Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-06-20
MISCELLANEOUS.
INFOR
....FOR....
OWNERS AND L0CAT0RS
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MI M ES /.
APPLICATION FOR PATENT.

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the record, and eau neither be Withdrawn nor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 nsmit to the Cen
eral Land Office.
An application win be rejected when the de-
scription of the premises IL 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.
Fourth--A previous application had been
made for the same premises, which was with
drawn pending . 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
tinct portions of q claim, application for
| patent may be made by either for tn ct 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 ~ the local law admits,
and embrace them all in one application for Q
patent.
Two or more lodes cannot be embraced in
one application for a patent except for placer
claims embracing two or more lodes within
their boundaries.
Papers sworn to before any person purport-
ing to act as a deputy for the Register and Re
ceiver cannot be recorded rs evidence.
In all patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries of o town site
. clause Is in erted excepting and excluding
l III ka0un nnA .tnh4a nm AhA "a
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 60 days must elspse between the
first and last insertions.
Where the Register designates the daily issue
Of 6 newspaper for publication of notices of .
mining application for patent 1t is not q COM
pliance with law TO change to the weekly edi-
lion of the same paper without authority Of
the Register.
The existence Of g salt spring on q tract Of
land withdrsws 1t from the operation Of the
Homestead and presumption laws, A hearing
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 g separate and
distinct claim against each application which
1t 10 alleged conflicts with the premises owned
by such adverse ciAimant
The papers In an adverse claim, once nled,
cannot be Withdrawn, but becomes Q part OF the
record.
When an adverse claim has been fled 1t can.
not be amended so as TO embrace q larger por
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 otfice
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 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 to commence suit be the result of
the cor rupt 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.
Ar adverse claimant should show q compli-
ance with the local laws In recording his claim
and in regard to expenditures, aud shall file 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 sui. that they
compose the company is sufficient, and they
are not required to prove that they are the
original ~locKtors or the identical parties who
present the adverse claim.
AGRICULTURAL Oh MINERAL LANDS.
Where land ia OF little. II any value, for aeri-
cultural purposes, but Is essential to the
/ Fnnar aot n Vntntn8 ~. 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 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 9 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-
ceiyed In payment for claims.
ALIENS.
A foreigner may make . mining location and
opPo1c " As pTONiucu ne UoCOme8 O 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 ie
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 LEDGEs.
Revised Statutes. Section 1855:
where two or more lodges CROSS or intersect
escn other, priority OF title shall govern, and
SUCH prior location shall be entitled to all ore
or mineral Confined within the space Of inter-
section, but the subsequent location shall have
the night 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
tske the vein below the point Of union. IN
ciuding all the space of intersection.
TUNNELS.
There is no authority OF law for a tunnel
location 5000 by l 800 feet. A proper location
Is the width Of the tunnel for 5000 feet.
| TneFo IL no prOvfafon Of law for pntentinO