Decisions of the Commissioner of the General Land Office and the Secretary of the Interior: Under the United States Mining Statutes of July 26, 1866, July 9, 1870, and May 10, 1872 : with Appendix of Circulars and FormsA.L. Bancroft, 1874 - 351 pages |
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... aforesaid ; and the Surveyor - general may , in extending the surveys , vary the same from a rectangular form , to suit the circumstances of the country and the local rules , laws , and customs of miners ; Provided , that no location ...
... aforesaid ; and the Surveyor - general may , in extending the surveys , vary the same from a rectangular form , to suit the circumstances of the country and the local rules , laws , and customs of miners ; Provided , that no location ...
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... aforesaid is hereby acknowledged and confirmed ; Provided , however , that whenever , after the passage of this act , any person or persons shall , in the construction of any ditch or canal , injure or damage the possession of any ...
... aforesaid is hereby acknowledged and confirmed ; Provided , however , that whenever , after the passage of this act , any person or persons shall , in the construction of any ditch or canal , injure or damage the possession of any ...
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... aforesaid , the Secretary of the Interior may designate and set apart such portions of the said lands as are clearly agricultural lands , which lands shall thereafter be subject to pre - emption and sale as other public lands of the ...
... aforesaid , the Secretary of the Interior may designate and set apart such portions of the said lands as are clearly agricultural lands , which lands shall thereafter be subject to pre - emption and sale as other public lands of the ...
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... aforesaid , through the end - lines of their locations , so continued in their own direction that such planes will intersect such ex- terior parts of said veins or ledges . And , provided further , That nothing in this section shall ...
... aforesaid , through the end - lines of their locations , so continued in their own direction that such planes will intersect such ex- terior parts of said veins or ledges . And , provided further , That nothing in this section shall ...
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... aforesaid , and shall file a copy of said notice in such land office , and shall thereupon be entitled to a patent for said land in the manner following : The Register of the land office , upon the filing of such application , plat ...
... aforesaid , and shall file a copy of said notice in such land office , and shall thereupon be entitled to a patent for said land in the manner following : The Register of the land office , upon the filing of such application , plat ...
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abstract of title acres act of Congress act of July adverse claim adverse claimant affiant affidavit aforesaid agricultural lands alleging appears application for patent boundaries California certificate character Chollar Potosi cinnabar Clear Creek County Colorado Colorado Territory Commissioner Comstock lode copy County court decision DEPARTMENT deposits dollars embraced entry field notes GENTLEMEN gold grant hereby hundred feet improvements INTERIOR issued Jenny Lind Julia gold July 26 LAND OFFICE legal subdivisions letter linear feet lode claim mineral lands mining act mining claims mining district Nevada ninety days non-mineral obedient servant parties in interest persons placer claim placer mining plat and field pre-emption premises proceedings proof public lands quartz record Register and Receiver regulations respectfully right of possession rock in place rules of miners sixty days statute surface ground survey Surveyor-general sworn Territory thereof tion township tract tunnel United vein or lode Washington WILLIS DRUMMOND
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Page 10 - All valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging to the United States, both surveyed and unsurveyed, are hereby declared to be free and open to exploration and purchase, and the lands in which they are found to occupation and purchase, by citizens of the United States and those who have declared their intention to become such...
Page 297 - ... Whenever, by priority of possession, rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes, have vested and accrued, and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of Courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same; and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed...
Page 10 - ... no location of a mining claim shall be made until the discovery of the vein or lode within the limits of the claim located.
Page 12 - ... shall post a copy of such plat, together with a notice of such application for a patent, in a conspicuous place on the land embraced in such plat previous to the filing of the application for a patent...
Page 3 - ... citizens of the United States and those who have declared their intention to become such, under regulations prescribed by law,, and according to the local customs or rules of miners in the several mining districts, so far as the same are applicable and not inconsistent with the laws of the United States.
Page 11 - All records of mining claims hereafter made shall contain the name or names of the locators, the date of the location, and such description of the claim or claims located by reference to some natural object or permanent monument as will identify the claim.
Page 236 - The register of the land office, upon the filing of such application, plat, field notes, notices, and affidavits, shall publish a notice that such application has been made, for the period of sixty days, in a newspaper to be by him designated as published nearest to such claim; and he shall also post such notice in his office for the same period.
Page 278 - Upon the failure of any one of several coowners to contribute his proportion of the expenditures required hereby, the coowners who have performed the labor or made the improvements may, at the expiration of the year, give such delinquent coowner personal notice in writing or notice by publication in the newspaper published nearest the claim for at least once a week for ninety days, and...
Page 57 - Among the most important are immortality, and, if the expression may be allowed, individuality — properties by which a perpetual succession of many persons are considered as the same, and may act as a single individual.
Page 285 - States surveyor-general that five hundred dollars' worth of labor has been expended or improvements made upon the claim by himself or grantors ; that the plat is correct, with such further description by such reference to natural objects or permanent monuments as shall identify the claim, and furnish an accurate description, to be incorporated in the patent.