Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-06-19
MISCELLANEOUS.
INFOR
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OWNERS AND L0CAT0RS
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MI Z. M ES i.
APPLICATION FOR PATENT.

APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
Where papers have once been filed with the
Register and heceiyer they become q part Of
the record, and eau neither be Withdrawn nor
returned, but must be transmitted to the Gen.
ersl 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 The notice was published without the
knowledge of the Register.
~Second-The notice was not published in q
newspaper designated ss published nearesttn a.
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 accord
ance with law.
Where several parties own separate and dis
ttnct 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 q mining
claim all should join in an application for q
patent.
A person or association may purchase as
many placer locations as the local law admits,
bhu III Al n oRRAAt6tAOh " y
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 act as q deputy for the Register and Re-
ceiyer cannot be recorded as evidences.
In all patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries of q 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 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 60 days.
Notice must be published 10 consecutive
weeks in weekly newspapers. and in daily
newspapers so days must elspse between the
first and last insertions.
Where the Register d esignates the daily issue
of q newspaper for publication of notices of q
mining application for patent 1t IL not 8 COM
pliance with law to change to the weekly edi-
ton of the same paper without authority of
the Register.
The existence of 3 salt spring on q tract of
land withdrAws 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 q separate and
distinct claim against each application which
It 10 alleged conflicts with the premises owned
by such adverse claimant.
The papers In an adverse claim, once filed.
cannot be Withdrawn but becomes part Of the
record.
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 Off e
during the period of publication of the appli-
cation for the patent TO be effective.
1t 10 the duty Of the adverse claimant to
suit in proper form within the re-
quired time, and II 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 resalt 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 q compli.
ance with the local laws in recording his claim
and in regard TO expenditures. and shall hle q
COpy VI tue OIikiubl uOtlCt VI us iOSAtlOu, anu
show the nature or extent of the conflict
alleged.
An allegation of parties to q suit that they
compose the company is sufficient, and they
are not required to prove that they are the
original ~locators or the identical parties who
present the adverse claim.
OR MINERAL LANDS.
Where land is Of little. If any value. for agri-
| cultural purposes, but is essential to the
nF0nar daualnnFnanf nf rpfnfnn 0latVna a.
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 IT 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 sfter 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 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 claims.
ALIENS.
A foreigner may make q mining location and
uispos6 OF IT. PROVIDED ne becomes o citizen
before disposipg of the mine. Proof that the
party was not o citizen before disposing of his
claim must be affirmstively 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 o mining claim sold TO an
alien cannot be patented while such owner is
an alien; but on his declarstion to become 8
citizen his right dates back to his purchase,
and he may thereupon secure United States
patent for his claim.
CROSS ID
Revised Statutes. Section 1855:
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 cont 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.
There is no authority of law for q tunnel
location 5000 by 500 feet. A proper location
Is the width 0f the tupnal Eos q n00 faa4