Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-12-12
INFoR NATION
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OWNERS AND lOCATORS
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APPLICATION FOR PATENT.

APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
Where papers have once been fled with the
LEICESTER and Receiver they become q part Of
the record, and can neither be Withdrawn nor
returned, but must be transmitted to the Gen
eral Land ONCE.
An application will be rejected when the
scription of the premises Is erroneous or
sufficient.
Application for patent will be rejected be.
cause:
First = The notice was published without the
knowledge of the Register,
~cond-T notice was not published in q
newspaper designated rs 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 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 h at 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 a
patent.
A person or association may purchase 81
many placer locations rs the local law admits,
and embrace them all in one application for a
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 10 before any person purport-
ing to act as q deputy for the Register and Re-
ceiver cannot be recorded ss evidences.
In all patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries of q town site
u 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 U only
one newspaper for the period OF 90 days.
Notice must be published 10 consecutive
weeks In weekly newspapers. and in daily
newspapers co days must elApse between the
first and last insertions.
Where the Register esignates the Tally issue
Of q newspaper for publication of notices Of o
mining application for patent 1t fs not . COM
pltance with law to change to the weekly edi-
ton Of tue same paper without authority Of
the Register.
The existence OF a salt spring on 9 tract Of
land withdrsws IL 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 ale Q separate and
distinct claim against each application which
IL is alleged conflicts with the premises owned
by such adverse claimant
The papers in an adverse claim, once hlad
cannot be Withdrawn. but becomes q part Of the
record.
When an adverse claim has been fled il can.
not be amended so ~ to embrsce u 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 flied in the proper local office
during the period OF publication OF the Appli-
cation for the patent to be effective.
1t is the duty OF the adverse claimant o
commence suit In proper form within the re-
CURED time, and IL he trusts the uncertain
medium Of the United States mail he must
abide the consequences, should the delay
ensue, through misforiuneo or accident. Should
the failure to suit be the result Of
the o rsupto 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 hts 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 q compli.
ance with the local laws in recording hts claim
and In regard TO expenditures. and shall nIe d
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
are not required to prove that they are the
original iocators or the identical pai tiles who
present tho adverse claim.
AGRICULTURAL on MINERAL LANDS.
Where land is OF little. If 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-
posts.
Where valuable deposits of IMMORAL are dis.
covered upon n tract after the Same ias been
entered Us agricultural. but before / ltent has
been issued, the parties claiming the mine
may make application for patent for same,
and the agricultural entry will be cancelled t.
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
ceived In payment for claims.
ALIENS.
A foreigner may make q mining location
dispose Of 1t. provided he becomes q citizen
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party was not 0 citizen before disposing OF hts
claim must be afirmstively shown.
Loc9tors and termedi owners, other
than applicants. will not be presumed aliens.
In the absence Of allegation or objection prior
to Issuance Of patent.
Tho portion OF a mining claim sold to an
alien cannot be patented while suoh owner Is
an alien; but on his declsrationl o become .
citizen his right dates back to his purchase,
aud he may thereupon secure United States
patent for his claim.
CROSS EDGES.
Revised Statutes. Section 1850:
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 spsco 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
Guiding all the space of intersection.
TUNNELS
There 10 no authority of law for a tunnel
location 5000 by ! 500 feet. A proper location
IA the width ~ chs tuur fnr q 000 faat l