Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-07-01
MISCELLANEOUS.
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OWNERS AND L0CAT0RS
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APPLICATION FOR PATENT.

APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
Where papers have once been filed with the
Register anu Receiver they become u 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the record, and can neither be Withdrawn nor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 q suit in Court commenced by
the adverse claimant.
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
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 8ssOcfatlOn may purchase as
many placer locations IS the local law admits,
and embrace them all In one application for o
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 as a deputy for the Register and Re.
| ceiver cannot be recorded rs evidence.
| In all patents for mining claims situated
| within the fDt1riOr h0nndariaa of n fnVn ate
o 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 inn
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 u 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 elapse between the
frat and last insertions.
Where the Register designates thedaily issue
of a newspaper for publication of notices of .
mining application for patent ii is not a COM
pliance With law to change to the weekly edi-
ton of the same paper without authority of
the Register.
The existence Of O salt spring on q tract of
land withdraws it from the operation of the
homestead and presumption laws. A hearing
for the purpose of proving the agricultural
character of such land ts 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
1t IL alleged conflicts with the premises owned
| by such adverse laimant
| The papers IN an adverse claim, once fled,
cannot be withdrawn, but becomes . part Of the
record.
When an adverse claim has been filed it can
not be amended so as to embrace q larger per-
ton 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 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-
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 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 show O compli-
ance with the local laws in recording his claim
and in regard to expenditures, and shall nile a
copy Of the original notice OF his location, and
show the nature or extent Of the conflict
alleged.
An allegation of parties to a suit that they
compose the company 10 sufficient. and they
are not required TO prove that they are thu
original ~locators or the identical parties who
present the adverse claim.
AGRICULTURAL on MINERAL LANDS.
yyh.-u to A.. - 1al4t. -
cultural purposes, but is 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
entry, said entry will be Cancelled at any time
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 4 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 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.
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 hts
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 10 an
alien cannot be patented while such owner is
an alien; but on hts declaration to become .
citizen his right dates back to his purchase.
and he may thereupon secure United States
patent for his claim,
CROSS LEDGE
Revised Statutes. Section 1856:
Where two or more ledges cross or interseet
eacn other, priority Of title shall govern, and
such prior location shall be entitled to all ore
or mineral sont' ined 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 10 no autherity Of law for @ unnel
location 5000 by ]. 500 feet. A prouer location