The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-06-02
MINING LAWS.
EoR THE INFORMATION OF
4 ALL
Owners and Locato1's
OF MINES.
APPLICATIONS FOR PATENTS.
Tunnel Rights.
the LAW IN REGARD TO ALTERS
APPLICATIONS FOR PATENTS.
Tunnel Rights.
THELsW IN REGARD TO Alters.
APPLICATION For PArgNr.

APPLICATION Fok patent.
Whore papers have once been ilea WIN
| the Register and Receiver they become
part of the record, and can neither De VAIN;
| drawn nor returned, but must Dc transmitted
! to the General Land of1ee.
annhcation will be rejected when the
description of the promises Is erroneous or
| insufficient. ,,,
| because: -,
First-The notice was published without
| the knowledge Of the Register,
second-The notice was not published IN
newspaper designated az published nearest
Tbird-Record of title was found defective,
Fourth-A previous application had been
made for the same premises. which was with
drawn pending n suit in court commenced oy
the adverse claimant.
An application for patent will be rejected
when the survey does not accurately denne
the boundaries of claim
Where the claim was not located in accord
ance with law.
distinct portions of a claim, application for
patent may be made by either for that por-
ton of the claim owned by him: but where
several parties own undivided Interests In
mining claim all should join in an application
for a 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
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 proport--
ing to act as deputy for the Register and
Receiver cannot be recorded as evidence.
In all patents for mining cl1ims situated
within the interior boundaries OF town site
Il 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 rot belonging to the guarantee
herein, and all rights necessary or proper TO
the occupation, possession or enjoyment OF
the same.a
Publication Of notice must be made in only
one newspaper for the period Of sixty days
Norice must be published 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 it 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 q salt spring on tract Of
land withdraws it from the operation of the
homestead and pre- exemption laws. A hear
ing for the purpose Of proving tho 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 seperate 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 II |
amended { m "a
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 tho np- |
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 if be 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 BIO 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 do |
tail the fact upon which he bases bis 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 b s |
claim and in regard 10 expenditures, and |
shall 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 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, if any, yaluo
for agricultural purposes, but is essential for
the development of mining claims, it should
be disposed Of under the Mining Act.
Where lands containing valuable mineral
deposits have been included in an agriculture
oil 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 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
10 that portion of the land mbraced 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 receiv.
ed in payment for claims.
ALIENS
A foreigner may make a mining location
and dispose of il, provided he become a citi.
zen before disposing Of the mine. Proof that
the party was not citizen before disposing
OF MS claim must be afhrmatiyely shown,
Al LocatoTs ana intermediate owners, other
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