The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-08-04
MINING LAWS.
For RI THE INFORMATION OF
Owners and Locators
OF MINES.
APPLICATIONS FOR PATENTS.
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APPLICATIONS FOR PATENTS
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the LAW IN REGARD TO ALIENS.
APPLICATION FOR PATENT.

| the Register and Receiver they become q
| part of the record, and can neither be with,
drawn nor returned, pul must De trahsmitteu
| to the General Land office.
An application will be rejected when the
description Of the premises is erroneous OF
AnapplicatiOn for patent will be rejected
First-The notice was published without
the knowledge of the Register,
Second-The notice was not published In
newspaper designated as published nearest
Third-RocOrd of title was found defective.
Fourth-A previous application had been
made for the same premises. VIII CD vas vii b.
drawn pending a suit In court commenced By
the adverse claimant. 3.
An application for patent will be rejected
when the survey docs not accurately define
the boundaries of a claim
Where the claim was not located In accord.
Ance with law. ,
Where several parties own seperate and
distinct portions of claim, applicat ton for a
patent may be made by either for that por-
tion of the claim owned by him: but where
several parties own undivided interests In
mining claim all should join in al application
for patent
A person or association may purchase as
many placer claims as the local law admits,
and embrace them all in one application for
patent.
one application for patent except for placer
claims embracing two or more l0des within
their boundaries.
Papers sworn to before any person proport--
ing to act as a deputy for the Register and
Receiver cannot be recorded as evidence.
In all patents fer mining cl inns situated
within the interior boundaries OF town site
a 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
provement Lot belonging TO the guarantee
herein, and all rights necessary or proper TO
the occupation, possession or enjoyment oil
the Same.o
utilization of notice must be made in only
one newspaper for the period of sixty days.
Notice must be pu blished ten consecutive
weeks in weekly newspapers. and In daily
newspapers sixty days must elapse between
the first and last insertions.
Where the Register designates the daily Is
sue OF newspaper for the publication of no.
tees of mining application for patent 1t IL
not in compliance with the law to change to
the weekly edition of the same paper with
out authority of the Register.
The existence of salt spring on tract OF
land withdraws it from the operation of the
homestead and pre- emption laws. hear
ing for the purpose Of proving the a,gricul-
tural character of such land is not allowed.
Land containing valuable deposits of slate
may be entered under the mining acts.
ADVERSE CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must file a separate and
distinct claim against each application which
it is alleged conflicts with the premises owned
by such adverse claimant.
The papers in an adverse claim, once filed,
cannot be withdrawn. but become part Of
the record.
When an adverse claim has been fled II
cannot be amended 20 as to emil brace larger
portion 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 ap-
plication for the patent to be effective.
1t is the duty of the adverse claimant to
commerce suit in proper form within the re-
CURED time. and If he intrusts the uncertain
medium of the United States mail be must
abide the consequences. should the delay en-
sue, through misfortune or accident. Should
the failure to commence suit DO the result Of
the corrupt or dishonest action OF his attor-
ney. the Interior Department cannot redress
the wrong
An adverse claimant should set forth in de-
tail the fact upon which be bases his adverse
claim. A statement in general terms. en-
bodying conclusions of law, without stating
the facts specially. will not be considered In
evidence
An adverse claimant should show a COM
pliance with the local laws in recording
claim AID in regard to expenditures. and
shall ME copy OF the original notice OF his
of the conflict alleged.
An allegation of parties 10 a suit that they
compose the company is sufficient, and they
are not required to prove that they are the
original locators or the identical parties who
presented the adverse claim.
AGRICULTURAL OR MINERAL LANDS.
Where the land is of little IL any, yalue
for agricultural purposes, but is essential for
the development of mining claims, il should
be disposed of under the Mining Act.
: Where lands continuing valuable mineral
deposits have been included in an agriculture
al eutry, said entry will be cancelled at any
time prior to issuance of patent, upon salts
factory evidence of the existence of such val
liable deposits.
Where valuable mineral deposits are dis
covered upen a tract after the same has been
entered as agricultural, but before patent has
been issued, the parties claiming the mine
may make application for patent for same.
and 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 rsceiv-
ed In payment for claims.
ALIENS
A foreigner may make q mining location
and dispose Of it, provided be become citi-
zen before disposing of the mine. Proof that
the party was not citizen before disp0sing
of his claim must be atlirmatiVely shown.
Loeators and intermediate owners, other
than applicants, will not be prsssm I'd aliens.