Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-15
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MI M E :
APPLICATION FOR PATENT.

APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
Where papers have once been fled with the
Register and Receiver they become 0 part Of
the record, and can neither be Withdrawn nor
retained, but must be to the Geo.
eral Land Office.
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 Tn notice was published without the
knowledge Of the Register.
notice was not published in Q
new spsper designated ss 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 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 sccord-
ance with law.
Where several parties " separate and dis
tinct portions Of . 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 .
patent.
A person or association may purchase as
many placer locations 80 the local Law admits,
and embrace them all in one application for .
patent.
Two or more lodes cannot be embraced in
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 set as q deputy for the Register and b
ceiver cannot be recorded ~ evidences.
In all patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries of q town site
. clause IL inserted excepting and excluding
all town property, rights upon the surface.
and all houses, buildings. structures, lots,
blocks, streets. alleys or other municipal Inn
p~rovements 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 q only
one newspaper for the period Of GO days.
Notice must be published 10 consecutive
weeks in weekly newspapers. and In daily
newspapers 90 days must elapse between the
first and last insertions.
Where the Register designates the daily issue
Of . newspaper fer publication OF notices of .
mining application for patent 1t 10 not 9 COM
pliance with Law to change to the weekly edi-
ton Of the same paper without authority Of
the Register.
The existence Of . salt spring on 9 tract Of
land withdraws IL from the operation Of the
homestead and presumption laws. A hearing
for the purpose OF proving the agricultural
character Of such land 10 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 Is alleged conflicts with the premises owned
by such adverse claimant.
| The papers in an adverse claim, once filed,
cannot be withdrawn, but becom ca Q part Of the
record.
When an adverse claim has been filed IL can.
not be amended 30 a. to embrace q larger per.
ton OF the premises than that described in tins
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.
| It fs the duty Of the adverse claimant Ia
commence suit in proper form within the re.
CURED 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 10 suit be the resalt Of
the cor upt or dishonest action Of his attsrney,
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 Ia evil
dence.
An adverse claimant should show g compli-
ance with the local laws in recording hts claim
and In regard 10 expenditures. and shall nile q
copy of the original notice Of his location, and
show the nature or extent Of the conflict
alleged.
An allegation of parties to q suit that they
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.
AoRIcuLrURAL on MINERAL LANDS.
Where land is Of little. If any value, for agri-
cultural purposes, but 10 essential to the
proper development of mining claims, II
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 a. any time
prior to issuance Of patent, upon satisfactory
evidence OF the existence of such vslusble de-
posits.
Where valuable deposits of mineral are dis
en- tered 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 70 IN agricultural claimant. they pass
Will the patent.
Agricultural College scrip cannot be re-
ceiyed in payment for claims.
ALIENS.
"a tAH AG0J AAhAAk 0t8tA 8ao
dispose Of 1t. provided he becomes Q citizen
before disposing Of the mine. Proof that the
party was not O citizen before disposing OF his
claim must be afirmatively shown.
Locstoss 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 10
an alien; but on his declaration to become .
citizen his right dates back to his purchase.
and he may th%ereupon secure United States
patent for his claim.
CROSS LEDGRs.
Revised Statutes. Section 2,336:
Where two or more lodges 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
section for the purpose Of the convenient
working Of the mine. And where two or more