Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-04-03
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APPLICATION FOR PATENT.

APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
Where papers have once been filed with the
Register and Receiver they become 9 part OF
the record, and can neither be Withdrawn nor
returned, but must be transmitted TO the den-
eral 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.
S~econd-The notice was not published in Q
new paper 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 a suit in Court commenced by
the adverse claimant.
An application tor patent will be rejected
whea the survey Goes 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 tn t 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 9
patent.
A person or association may purchase ss
many placer locations as the local Law admits.
and embrace them all In one application for's
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-
| ceiver cannot be recorded as evidence.
In all patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries Of q town site
. 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 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 90 days.
Notice mus. be published 10 consecutive
weeks in weekly newspapers, and liz daily
newspapers 60 days must elapse between the
fret and last insertions.
Where the Register designstes the d sily issue
of . newspaper for publication of notices of 9
mining application for patent it 10 not q COM
plfance WITH law TO change to the weekly edi-
tion of the same paper without authority of
the Register.
The existence Of q salt spring on q tract of
land withdrsws it from the operation Of the
homestead and pre-emption laws. A hearing
for the purpose OF proving the agricultural
character of such land il not allowed. Land
containing valuable deposits of slate may be
entered under the mining Acts.
ADVERSE CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must hIe q separate and
distinct claim against each application which
IL is alleged conflicts with the premises owned
by such adverse clsimant
The papers in an adverse claim, once fled
cannot be withdrawn. but becom es 3 part Of the
record.
Wbar ~ .d-axsa .,str ~. hon. ala
not be amended so as to embrace a 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 CO
during the period of publication OF the sppli-
cation for the patent 10 be effective.
1t is the duty Of the adverse claimant to
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
ensne, through misfortune or accident. Should
tue failure 10 commence suit be the resi 1T 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, emb0dy-
ing conclusions of law, without stating the
facts specially, will not be considered in evil
dence.
An adverse claimant should show q compli-
snce with the local laws in recording hts claim
and in regard to expenditures. aud shall ME q
copy Of the original notice of his location, and
show the nature or extent OF the conflict
alleged.
An allegation of parties to 9 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 OR MINERAL LANDS.
Where land is Of little. If any value. for sgri-
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
deposits have been included in an agricultural
entry, said entry will be cancelled at 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 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
issued to an agricultural claimant. they pass
with the patent.
Agricultural College scrip cannot be re-
ceived In payment for claims.
ALIENbs
A foreigner may make a mining location and
dispose OF 1t. provided he becomes q citizen
before disposing Of the mine. Proof that the
party was not q citizen before disposing Of his
claim must be afirmstively shown
Locstors and owners. other
than applicants, will not be presumed aliens.
IN the absence Of allegation or objection prior
70 issuance Of patent.
The portion of n mining claim sold to an
alien cannot be patented while such owner is
an alien; but ON his declaration 10 become .
CITIZEN his right dates back to his purchase,
and he may thereupon secure United States
patent for his claim.
CROSS LEDdEs.
Revised Statutes. Section 1886:
Where two or more led ges cross or intersect
each other, priority Of title shall govern, and
sucn prior location shall be entitled TO all ore
or mineral contsined within the space of inter
sseaon, 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 hall