The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-06-16
MINING LAWS.
TOR THE INFORMATION OF
4 ALL
Owners and Locators
OF MINES.
APPLICATIONS FOR PATENTS
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THE LAW IN REGARD TO ALIENS.
APPLICATIONS FOR PATENTS
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THE LAW IN REGARD TO ALIENS.
APPLICATIONS FOR PATENT.

the Register anu heCckScA nv
part Of the record, and can neither be with,
drawn nor returned, but must be transmitted
to the General Land off1ce
An application wall be rejected when the
description of the premises Is erroneous or
Anapplication for patent viii be rejected
First-The notice was published without
the knowledge of the Register,
Second-The notice was not puonsneo Ia
nswspaper designated as published nearest
Third-Record of title was found defective.
and
Fourth-A previous application had been
made for the same premises. which was with
drawn pending a suit in court commenced by
the adverse claimant -
An application for patent win be REACTED
when the survey does not accurately dehne
the boundaries of q claim
Where the claim was not located IN aceord'
ance with law.
Where several parties own seperate and
distinct portions of a claim, application Tor
patent may be made by either for that por"
ton of the claim owned by him: put where
several parties own undivided interests In
mining claim all should join IN an application
for patent
A person or association may purchase as
many placer claims as the local law admits,
and embrace them all In enc application for
Two or moro 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 proport-
ing to act as a deputy for the Register and
Receiver cannot be recorded as evidence.
In all patents for mining claims 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 In
provement not belonging to the guarantee
herein, and all rights necessary or proper to
the occupation, possession or enjoyment OF
the same"
Publication of notice must be made in only
ono 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 tho daily Is
sue OF newspaper for the publication OF no.
tees of a mining application for patent 1t Il
not in com pliance with the law to change TO
the weekly edition of tho same paper with
out authority of the Register.
The existence of a salt spring on tract Of
land withdraws il from the operation of the
homestead and pre- emption laws. hear
ing for the purpose of proving the agricul-
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 seperste and
distinct claim against each application which
il il alleged conflicts with the premises owned
by such adverse claimant.
The papers in an adverse claim. once filed.
cannot BIO withdrawn, but become a part Of
the record.
When an adverse claim has been fled 1t
cannot be amended so as to embrace larger
portion OF the promises 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.
Ii is the duty of the adverse claimant to
commerce suit in proper form within the re-
quired time, and il he intrusts the uncertain
medium of the United States mail he 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 he 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 com.
pliance with the local laws in recording his
claim and in regard to expenditures, and
shall file q copy of the original notice Of his
location. and show the nature or the extent
OF the conflict alleged.
An allegation of parties to n 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, II any. value
for agricultural purposes, but is essential for
| the development Of mining claims, il should
be disposed of under the Mining Act.
Where lands containing valuable mineral
| deposits have been included in an agriculture
| al eutry. said entry will be cancelled AT anv
| time prior TO issuance OF patent, upon salts.
factors. evidence of the existence of such val
liable deposits.
Where valuable mineral deposits are dis
| covered upen tract after the same has been
entered as agricultural, but before pa tent 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 en- braced By said
| mining claim.
Who're mineral deposits are discovered on
agricultural lands after the patent has been
issued to an agricultural claimant, they psss
with the patent.
Agricultural College scrip cannot be recsiy.
cd IN payment for claims.
ALIENS
a foreigner may make mining location
and dispose Of 1t, provided he become & eiti-
| sen before disDosing Of the mine. Proof that
| the party was not citizen before disposing
OF his claim must beefirmatively shown.
Locstors and iptAr mediate owners, ether
tsAn applicants. viii not be pYssum ed aliens.