Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-03-06

Important POints Regarding ASSESS
ment work and Patent Develop
mcnts.
The General Land Office at Washington
has issued the following instructions mod
flying former rulings as to the amount o.
assessment work on claims embracing more
than one location, and improvements re-
quired on application for patent, where
more than one location is included. IL will
be observed that q broad distinction il
drawn between the words location " and
"claims," and that q claim may include
number Of locations, while the assessment
oriimprovemeDt work, as the case may be,
applies to the claim as a whole. IL 10 q very
important ruling:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
WA~sHISG ToN, d. c., Dec. IA, 1885
To Registers and Receivers and Survey
ors observation-disclosures: l. For reasons
stated in decision dated October 81, 1885,
in the case of the Good Return placer mine,
"A l.. D. 221), the Hon. Secretary OF the
Interior holds that the circular instruc-
lions Of 9th December. 1882, and the first
requirement Of the circular OF 9Th June,
1882, are erroneous, and the same are &C
cordingly overruled."
2. Said decision also holds
That the annual expenditure to the
amount OF $100. required by Section 1924,
Revised Statutes, must be made upon
placer claims as we'll as lode claims.
8. That compliance with the terms
OF this chapter as a condition for the
making Of application for patent according
to Section 1925, requires the preliminary
showing OF work or expenditure upon each
location, sufficient to the maintenance Of
possession under Section 1924, either by
showing the full amount for the pending
year, or if there has been failure il should
be shown that work has been resumed so as
10 prevent relocation by adverse parties
after Abandonment"
f.. THAT as Section 1926 only directs
proof Of expenditure to the amount OF $500
by certificate OF the Surveyor General on
the claim embraced in the application for
patent. it must be error to hold that 1t
further requires that amount on each indi-
meteorological location, In lieu of the
amount already provided for by Section
1924"
s.. Registers will, therefore, before re-
ceiving any applications or permitting en-
try upon applications already made, re-
quire q satisfactory preliminary showing
of work or expenditure. under paragraph
8 hereof upon or for the benefit of each
location embraced in the claim, which
may, where the matter is unquestioned.
consist of the affidavit of the applicant,
clearly and specifically setting out all the
facts constituting the compliance with the
law by himself or grantors. Where ap-
plication is made by an incorporated COM
pany, or where an applicant satisfactorily
shows by affidavit that he is not personally
acquainted with the facts, the applicants
affidavit may be made by the duly author
lied agent who has such knowledge, but
whether made by principal or agent II
must be specifically and fully corToborated
by the afidavits OF at least two disinterested
and credible witnesses familiar with the
facts. The showing must include the year
in which the application for patent is filed.
The evidence specified In paragraph 80 of
circular N of October 81, 1881, will still be
required. Where the abstract Of title is
dated prior to the date OF filing the appli-
cation for patent, q continuation Of the
abstract to and including such date must
be filed before the applicant is allowed to
make entry.
6. Where an application for patent en-
braces several locations or claims held in
common, constituting one claim. whether
lode or placer. an expenditure of five hum
dred dollars, under Section 1926, Revised
Statutes, upon such entire claim embraced
in the application will be sufficient and
need not be shown upon each OF the locs-
tions included therein.
You will observe carefully the modifcs.
ton of the practice and regulations as
above indicated.
VIM. A. J. SPARKS, Commissioner.
Approved Dec. Is, 1885.
L. @. G. LAMAR, Secretary.