White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-02-08

County IleTk Oiuneiu Teiatist 10 tue
pittman act, which Is an act to en-
courage the reclamation of arid lands
in the State of Nevada.
The act provides for the entry of
2.560 acres of land and gives the en-
,ryman exclusive right to explore for
subterranean waters, which 81 1o-
Gated In sufficient quantity To profit
ably irrigate 20 acres will entitle the
holder to prove up on Gao acres of
the original entry.
The only qualifications provided
in the act for persons receiving the
benefits under the act are that the
applicant, or each member of an as
sociation of applicants, shall be a
citizen of the United States, that he
shall not be a beneficiary under any
other application or permit under
the same act for land situated with
in an area of forty miles square.
Lands to be designated and made
subject to disposition under this ac:
are those public lands which are un-
reserved. unappropriated. non-min-
eral, non-timbered and not known To
be susceptible of successful irriga-
ton from any known source of water
supply, at a reasonable cost. Lists
will be furnished the registers and re-
ceisers of the different local land Of
fees from time to time and they will
be advised of the dates when the
designations become effective.
No blank forms have been furnish
ed. but the applicant may file with
the register of the land office in the
district an application for permit. to-
gether with corroborated affidavit
as to the character of the land and
pay the filing fee OF one cent an acre
for each acre of land involved.
The application must follow the
following points:
Name OF postofiice address OF appli-
cant; citizenship. first papers are not
sufficient. a statement that appli-
cant has not filed an application un-
der this act for land within an area
Of forty miles OF entry: that the ap
plication is honestly and IN good
faith made for the purpose of recla-
nation aud cultivation and not for
the benefit of any other person or
corporation. and that he is not acting
as an agent or any person. 10 give
them the benefit of the land applied
for.
II the land is surveyed. ii should
be described by legal subdivisions.
If unsurycyed. it should be described
with reference to locality, natural
objects and permanent monuments
as fully and carefully as possible
with such detail and precision that
the boundaries and location of the
land may be readily traced and as
eertained: If the land Is situated
within reasonable distance from .
known corner of the public land sur
vey, the course and distance should
be given from such government cor
ner to a described point on the
boundary of the land applied for. All
applicants for unsurveyed land
should make a complete metes and
bounds survey of the land with an
accurate tie-line by course and dis
tanee to n government corner, other
wise II may be impossible to prevent
conflict.
II impracticable to make such
survey before filing, the survey
should be- made Immediately after
wards and forwarded as an amended
application. The corners of claims
on unsurveyed land should be plainly
marked with rock or post monu-
ments.
All land applied for must be In n
reasonably compact form and con-
tiguous, an application for land ex-
{ tending more than four miles in any
one direction will not be considered.
Descriptions OF !. land should in
whether timber. sa.,e brush or grass
clude: The lay Of the land, slope,
land, kind Of soil, altitude, length of
growing season. rainfall through the
year, location with respect to any
surface water. also what Is known of
any underground water supply. and
what is known OF the possibilities of
the land to raise crops by dry farm
ing methods.
At the time of filing the appliea-
tion of the entryman must be sup
ported by two witnesses who can
make affidavit eorroborating the
statement of the applicant.
Affar ...,t...s.