Weekly journal-miner., 1911-03-22
SURVEYS SHOULD BE MADE AT
 ONCE Information to Those Desiring Mining
 Patents Surveyor General Ingalls, Issues Important
 Bulletin
CFrom surday,s pailyl


 Surveyor General Ingalls, has issued an announcement giving important advice to those who desire to patent mining claims this year. He says:
 Existing laws require the claimant of a mineral location to have cor rect official survey of his claim made under the authority of the Surveyors General of the State or Territory in which his claim is situated prior to making application to the officers of the local land office for patent thereto, in view of the fact that the official survey is the basis of such application for patent. One copy of the approval plat of survey is fur nished the claimant or his attorney by the Surveyor-General, which plat. together with a copy of notice of his intention to apply for patent is required to be posted in a conspieu- ous place on his claim. After post ing said plat and notice upon the premises, the claimant will file with the Register and Receiver of the local land office for the district in which his claim is situated applca- tion for patent, and, if no reason appears for the rejection of the ap- plieation. the Register will, at the expense of the claimant, publish a notice of such application for patent for period of sixty days in the newspaper published nearest the claim.
 "'From the foregoing, it is obvious that. in order to secure a 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 survey should receive my approval not later than October 20th. The field notes of a mineral survey should be filed in this office at the earliest possible date. in order to insure the receipt bv the claimant of the approved plat of his survey not later than October 20. 1911 This will avoid the neees- sity of the claimant s doing annual assessment work on each location for the succeeding calendar year, in the event of the issuance of final certi- fcate 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. num- erous applications are filed with me for the survey of mineral claims, which results in a large number of field notes being filed in this office during those months, especially the latter ones Naturally. the work in the mineral department of the office becomes congested and. consequently some surveys can not be approved bv me soon enough to permit the claimant to post his plat for the re quired sixtv-dav period prior to the end of the calendar year. It IS the policy of the Surveyor-General to ac' eommodate mineral claimants in the matter of expediting office work in connection with the survey of tneiI mining claims as far as it IS within his power to do so. but the fact must not be lost sight of that the number of employees in the mineral depart ment of this office is of necessity limited.
 "It therefore behooves all minera claimants who anticipate making aP nlieation for patent to their holdings in the expectation of securing fna certificate during the present year to cause their claims to be surveyed officially at once and thus avoid thu danger of their surveys not being approved in good seoson.'