Graham guardian., 1911-03-31
MINERAL SURVEYS
Claimants for Patents Should
Have Claims Surveyed
at Once

Existing laws require the claim
ant of mineral location to have a
correct official survey of his claim
made under the authority of the
surveyor general of the State or
Territory in which his claim is situ-
ated prior to making application to
the officers of the local land office
for patent thereto, in view OF the
fact the, official survey is the basis
of such application for patent. One
copy of the approved plat of survey
lis furnished the claimant or his at
torney by the surveyor general,
which plat, together with copy of
notice of his intention to apply for
patent, is required to be posted in a
conspicuous place ON his claim.
After posting said plat and notice
upon the premises, the claimant
will file with the register and re-
ceiver of the local land office for the
district in which his claim is stu
ated application for patent. and. if
no reason appears for the reject
ment of the application. the register.
will, at the expense of the claimant,
publish a notice of such application
for patent for a period of sixty
days in the newspaper published
nearest the claim.
From the foregoing, it is obvious
that, in order to secure copy of
the plat of survey so as to enable
the claimant to post the same for
the period of sixty days prior to the
end of the calendar year, the sur
vey should receive my approval not
later than October Goth. The field
notes of a mineral survey should be
filed in this Office at the earliest
possible date, in order to insure the
receipt by the claimant of the ap-
proved plat of his survey not later
than October 20, f911. This will
avoid the necessity of the claimants
doing annual assessment work on
each location for the succeeding
calendar year, in the event of the
issuance of final certificate by the
register of the local land office prior
to the end of the current calendar
year.
Each year during the months of
August, September and October,
numerous applications are filed with
me for the survey Of mineral claims,
which results in a large humber of
field notes being filed in this office
during those months, especially the
latter ones. Naturally, the work in
the mineral department of The of
flee becomes congested and, conse-
quently, some surveys can not be
approved by me soon enough to per-
nit the claimant to post his plat for
the required sixty-day period prior
| to the end of the calendar year. 1t
is the policy of the surveyor general
to accommodate mineral claimants
| in the matter of expediting office
work in connection with the survey
of their mining claims as far as it is
fwithin his power to do so, but the
fact must not be lost sight of that
the number of employees in the
mineral department of this office is
of necessity limited.
1t, therefore. behooves all mineral
claimants who anticipate making ap-
plication for patent to their hold
ings, in the expectation of securing
final certificate during the present
year, to cause their claims to be
surveyed officially at once and thus
avoid the danger of their surveys
not being approved in good season.
FRANK S. INGALLS,,
Surveyor General OF Arizona.
Phoenix, Ariz., March Is, 1911.