The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-06-23
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be located and may be embraced and
included in an application for a pat
ent for such claim. and the same may
be patented Herewith, subject to the
same preliminary requirements as to
survey and notice as are applicable
to mining claims; but no location
hereafter made of such non-adj acent
land shall exceed 10 acres, and pay
ment for the same must be made at
the same rate as fixed by this act for
a mining claim. The ten acres of non
adjacent land provided for in this
section must be in the form of a
square, two sides of which must CO.
incide with lines of the public survey
The owner of a mill, or reduction
works. now owning a mine in connec-
ton Herewith, may also receive a
patent for his mill site or works sites
as prov ded in this section.
"B. Where unoccupied land be-
longing to the public domain, either
contiguous or non contiguous to
mining claim, is needful in large area
for mining and metallurgical purposes
the surface rights of such land may
be acquired in parcels or lots, con-
forming to the lines of the public sur
veys, without limit as to aggregate
area, providing the application has
been approved by the secretary of
the interior. Land thus located and
acquired under the provisions of this
article shall be subject to the same
provisions as 10 survey and notice as
are required for the location and pur-
chase of mineral lands in this statute;
provided, however, that no land that
has been officially classified by the
federal government as being capable |
of irrigation from any known source |
may be located under the terms of |
this article. Lands located under this
article shall be paid for at the rate of |
$40 per acre.
&C. The tenure of the surface pro-
vided for in article b of this section
refers solely to the occupancy of the |
surface, and the mineral rights I'M
derlying land thus acquired shall be
in all cases reserved and shall be
subject to location and patent under
regulations and provisions promul-
gated by the secretary of the inter-
ior in harmony with the general pro-
visions of this act governing the 10
cation of mineral lands.
Mineral Development Fund.
"Sec. IA. All moneys paid into the
United States land office in lieu of
annual labor or improvements and for
extension of tenure beyond five years
where no discovery has been made
as provided for in this act are here
by reserved. set aside. and apprOpri-
ated as a special fund in the treas
ury. to be known as the Mineral De-
velopment Fund to be used and ex-
pended under the direction of the
of the interior, within the
state or territory and as nearly as
within the mining district
from which payments were made, for
general purposes of developing the
mineral resources of the several min
ng districts. ,
Special Provisions. 5
"Sec. Is. Whenever, by priority of I
possession, rights to the use of water
or mining. agricultural, manufactur-
ng. or other purposes, have vested 5
md accrued, and the same are recog-
lized and acknowledged by the local I
customs, laws and the decisions of
.ourts, the possessors and owners of
such vested rights shall be maintain +
ID and protected in the anne; and the .
light of way for the construction of q
litches and canals for the purposes ?
herein specified is acknowledged and ,
confirmed; but whenever any person, \
n the construction of any ditch or f
anal, injuries or damages the possess T
lion of any settler on the public do G
main, the party committing such in q
ury or damage shall be liable to the c
,arty injured for such injury or dam f
Ige. C
sec 16. All patents granted, or n
,reemption or homesteads allowed. >
hall be subject to any vested and ac G
rued water rights, or rights to f
Iitches, and reservoirs used in con- l;
lection with such water rights, as e
nay have been acquired under or rec q
,gnized by the preceding section. Il
foGC. I g. AC lAtoA0CAb 10 eNNNAACA a
zed to establish land districts, and to q
ppoint the necessary officers under I
xisting laws wherever he may deem 1
ne same necessary for the public r.
in executing the provi- i,
ions of this act. Ii
"Sec. 49, Subject only to such a
General limitations as may be neces- 2
airy to exempt navigation from arti- IA
icial distractions, all land and shoal C
water between low and mean high %
ide on the shores, bays and inlets of T,
3ering sea, within the jurisdiction of +
he United States, shall be subject to
exploration and mining for gold and
Their precious metals by citizens of +
he United States, or persons who h
ave legally declared their intentions 4
o become such, under such reason
BILE rules and regulations as the mi
ers in organized mining districts
nay have heretofore made or may