Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-12
INFOR
OWNERS AND L0CATORS
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MI NES.
APPLICATION FOR PATENT.


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
new spsper 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 commencedb 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
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 wi undivided interests in q mining
claim all should join In an application for .
patent.
A person or association may purchase as
many placer locations "a the local law admits,
and embrace them all in one application for Q
patent.
W 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 p~urport-
ing to act as q deputy for the Register and Be
Cul1Ot 10 ICGoIdCA hH CNlutuEb.
In all patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries Of Q town site
Q clause is inserted 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 all rights necessary or proper to the
occupation, possession and enjoyment of the
same"
Publication of notice must be made u only
one newspaper for the period of 60 days.
Notice must be published 10 consecutive
weeks in weekly newspapers. and in daily
newspapers go days must elapse between the
first and last insertions.
Where the Register d esignates the q ally issue
of 9 newspaper for publication Of notices of q
mining application for patent IL Is not . COM
pliance with law to change to the weekly edi-
zion Of the same paper without authority of
the Register.
The existence Of q salt spring on o tract Of
land wtthdrsws IL from the operation of the
homestead and presumption laws. A hearing
for .nS 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
Ii 10 alleged conflicts with the remises owned
by such adverse claimant.
The papers In sn adverse claim, once filed,
cannot be withdrawn. but becomes a part of the
record.
When an adverse claim has been filed 1T can
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 ont in
proper form and filed in the proper local OH CO
during the period Of publication OF the appli.
cation for the patent TO be effective.
1t is the duty of the adverse claimant TO
commence suit in proper form within the re-
unfrQd TINA and ~ ha truata tha upraxSatp
medium of the United States mail he must
abide the consequences, should the delay
ensne, through misfortune or accident. Should
the failure TO commence suit be the result Of
the cor rupt or dishonest action of his attorney,
the Interior Department cannot redress the
wrong.
An zdverse 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 claiman. should show q compli.
ance with the local laws In recording hts claim
and In regard to expenditures. and shall nile q
copy of the original notice Of his ioca alton, and
show the nature or extent Of the conflict
alleged.
An allegation of parties to q suit that they
compose the company 10 sufficient. and they
are not required to prove that they are the
original ~locAtors or the identical parties 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, 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 ut 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 . tract sitter 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
fssued TO an agricultural claimant, they pass
with the patent.
Agricultural College scrip cannot be re-
eeived in payment for claims.
ALIENS.
A foreigner may make Q mining location and
dispose OF 1t. provided he becomes . citizen
before disposing of the mine. Proof that the
party was not q citizen before disposing of his
claim must be afirmatively 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 10
an alien; but on his declaration TO become q
citizen his right dates back to his purchase,
and he may thereupon secure United States
patent for his claim.
CROSS LEpoEs.
Revised Statutes. Section 1886:
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 contsined 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
cluding all the space Of intersection.
TUNNELS.
There 10 no authority of law for q tunnel
location 5000 by l 800 feet. A proper location
Is the width of the tunn mel for 5000 feet.
There ts no provision OF law for patentfng
tunnel locstions, but lodes discovered In run
ming q tunnel may be patented in like manner
as other lodes.
The right 10 Granted TO tunnel owners to
] 800 feet Of each blind lode, not previously
known to exist. which may be discovered In
their tunnel.
When q lode 10 struck or discovered for the
nrst time in running q tunnel the tunnel
owners have the option of recording their