver cannot be recorded 81 evidences.
| In all patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries OF 9 town site
9 clause ts Inserted excepting and excluding
all tow 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 60 days.
Notice must be published 10 consecutive
newspapers 60 days must elapse between the
first and last insertions.
Where the Register designstes the d ALL issue
of q newspaper for publication of notices of Q
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 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 g separate and
/ distinct claim agAinst each application which
II Ia alleged conflicts with the premises owned
by such adverse claimant.
The papers in an adverse claim, once filed.
cannot be Withdrawn. but become s q part Of the
record.
When an adverse claim has been filed II can
not be amended 80 az TO embrace a larger por-
ton OF the premises than that described in the
original adverse claim.
An adverse claim must be made, ont In
l nr0naR farfp and dlaH In fha FpOnar tnaal r04 leo
during the period Of publication of the sppli-
cation for the patent 20 be effective.
1t is the duty of the adverse claimant to
suit in proper form within the re-
quired time, and IL 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 commence suit be the result of
| the corrupt 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 be considered In EVIL
| dence.
An adverse claimant should s,ow a compii-
ance with the local laws In recording hts claim
and in regard TO expenditures. aud shall hle q
| copy Of the original notice Of his location, and
show the nature or extent OF the conflict
alleged.
i al hlAokbtiUn VI PhTttEs " = suns tuAt tuty
compose the company 10 sufhcient, and they
are not required to prove that they are the
| original ~locators or the identical parties who
present the adverse claim.
AGRICULTURAL OR MINERAL LANDS.
Where land is Of little, IL any value, for sgri-
cultural purposes, but is 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 81 any time
| prior to issuance of patent, upon satisfactory
evidence of the existence Of such valuable de-
| posts.
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 10
that portion Of the land embraced by said
/ mining olsim.
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 DO re-
ceived in payment for claims.
ALIENS.
A foreigner may make q 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 afirmstiveiy shown.
LoChtOfb anu lntefmeufate owners, Otnof
than applicants, will not be presumed aliens,
in the absence VI allegation or objection prior
to issuance Of patent.
The portion of q mining claim sold 10 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 t%hereupon secure United States
patent for his claim.
GROSS LEDGEs.
Revised Statutes. Section 1885:
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 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 In 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 locstions. but lodes discovered In run
ming Q tunnel may be patented in like manner
as other lodes.
The right 10 granted to tunnel owners to
loo feet OF each blind lode. not previously