Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1894-05-05
A MINING BILL
INTRODUCED IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES BY CON-
GRESHAM EEWLlNDS.

l a DILL 70 hmeuu cnhpter slks ol title tnlf-
| ty-two OF the Revised Statutes. relsting g
to mineral lands and mining resources I:
Be IL enacted By the Senate and House
Of Representatives OF the United States
Of America In Congress assem bled. that
section 1924 Of the Revised Statutes be
amended so as TO read:
Section 2324. The miners OF each
mining district may make reg gulstions, not
in conflict with the laws OF the United
States or with the laws OF the State or
Territory In which the disrict is situated,
| governing the location, manner OF re-
| cording, amount Of work necessary TO
\ hold possession OF Q mining claim. sub
| ject TO the following requirements: The
location must be distinctly marked on the
| ground by posts or monuments so that Its
| boundaries can be readily traced. All
records OF mining claims hereafter made
shall contain the name or names Of the
| locators, the date Of location, and such q
| description OF the claim or claims located
| by reference TO some natural object or
permanent monument as will identify the
| claim. On each claim located after the
tenth day OF May, eighteen hundred and
| seventy.two, and until payment OF the
| purchase money and certificate OF entry
| has been issued therefor, not less than one
hundred dollars worth Of labor shall be
performed, or improvements made during
each year. On all claims located prior to
the tenth day Of May, eighteen hundred
and seventy-two, ten dollars worth OF
labor shall be performed, or improvements
made, during each year for each one hun
dred feet in length along the vein, until
payment OF the purchase money and q
certificate OF entry has been issued there
for; but where suoh claims are held in
common such expenditure may be made
upon any one claim. That the period
within which the work required to be done
annually on mineral claims shall CON-
menoe at twelve O'Clock meridian on the
first day Of January succeeding the date
Of location Of such claim. When the
labor required by this Act shall have been
performed. or improvements made, an
affidavit may be filed within thirty days
after the time limited for performing such
labor. or making such improvements,
with the recorder OF deeds Of the county
in which the claim or mine is situated,
| particularly describing the ltbor per-
| formed and the Improvements made, and
value thereof, which affidavit shall be
| primA fAcie evidence OF the fact therein
stated, and upon o failure TO comply With
| the conditions Of this Act in the perform
ance Of labor or making Of improvements,
| the claim or mine upon which such failure
occurred shall be open to relocation in the
| same manner as il no location OF the same
had ever been made; provided, that the
| original locators, their heirs, assigns, or
| legal represen tatives do not resume work
| upon the claim after such failure and be-
| fore such relocation, and continue tbs
same with reasonable diligence until the
required amount OF labor shall have been
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| the failure of any one Of the several CO.
owners 10 contribute his proportion of the
expenditures required hereby, the co-own-
| ers who have performed the labor or made
the improvements may, al the expiration
of the year, give such delinquent CO.
owner personal notice In writing, or notice
by publication in the newspaper published
nearest the claim for at least once Q week
for ninety days; and II at the expiration
of ninety days after such notice In writing,
or by publication, such delinquent shall
fail or refuse to contribute his proportion
Of the expenditure required by this SEQ
ton, his interest in the claim shall become
the property OF his co-owners who have
made the required expenditures. A copy
OF such notice. together with an affidavit
showing personal service or publication,
as the case may be, Of such notice. when
uloQ nuQ ACOOhuCa WIN thc ICCOlucL VI
deeds OF the county In which such mining
claim is situated shall be evidsnce OF the
acquisition OF title OF such co-owners.
When person or company has or may run
g tunnel for the purpose OF developing a
claim or claims owned by said person or
company, the money so expended In run
ming said tunnel shall be taken and con-
sidered as expended on said claim or
claims; provided further. that said claim
or claims shall be distinctly marked on
the surface as provided in this Act"
SEQ. q. That section twenty three hun
dred and thirty -four OF the Revised Stat
utes be amended by adding thereto the fol-
lowing: "Ani the surveyors appointed
under me provisions Of this section shall
have power to administer oashs 10 their
| assistants"
SEQ. 8. That section twenty three hun
and thirty Of the Revised Statutes be
| amended so as to read:
.sSec. 1885. All afidavits required to
| be made under this chapter may be veri-
| fed before any officer authorized to ad-
| minister osths In the State or Territory
where the claims may be situated having
an official seal. and all testimony and proofs
may be taken before any such officer, and
when duly certified by the officer taking
the same, sttested by his seal OF office,
shall have the same force and effect as if
taken before the Register and Receiver OF
| the Land Office. In cases of contest as to
| the mineral or agricultural character OF
the land, the testimony and proofs may be
taken, as herein provided, on personal no
tice Of at least ten days to the opposing
party. or If such party cannot be found.
then by publication Of at least once week
for thirty days 10 a newspaper to be
designated by the Register OF the Land
Office as published nearest TO the location
Of such land. and the Register shall re-
quire proof that such notice has been
given; provided, that the presence OF rock
in place bearing gold, silver, cinnabar.
petroleum, or other valuable mineral.
shall be regarded as presumptive evidence
tha. the land containing the same Is, and
always has been. mineral in character;
and provided further, that in inves stigat.
ing the character OF land with view to
ascertain whether IL is more valuable for
mineral than agriculture, evidence may be
taken Of the mineral discovered or devel-
oped adjacent to such land, proof OF which
shall be presumptive evidence that the
land 10 question IL, and always has been,
mineral in character; and provided fur
ther, that wherever land is proven to be .
well-defined mineral belt such land shall
| be deemed, presumed and taken to be, and
always TO have been, mineral land, unless
the contrary is proven; and provided
further, that the provisions OF thii
chapter shall be literally construed
with the view to aid the applicant In pro
curing title TO the mineral lands of tn,
United States, and that the rules and reg
ulations prescribed by the Land Depart
ment OF the Government and that OF ii,
officers, In disposing OF said land, shall b
80 formulated and administered ss TO assis
7 the Government in disposing Of said land
TO bona fde applicants, aud not so as u
impede the.sale thereof, or impose oner
ous burdens upon applicants"
| SEQ. 4. That section twenty-three hun