Year: 1873

The first step to be taken by the ap-
rlicant is to apply to the U. S. Surveyor
General for survey of his mine, and at
the same time deposit $25 for office
work with an Assistant Treasurer or des-
inatsd depository Of the United States.
IInou this deposit being made, the As
sistant Treasurer or depository issues re-
CENTS for the amount in triplicate, the orig
inal and duplicate OF which arefiled with
the Surveyor General and the triplicate is
retained by the depositor for his own Sc
curi.y. No application is considered un-
Ill this deposit is made.


The applicants is now authorized to EN-
ploy any U. S. Deputy Surveyor to make
his survey. The deputy, upon the COM
pletion OF his work, returns the field
notes thereof to the office, where they
are examined; and if found correct, ap-
nroyed as soon as the applicant files in
the Surveyor Generals Office the afiida-
Wits of two witnesses that $500 worth of
work has been done, or improvements
made upon the claim by himself or grant.
ors and that the ground as surveyed is
the identical ground hitherto claimed in
connection with the mine, together with
n certified copy of the notice of location
and a certificate from the Mining Re-
corder. that at the date of location the dis
trict laws allowed stated number of feet
in length and width for mining claim.


The Surveyor General prepares four
pats of the claim, two Of which are
turned over to the applicant, together
with a certified transcript of the field
notes.


The applicant posts one of these plats
in conspicuous place upon the claim,
and notice of his intention to apply
for patent therefor; which notice will
give the date of posting, the name of
the claimant, the name OF the claim,
the mining district, county and Terri
tory: whether the location is Of record,
aud if so, where the record may be
found; the number OF feet claimed
along the vein, and the presumed direc-
ton thereof; the number of feet claimed
on tue lode in each direction from the
point OF discovery, or other well defined
place on the claim; the name or names
Of adjoining claimants on the same or
other lodes; or if none adjoin, the names
Of the nearest claims.


The applicant next enters the Land
NUlHt anu DiCS Wlsu tuc 1NtElSttE anu
Receiver thereof, the other copy of such
plat and the transcript OF the field notes
Of survey, accompanied by the affidavit
oi at least two credible witnesses, that
such plat and notice are posted conspic-
uously upon the claim, giving the date
and place Of such posting; copy of the
notice SO posted to be attached to and
form part OF said affidavit.


Attached to the transcript of the field
notes SO filed, must be the sworn state
ment of the claimant that he has the
possessory right to the premises therein
described, the origin of his possession,
and the basis of his claim to patent.
He should also file correct copy of the
notice Of location sworn to by the min
inc recorder, and where his claim is
based in whole or in part, upon his
rights as purchaser, he must also file
an abstract OF title from the proper re-
corder, under seal or oath; and, lastly,
sworn copy of the laws of the district.


The Register of the Land Office will
then, at the expense of the claimant,
publish notice of such application, for
period of sixty days, in newspaper
published nearest to the claim, and will
post copy of such notice in his office
for the same time.


After the period Of publication has ex-
PRED the claimant will file in the Land
Office his affidavit, showing that the plat
and notice aforesaid remained conspicu-
ously posted upon the claim during said
sixty days publication; and if no adverse
claim has been filed during that time, the
claimant is permitted to pay for the land
at the rate of five dollars for each acre
and five dollars for each fractional part
of an acre, and the Receiver issues his
receipt therefor.


The papers in the case are then trans
mitted to the Department and the patent
issues in its order Salt Lake Tribune.