Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-12-17
MISCELLANEOUS.
INFOR NATION
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OWNERS AND L0CATORS
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APPLICATION FOR PATENT,

Where papers have once been filed with the
Register and Receiver they become q part OF
the record, and eau neither be withdrawn nor
returned, but must be transmitted to the GEN.
ersl 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 q
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 ima
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.
snce with law.
Where seversl 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 9 mining
claim all should join In an application for q
patent.
A person or association may purchase Is
many placer locations ~ the local law admits.
and embrace them all In one application for o
patent.
Two or more lodes cannot be embraced Ia
one Application for q patent except for placer
claims embracing two or more loaes within
their boundaries.
Papers sworn TO before any person purport-
ing to act as . deputy for the Register and Be
ceiver cannot be recorded Is evidence.
In ell patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries OF q town site
. clause is Inserted excepting and excluding
Al town property, rights upon the surface,
and all houses, buildings. structures. lots.
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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 co days.
Notice must be published 10 consecutive
weeks in weekly newspapers. and in daily
newspapers 60 days must elapse between the
first and iast insertions.
Where the Register esi gnate the daily issue
Of q newspaper fer publication Of notices of O
mining application for patent 1t Is not Q 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 withdrxws II from the operation of the
homestead and presumption laws. A hearing
for the purpose OF proving the agricultural
character Of such land 10 not SLOWED. Lane
containing valuable deposits Of slate may bt
entered under the mining Acts.
ADVERSE CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must fle q separate and
distinct claim against each application which
1t 10 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 ths
record.
When an adverse claim has been fled IL can
not be amended so as TO embrace a larger per
ton OF the premises b au that described in tht
original adverse claim.
An adverse claim muat Ia made ont fr
proper form and filed Ia the proper local OH ca
during the period Of publication Of the Appli.
cation for the patent to be- effective.
1t Is the duty OF the adverse claimant 10
commence 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 resal OF
the corruption 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 Ia evil
dence.
An adverse lsimsn should show a compli.
ance with the local laws in recording his claim
and In regard to expenditures. and shall hle 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 ompsny is sufficient. and they
are not required to prove that they are the
original ~locstors or the identical parties who
present the adverse claim.
AGRICULTURAL Or 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 81 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 q tract sitter the same aas been
entered as agricultural, but before ! atent 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 O mining location and
dispose OF 1t. provided he becomes . citizen
before disposing OF the mine. Proof that the
party was not q citizen before disposinR of his
claim must be affirmatively shown.
LocAtors and intermediate owners, other
than applicants. will not be presumed aliens.
70 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 his declaration TO become !
citizen his right dates back to his purchase.
aud ne may thereupon secure United States
patent for his claim.
CROSS D
Revised Statutes. Section 2,336:
where Two or more lodges cross or intersect
each other, priority Of title shall govern. and
sucn prior location shall be entitled TO all ore
or mineral contained within the space OF intars
section. but the subsequent location shall have
the right Of way through the space Of inter.
section Tor 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.
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