Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-07-27
formed the labor or made the improvement

formed the labor or made the improvement
may, at the expiration Of the year, give such
delinquent CO owner personal notice in writ
ing or notice by publication IN the newspaper
published nearest the claim. for at least once
week for ninety days, and If at the expira
ton OF ninety days after such notice in writ
ing or by publication such delinquent shall
all or refuse TO contribute his proportion Of
the expenditure required by this section, his
interest in the clam shall become the prop.
eily Of his CO owners who have made the re.
quired expenditures, upon recording cop.
II such notice, together with an AFFIDAVIT,
showing personal service or publication, as
The case may be, Of such notice with the re
cordrr Of the mining district vi which such
mining claim Is situated, and # there be no
such officer, then with the recorder OF deeds
of the county IN which such mining claim j,
situated. When any person or company has
developed and exposed lode, and expended
.ne hundred dollars worth of labor thereon,
said person or company may run tunnel for
the purpose OF developing such lode owned
by said person or company, and the money
20 expended in said tunnel shall be consid.
cred as expended on said lode, and such per.
son or company shall not thereafter be
requied to perform labor or make improve.
ments on the surface Of said lode in order to
hold the same. so long as work is continued
on such tunnel" *
Sc. 3. That section twenty three hun.
bred and twenty-five Of the Revised Statutes
be amended so as to read:
"Sec. z3zs. A patent for any land claim.
ed and located for valuable deposits may be
obtained IN the following manner: Any per
son, association, or corporation authorized 10
locate claim under this chapter, having
claimed and located piece Of land for such
purposes, who has, or have. complied with
the terms Of this chapter, may file in the
proper land Office an application for a patent,
under oath, showing such compliance, to.
gether with plat and field notes of the claim
or CLAIMS in common, made by or under the
direction Of the United States surveyor gen.
eral, showing accurately the boundaries oil
The claim or claims. which shall be distinct
iy marked by monuments on the ground. and
shall posi- copy Of such plat. together with
notice Of such application for patent, in
conspicuous place on the land embraced in
such plat previous 10 the filing Of the appli-
i'm for patent, and shall file an affidav
1t that such pat and notice have been duly
posted, and shall also file copy Of the no.
tsce in such land Office, and shall lhereupon
BIZ entitled to patent for the land, in the
manner following: The register of the land
Office, upon the filing Of such application.
plat, field notes, notices, and afidavits, shall
publish a notice that such application has
been made, Tor the period Of SKY days. ip a
newspaper to be by him designated as pub
llshed nearest 10 such clam; and he shall
also post such notice in his Office for the same
period. The claimant at the time of filing
this application, or At any time thereafter
wi hin the sixty days Of publication, shall
nile with the register a certificate Of the
United States surveyor general that five hun
dred dollars worth Of labor has been ex
pended or improvements made upon the claim
by himself or grantors; that the plat is cor
rect, with such further description by such
reference 10 natural offsets or permanen,
monuments as shall identify the claim, and
furnish an accurate description. to be incor
pora,ed in the patent. At the expiration Of
The sixty days of publication the claimant
shall file his affidavit, showing tha, the pla,
and notice have been posted in conspicuous
place on the claim during such period Of pub
l,cation. II no adverse clam shall have
been filed with the register and receiver o
The proper land office at the expiration Of ths
sixty days Of publication, it shall he assumed
that the applicant is entitled to . patent, and
that no adverse claim exists, and upon the
payment to the pr"per officer of five dollars
per acre he shall receive certificate Of entry;
and thereafter no objection from third parties
% the issuance of patent shall be heard ex
cept it be shown that the applicant has failed
to comply with the terms Of this chapter.
But no moretnan three thousand feet in length
along the vein Of claim, located prior to the
tenth day Of May, eighteen hundred and
seventy two, and not more than the eaten, Of
one clam fifteen hundred feet in length by
six hundred feet in width located after said
date shall be included in the same applica.
lion for patent. and not more than eighty
acres Of placer ground shall be included in
the same application for patent"
Sec.4 4. That section twenty three hundred
and thirty four Of the Revised Statues be
amended by adding thereto the following:
Sand the surveyors appointed under the
provisions Of this section shall have powrI
to administer oaths 10 their assistants"
Sec. {. That section twenty three hun