Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-03-11
MISCELLANEOUS
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OWNERS AND L0CAT0RS
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APPLICATION For PATENT.

APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
Where papers have once been filed with the
Register and Receiver they become a part OF
the record, and can neither be Withdrawn nor
returned, but must be transmitted to the GeA-
erAl Land Once.
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 9
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 penIing 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
tinct portions of q claim. application for
pateut may be made by either for tnat portion
OF the claim owned by him; but whore 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 ~ 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 Tor 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 he
eeiver cannot be recorded as evidence.
In all patents for mining claims itusted
within the interior boundaries of q town site
| n qlz0Aa ia in cried sspxcAntiuQ and eXgludiQy
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 a 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 elapse between the
fir I and last insertions.
Where the Register designates the daily issue
of q newspaper for publication Of notices Of q
mining application for patent it il not a COM
plianee 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 1t from the operation Of the
homestead and presumption laws. A hearing
for the purpose of proving the agricultural
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 q separate and
distinct claim against each application which
1t Is alleged conflicts with The premises owned
by such adverse CT aimant.
The papers in an adverse claim, once filed
cannot be withdrawn, but becomes a part Of the
record.
When an sdverse claim has been filed 1t can.
not be amended SO as to embrace a larger per-
ton OF the premises than that described in the
original adv erse claim.
An adverse claim must be made ont in
proper firm and flied in the proper local Off ce
during the period of publication OF the appli-
cation for the patent to be effective.
1t is the duty Of the adverse claimant TO
suit in proper form within the re-
quired time, and If 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 res II of
the cor fupt or dishonest action of his stterney,
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 claimant should show a compli.
ance with the local laws in recording his claim
and in regard to expenditures. and shall nile a
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 company is sufficient. aud they
are not required to prove that they are the
original ~locators or the identical parties who
present the adverse claim.
AGRICULTURAL on MrSERAL LANDS.
Where land Is Of little. If any value. for agri.
cultural purposes, but IL essential to the
proper development of mining claims, 1t
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 d, 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 8 tract sfter the same has been
eniered 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 h.
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 a mining location and
dispose OF 1t. provided he becomes a citizen
before disposing of the mine. Proof that the
party was not a citizsn before disposing Of his
claim must be affirmativeiy shown.
Locators and intermediate osners, other
than applicants, will not be presumed aliens,
IN the absence If allegation or objection prior
10 issuance Of patent.
the portion of d mining claim sold to an
allen cannot be patented while such owner is
an alien; but on his declaration to become q
c'uzen his right dates back to his purchase,
ana he may thereupon secure United States
patent for his claim.
CROSS LEDGE
Revised Statutes. Section 1886:
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 cont ined within the space of inter-
section, but the subsequent location shall have
tns 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 olde-t or prior location shall
tske the vein below the point of union, In
eiuaing all the space OF intersection.
TUNNELS.
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