Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-08
AGRICULTURAL OR MINERAL lands.

AGRICULTURAL OR MINERAL LANDS.
Where land is of little. II any value, for agri-
cultural purposes. but is 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 at 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 a tract otter 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.
ALIENS.
A foreigner may make q 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 disposlng 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 a mining claim sold to an
alien cannot be patented while such owner Is
an alien; but on his declaration to become 9
citizen his right dates back to his purchase,
and he may thereupon secure United States
patent for his claim.
cRoss Lodges.
Revised Statutes. Section 1855:
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 contained within the space OF inter
section. but tho 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
Guiding all the space Of intersection.
TUNNELS.
There is no authority of law for q tunnel
location 5000 by ], 800 feet. A proper location
is the width of the tunnel for 5000 feet.
There is no provision OF law for patentfng
tunnel locations. but lodes discovered in run
ming a tunnel may be patented In like manner
az other lodes.
The right is granted to tunnel owners to
800 feet OF each blind lode, not previously
known to exist. which may be discovered In
their tunnel.
When a lode is struck or discovered for The
first time in running q tunnel the tunnel
owners have the option OF recording their
claim OF ! 800 feet all on one side OF the point
OF discovery or Intersection. or partly on one
side thereof and partly on the other.
Prospecting for blind lodes ia prohibited on
the line of a located tunnel while the tunnel
is in progress, but other parties are In no way
debarred from prospecting for blind iodes or
running tunnels. so long a. they keep without
the line Of such tunnel. n15tf