The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-01-10
MINING SURVEYS.
A self-ExpIanatOry Circular from
tie General Land Office.


GENERAL LAND OFtIcE,
WASHINGTON. ID. e.. Dec /, 1904
To u. s. Surveyors General and Reg
listers and Receivers.
GENTLEMEN 81. The rights grant
ed tn localors under Section 2,3zz.
Revised Statutes, are restricted 10
such locations on veins, lodes or le iges
as may be- .'situated on public do
main" In applications for lode
claims where the survey conflicts with
a prior valid lode claim or entry, ana
the ground in conflict Is excluded. the
applicant not only has no right TO the
excluded ground, but has no right 10
that portion OF any vein or lode the
top or apex OF which lies within such
excluded ground, unless his location
was prior to May 10, 1877. His right
to the lode claimed terminates where
the lode, in its onward course or
strike. intersects the exterior bound
ary OF such excluded ground and
passes within it.
2. The end. line of his survey should
not, therefore, be established beyond
such intersection, unless II should DE
necessary 80 To do fur the purpos e OF
including ground held and claimed
under a location which was made up
on public land and valid at the time
it was made. To include such ground
(which may possibly embrace other
lodes) the end line of the survey may
be established within the confiicllng
survey, but The line must be so run a.
not TO extend any further into the
conflicting survey than may be neces-
sarv To make such END line parallel
To the other end-line and at the same
time embrace the ground so held and
claimed. The useless prac Ice III
such cases of extending both the side
lines of survey into conflicting
survey and establishing an end line
wholly within it, beyond point ne
cessary under the rule just stated will
he discontinued.
8. These instructions will be OBJ
served by Surveyor Generals in all
cases where surveys have not been
approved by them prior TO receipt
! hereof.
4. Ii, however, a survey under the
Olu IIdCtlCc has BCCh 6RPAOAOo "
the Surve, or General prior to the re
ceipt by him OF these instructions ap.
piIcatlon for patent thereon, ii other
Use regular, will not be rejected.
5. In applications filed prior to re-
ceipt hereof ut the local land office
and applications allowed under The
preceding paragraph entry will be al
lowed heretofore Vs. hen the necessary
proofs under former regulations are
complete.
u. In cases OF applications and en-
tries allowed under paragraphs and
5, amendment of the survey will le
/, directed by this Office, II found neces
sary.
Z. After the receipt Of this circular
at the local land office all applications
Tor mineral patents, applications To
purchase, Registers final certificates
of entry and Receiver, receipts must
not only describe the ground claimed
but must s ate specifically what con-
| fiict or conflicts With other surveys,
los or ella ms are excluded, giving
the number Of each conflicting survey
or lot. The published and posted no.
tees must contain the same informa-
| ton.
&. AS this circular does not effect
any rights which an applicant mas
| under the law its enforcement in
pending cases cannot operate iDjuri-
Ously, and IL will therefore be carried
into effect at once in the adjudication
of cases by this office. In The form
of patents to- be issued the same rule
will go into operation as soon as the
necessary blanks AMI records can be
prepared.
.. A strict observance of these regu
lations will be required. Very re-
spec fully,
N. G. MCFARLAND, Commissioner.
Approved.
~ M TCYT