Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-12-05
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OWNERS AND LOCkTORS
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APPLICATION ron PATENT.

APPLICATION FoR PATENT.
Where papers have once been filed with the
Register and Receiver they become q part OF |
the record, and can neither be withdrawn nor
ersl 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.
Second-The notice was not published in q
newspaper designated as published nearestt the
Third-Record title was found defective,
and
Fourth--A previous application had been
made for the same premises, which was with
drawn pending O 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 that portion
OF the claim owned by him; but where several
parties own undivided interests in a mining
claim all should join in al application for a
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 & patent except for 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 Re-
ceiver cannot be recorded rs evidence.
In all patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries Of q town site
9 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 q only
one newspaper for the period Of 90 days.
Notice must be published 10 consecutive
weeks in weekly newspapers, and In daily
newspapers 90 days must elapse between the
fret and last insertions.
Where the Register d esignates the d ally issue
Of q newspaper for publication of notices of q
mining application for patent Ii Is not q COM
pliance with law to change to the weekly edi-
ton Of the same paper without authority Of
the negister.
The existence OF a 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 Is not allowed. Land
containing valuable deposits Of slate may be
entered under the mining Acts.
ADvKRsE CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must file q separate and
distinct claim against each application which
II 10 alleged conflicts with the premises owned
by such adverse claimant
The papers IN an adverse claim, once 6led.
cannot be Withdrawn, but becomes q part Of the
| record.
When an adverse claim has been filed IL can
not be amended 50 as to embrace a 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 filed 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 0
commence suit in proper form within the re-
CURED time. and II he trusts ihe uncertain
medium OF the United States mail he must
abide the consequences. should the delay
ensne, through misfortune or accident Should
the failure to suit be the result 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 eyi.
dsnce.
An adverse claimant should show q compli.
ance with the local laws In recording his claim
and in regard to expenditures. and shall nile n
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
compose the company 10 sufficient, and they
are not required to prove that they are the
original l~ocstors or the identical pafties who
present the adverse claim.
AGRICULTURAL on MINERAL LANDS.
Where land is of little. II any value. for agrl-
cultural purposes, but 10 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 q tract after the same ias been
entered as agricultural. but before l ltent has
been issued, the parties claiming the mine
may make application for patent for same,
and the agricultural entry will be cancelled 10
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 laimant they pass
with the patent.
Agricultural College scrip cannot be
ceived In payment for claims.
ALIENS.
A foreigner may make a mining location
dispose OF It. provided he becomes Q citizen
before disposing OF the mine. Proof that the
party was not a citizen before disposing Of hts
claim must be aftirmatively shown.
Locators and intermediate owners, other
than applicants. will not be presumed aliens,
In the absence Of allegation or objection prior
10 issuance OF patent.
me portion Of a mining claim sold to an
alien cannot be patented while suoh owner 10
an alien; but on his declarations o become .
citizen his right dates back to his purchase,
aud he may thereupon secure United States
patent for his claim.
CROSS LEDGEs.
Revised Statutes. Section 1880:
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 eontsined within the space of inter
secuon, but the subsequent location shall have
the right OF way through the space of inter
section Tor 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 800 feet. A proper location
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