Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-06-03
MISCELLANEOUS
INFOR
FOR.
OWNERS AND L0cAT0RS
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MI ES
APPLICATION FOR PATENT,

$500 1NN' 1880
Register and heceiver they become 9 part OF
the record, and can neither be Withdrawn nor
returned, but must be transmitted to the Gel-
ersl Land Once.
An application will be rejected when the de-
seription 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-Ihe notice was not published in q
new 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 pen4ing q suit in Court commenced by
the adverse claimsnt.
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 . claim, application for
patent may be made by either for lat portion
Of the claim owned by httn; but where several
parties own undivided interests in 8 mining
claim all SHOULD join in an application for 3
patent.
A person or association may purchase as
many placer locations as the local law admits,
and embrace them all in one application for q
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. s
Papers sworn to before any person p1rport-
ing to set as a deputy for the Register and Re
ceiver cannot be recorded as evidence.
In all patents for mining claims sitGsted
within the interior boundaries of . town site
q clause Is in 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 10 the grantee here
in, and ali rights necessary or proper to the
occupation, possession and enjoyment of the
same"
Publication of notice must be made q only
one newspaper for the period Of 60 days.
Notice must be published 10 consecutive
weeks in weekly newspapers, and in daily
| newspapers 60 days must elapse between the
| first and last insertions.
Where the Register destgnAtes the daily issue
of q newspaper Tor publication OF notices Of .
| mining application for patent ii is not 9 COM
| pli&nce WITH law TO change to the weekly edi-
tfon Of the same paper without authority Of
the Register.
The existence Of 8 salt spring on q tract Of
land withdrsws 1t from the operation Of the
Homestead and ~pre-emption 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 is 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 fled ii can
not be amended so as TO embrace a larger per-
ton of the premises than that described in the
original adverse claim.
An adverse clsim must be made out in
I nna form and ffad An fha nranGr local nffRa
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 roper form within the re-
quired time, and If 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 res lit Of
the cor tupt 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 q compli-
ance with the local laws in recording his claim
and in regard to expenditures, and shall nle .
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 fs sufficient, and they
are not required to prove that they are the
original ~locators or the identical pasties who
present the adverse claim.
AGRICULTURAL Oh MINERAL LANDS.
Where land is of little, II any value. for agri-
| cultural purposes, but 10 essential to the
proper development of mining claims, it
should be disposed Of under the Mining Act.
Where lands containing valuable mineral
1 d6n0afta hava haan inRlndad in an anrir n Era q
entry, said entry Will be cancelled ~ 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 8 tract otter the same has been
en- tered as agricultural, but before patent has
been issued, the parties claiming the mine
may make application for patent for same,
ana 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 clsins.
ALIENS.
A foreigner may make a mining location and
dispose OF 1t. provided he becomes 8 citizen
before disposing of the mine. Proof that the
party was not 8 citizen before disposing Of his
claim must be afirmstively shown.
Locstors 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 is
an alien: but on hts declaration 10 become .
citizen his right dates back to his purchase,
and he may t%hereupon secure United States
patent for his claim.
CROSS LEDGEs.
Revised Statutes. Section 1886:
Where two or more LED ges cross or intersect
each other, priority Of title shall govern. and
such prior location shall be entitled 10 all ore
or mineral confined 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
GLIDING all the space of intersection.
TUNNELS.
There is no authority of law for . tunnel
location 5000 by l 800 feet. A proper location
Is the width of the tun mel for 5000 feet.
There is no provision OF law for patenting
tunnel locations, but lodes discovered In run
ming a tunnel may be patented in like manner
as other lodes.
The right is granted to tunnel owners TO