Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-04-13
INFOR NATION
FOR.
OWNERS AND L0CkT0RS
....OF...s
MI ES .
APPLICATION FOR PATENT.

the record, and can neither be Withdrawn nor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 de-
scription of the premises ls erroneous or In
sufficient.
application for patent will be rejected be-
cause:
First The notice was published withoutshe
knowledge Of the Register.
~Second-9he notice was not published In 9
new ape designated As published nearest the
claim.
T~hird-Record title was found defective,
and
Fourth-A previous application had been
made for the same premises, which was with
drawn pending n suit in Court commenced by
the adverse
An application for patent will be rejected
whent 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
tlnct portions of g claim. application for
patent may be made by either for tn at portion
OF the claim owned by hun; but where several
parties own undivided interests in q mining
claim all should join in an application for o
patent.
A person or association may purchase 90
many placer locations a. the local law admits,
and embrace them all In one application for .
patent.
Two or more lodes cannot be embraced In
one Application for q patent except for placer
claims embracing two or more loees 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 g town site
a clsuse ia In erted excepting aud excluding
all town property, rights upon the surface,
and nj houses, buildings. structures, lots,
blocks streets, alleys or other municipal i'm
proven. lts 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 60 days.
Notice must be published 10 consecutive
weeks in weekly newspapers, and in daily
newspapers 60 days must elspse between the
fret and last insertions.
Where the Register designates the d ally issue
of q newspaper for publication of notices of 9
mining application for patent 1t Is not o COM
pliance with law to change to the weekly edi-
ton of the same paper without authority Of
the Register.
The existence Of 8 salt spring on o 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 ia 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 aghlnst each Application which
1t 10 alleged conflicts with the premises owned
| by such adverse claimant.
The papers In an adverse claim. once filed
cannot be Withdrawn. but becomes q part Of the
record.
When an adverse claim has been filed 1t can
not be amended 30 as to embrace . larger per-
ton OF the premises than that described in the
original adverse claim.
An adverse claim must be made ont in
| proper form and filed in the proper local Off CO
during the period of publication OF the appli-
cation for the patent TO be effective.
1t Is the duty of the adverse laimsn 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 suit be the res Vt 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, embody-
ing conclusions Of law, without stating the
facts specially, will not be considered IN evil
dence.
An adverse claimant should show q compli-
ance with the local laws in recording histlaim
and in regard to expenditures. and shall nile q
copy OF the original notice OF his location, and
show the nature or extent Of the conflict
alleged.
An allegation of parties to a suit that they
NOhPpsc thc SoAuPauy AZ buuICloutt anu tury
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
~. Ia - al A.
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 a tract after the same ias been
entered as agricultural, but before I 1tent has
been Issued, the parties claiming the mine
may make application for patent for same,
aud 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 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 disposlng Of his
claim must be afhrmatively shown.
Locators and intermediate owners, other
than applicants. will not be presumed aliens,
in the absence Of allegation or objection prior
to issuance of patent.
Tho portion of q mining claim sold to an
alien cannot be patented while such owner Ia
an alien; but on his declaration to become q
citizen his right dates back to his purchase,
Sud he may thereupon secure United States
patent for his claim.
CROSS LEDGEs
Revised Statutes. Section 2, 1886:
Where two or more led ges cross or intersect
each other, priority Of title shall govern. and
such prior location shall be entitled to all ore
or mineral cont, ined within the space of inter.
SECTION, but the subsequent ~locstioa 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 olde-t or prior location shall
take the vein below the point Of union, In
Gliding all the space of intersection.
TUNNELS.
There is no authority of law for q tunnel
location 5000 by l 800 feet. A proper location
10 the width OF the tunnel for 5000 feet.
There fs no provlsion OF law for pstentinr
tunnel locations. but lodes discovered in run.
ming a tunnel may be patented In like manner
as other lodes.
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