The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-04-17
nININo SURVEYS.
. ...,.s.siens for Pafests-Iastructions
20 Dspatfes.


u, the purpose of instruCting
n.0a,y Mineral Surveyors who are not
s.n;lisr with their duties, and for the
s,o.aotiou of more uniformity in their
,s,uras. U. S. Surveyor'General Pow
.jag has issued the following circular
Letter obstruction;
The trst step for any one who Is de-
sirous Of procuring patent to his claim
!. IL make formal written application
n N. U. s. Surveyor-General. who
w;ll then inform him of the amount
necessary TO pay for the office work.
The applicant is then required to
deposit this sum, which IL usually $50,
6f each claim which he desires to have
,aryeyed. with the Assistant Treasurer
in San Francisco. stating to him by
whom deposited, the naIns of the lode,
and that II is for the purpose of paying
tor the Office work in this office. He
receives three receipts from the Treas
urvr. He must send the one marked
"original1 TO the Secretary of the
Treasury at Washington, the one
marked 'duplicaten 10 this office, aud
rctaiu the "TRIP licate" receipt himself.
The Survsysr-General, upon receipt Of
tho duplicate. will designate some
DEPUTY 10 make the survey. In max
Ing the survey the Deputy is required
To put, Al all corners, permanent posts
or instruments, which will be marked
with the number of the survey aud the
number Of the post. The Deputy j.
required TO give nun ner To every
survey which lee makes, commencing
10 every district where there are NO
prior surveys with 81, and from that
On consecutivsly. Ii the mining dis
thci is on surveyed land and lies in
more than ole township, separate
numbering is required Tor each town
shlp commencing with 81. aud if sur
vsy lies partly in two townships it must
be given two numbers, one tor each
township. When the survey comes up
on surveyed land, or when il is not
over two miles from any corner of the
PuDlic land surveys, the Deputy is re-
lulred to Connect by course aud dis
lance some corner OF his survey with IA
corner Of the public land surveys.
when fhe survey falls upon unsuryeyed
iAnd, aad over tive miles from any sec
won OF township corner, IA mineral
monument must be established at some
distance not to exceed 100 chains from
the mIning claim.
ihls monument must be large post
well nxed In the ground, or large
mound ofstone, and il must be marked
Mineral Monument No. /, 9, 3, or 4, 4"
S tue case may be.
The survey must be connected with
tnls monument. In making the survey,
Tue deputy Is required TO conform TO
ths location as Indicated on the ground
e'en II II does not correspond to the
Written notice Of location, care being
Aken that no portion OF his survey is
exterior to the claim as so indicated ON
Tue ground, and that the end lines are
parallel. lie must indicate on his plat.
-ed state in his field notes, the position
cI al OF the original monuments which
ne may fnd. Where there are other
claims, patented or not, which lap on
: tue survey which Is being made, they
must be indicated on the plat and
uescribed in his field notes in the fol-
,o"'ng manner: lie must first decide
MS whole claim by courses and dis.
saaces; no must then decide, in the
ssme manner, each piece which is
sOmmcn between the survey which he
" making and any conflicting claim,
s.sung In each case the area of the
p,svc In common and whether ex-
s'uued OF not. Conflicts with unsur.
-, 's!su Claims where the applicant does
~ claim the area in conflict must be
oI,. ywn y actual survey. If the ap-
r"Oant desires to embrace within his