The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-05-05
MINING LAWS.
NOR THE INFORMATION OF
II ALL
Owners and Locators
OF MINES.
APPLICATIONS FOR PATENTS.
run1aeI flights.
THE LAW IN REGARD TO ALIENS
APPLICATION For PATENT.

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| part of the record, and can neither De Win,
| drawn nor returned, but must be transmitted
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An application will be rejected when the
description of the premises IS erroneous OF
An application for patent will be rejected
FirstCThe notice was published without
the knowledge of tho Register,
Second-The nstice was not puDllsneo III q =
newspaper designated as published nearest
Third-Record of title was found defective,
and :, -
Fourth-A previous application had been
made for the same premises. when was WIN 20,
drawn pending a suit In court commenceo ny
the adverse claimant.
An application for patent will be rejected
when the survey does not accurately uehhe
the boundaries of claim
Where the claim was not located IN aceoro'
Ance with law.
Where several parties own separate and
distinct portions of a claim, application Tor q
patent may be made by either for that por-
ton of the claim owned by him: but where
several parties own undivided interests n
mining claim all should join in an application
for patent
A person or association may purchase as
many placer claims rs the LEGAL law admits,
and EN- brace them all in enc application Tor
a patent.
one application for patent except for placer
claims embracing two or moro lOdes within
their boundaries.
Papers sworn to before any person proport:
ing to act as 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
4 clause is inserted excepting and excluding
all town property, rights upon the surface,
and all houses. buildings, structures, lots,
M mn ma
provement rot belonging to the guarantee
herein, and all rights necessary OF proper to
the occupation. possession or enjoyment oil
the same"
Publication of notice must be made in only
one new spa per for the period OF sixty days.
Notice must be pu biished ten consecutive
weeks in weekly newspapers. and In daily
newspapers sixty days must elapse between
the first and last insertions.
Where the Register deslgnates the daily L.
sue OF newspaper for the publication OF NO.
tees of mining application for patent 1t is
not ia compliance with the law to change TO
the weekly edition of the same paper with
out authority Of the Register.
The existence of a salt, spring on tract OF
land wthdraws it from the operation of the
homestead and presumption laws. A 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 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 filed it
cannot be amended so as to mbrace 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-
quired time. and il he intrusts the uncertain
medium of the United States mail he must
atide the consequences, should the delay en-
sue, through misfortune or accident. Should
the failure to commence suit be 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 n COM
pliance with the local laws in recording b
claim ard in regard to expenditures, and
shalt file copy OF the original notice of his
location, and show the nature or the extent
of the conflict alleged.
An allegation of parties to 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. II any, .value
for agricultural purp poses, but is essential tor
the development Of mining. claims, It should
Where lands containing valuable mineral
deposits have been included in an agricultur-
a sutry. 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 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 pa IS
with the patent.
Agricultural College scrip cannot be receiv-
ed in payment for claims.
ALIENS
A foreigner may make mining location
and dispose Of it. provided he become a citi-
zen before disposing of the mine Preof that
tho party was not a citizen before disposinR
OF his claim must be afirmatively shown.
Locators and intermediate owners, other
than plieAnts will not be pTesum al alien