Bisbee daily review., 1912-12-17
HOW ID OBTAIN
 MINE PATENTS.
Information of Interest to Claims ;n the Matter of Official Surveys of
 Their Claims
IS OFFICIAL CIRCULAR

Surveyor General Frank s. Ingalls, has sent out the following circular containing important information con corning what is required in obtain ing mining patents:
 Existing laws require the claim ant of a mineral location 10 .have a correct official survey of his claim made under the authority Of the sur
 yeyor-general of the state or terri
 tory in which his claim is situated prior to making application to the Of-
 iicers 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 approved plat Of survey
 is furnished the claimant or his at- toTney 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 con
 spicuous place on his claim. After posting 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 application for patent, and. f no reason appears 10: the rejection Of the application, the register will, at the expense of the claimane publish a notice of such ap- plication for patent for a period of sixty days in the newspaper publish ed nearest the claim
 From the foregoing it is obvious that. in order to secure a copy 0t the plat of survey so as to enable the claimant to post the same 10. | hn fpI of uiyfN pFin fn end Of the calendar year. the survey should receive my approval not later that October Ist. The field notes of mineral survey should be filed in this office at the earliest possible date. in order to insure the receipt by the claimant of the approved plat Of his survey not later than October 20. 1911. This will avoid the ueces- sity of the claimants doing annual assessment work on each location for the succeeding calendar year, in the event Of the issuance Of final certifi- cate by the register Of the local land office prior to the end Of the current calendar year. .e
 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 cOneested and. consequently 1 some surveys can not be approved by me soon enough to permit the claim. 1 ant to post his plat for the required , siNty-day period prisr 10 the end JG the calendar year. lt is the policy | Of the surveyor-general 10 accOmmo- ! date mineral claimants in the mat ! ter Of expediting office work in con l nection with the survey of their min l ing 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.
 Tt therefore behoOves all mineral 1 claimants who anticipate making ap- l pliCation for patent to their holdings, 1 jn the expectation Of securing final 1 certificate during the present year, to cause their claims to be surveyed 1 at once and thus avoid the i danger of their surveyors not being ! in good season.