The U. S. Mining Laws: And the Decisions of the Commissioner of the General Land Office and the Secretary of the Interior Thereunder; Together with the Circular Instructions from the General Land Office, and Forms for Establishing Proof of Claims; Also, the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States Under the Mining ActsA. L. Bancroft, 1881 - 677 pages |
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... opinion , save his location . If , therefore , it appeared in this case that the original locators were not citizens , or had not declared their intention to become such at the time their location was made , and that they had not become ...
... opinion , save his location . If , therefore , it appeared in this case that the original locators were not citizens , or had not declared their intention to become such at the time their location was made , and that they had not become ...
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... opinion that your decision to the effect that a survey made prior to date of location might receive the approval of the Surveyor - general , and thus become the official survey contemplated in section two thousand three hundred and ...
... opinion that your decision to the effect that a survey made prior to date of location might receive the approval of the Surveyor - general , and thus become the official survey contemplated in section two thousand three hundred and ...
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... opinion that the point of the vein so discovered must be assumed to be the middle of the vein , and the lateral measurements be calculated therefrom . The law is mandatory , and contemplates that but three hundred feet of surface ground ...
... opinion that the point of the vein so discovered must be assumed to be the middle of the vein , and the lateral measurements be calculated therefrom . The law is mandatory , and contemplates that but three hundred feet of surface ground ...
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... opinion of Hon . Walter H. Smith , Assistant Attorney - general , in the matter of the application of the Brown Silver Mining Company , for patent for the Mammoth Lode , Central City district , Colorado Territory . I concur in the views ...
... opinion of Hon . Walter H. Smith , Assistant Attorney - general , in the matter of the application of the Brown Silver Mining Company , for patent for the Mammoth Lode , Central City district , Colorado Territory . I concur in the views ...
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... opinion that all of said original papers should be retained in your office . Should copies of these papers be required at the hearing before the local officers , they should be prepared , and trans- mitted to the register and receiver ...
... opinion that all of said original papers should be retained in your office . Should copies of these papers be required at the hearing before the local officers , they should be prepared , and trans- mitted to the register and receiver ...
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The U. S. Mining Laws: And the Decisions of the Commissioner of the General ... Dennis Kingsley Sickels No preview available - 2015 |
The U. S. Mining Laws, and the Decisions of the Commissioner of the General ... Dennis Kingsley Sickels No preview available - 2018 |
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abandoned abstract of title acres adverse claim adverse claimant affidavit alleged appears application for patent approved boundaries California certificate claims located Clear Creek county Colorado commenced Commissioner complied Comstock lode conflict court decision DEPARTMENT diagram dollars eighteen hundred end lines entitled entry extend grant hundred feet improvements INTERIOR J. A. WILLIAMSON Jenny Lind July 26 land district LAND OFFICE ledges letter lode claims March mineral lands mining act mining claim mining district mining laws Nevada original locators owners period of publication persons placer claim placer mining plat portion premises Prince of Wales prior proceedings proof protest public lands publication of notice quartz question record Register and Receiver relocation respectfully Revised Statutes right of possession Secretary side lines Silver Mining Company sixty days suit surface ground survey surveyor Surveyor-general thereof tion tract tunnel United vein or lode WASHINGTON WILLIS DRUMMOND
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Page 2 - 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...
Page 249 - States governing their possessory title, shall have the exclusive right of possession and enjoyment of all the surface included within the lines of their locations, and of all veins, lodes, and ledges throughout their entire depth, the top or apex of which lies inside of such surface lines, extended downward vertically...
Page 50 - The location must be distinctly marked on the ground so that its boundaries can be readily traced. All records of mining claims hereafter made shall contain the name or names of the locators, the date of the location, and such a description of the claim or claims located by reference to some natural object or permanent monument as will identify the claim. On each claim located after the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy -two, and until a patent has been issued therefor, not less than...
Page 17 - ... 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 600 - An act to promote the development of the mining resources of the United States", passed May tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two.
Page 6 - 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. At the expiration of the sixty days of publication the claimant shall file his affidavit, showing that the plat and notice have been posted in...
Page 586 - That 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...
Page 399 - Every person above the age of twenty-one years, who is a citizen of the United States...
Page 274 - The miners of each mining district may make regulations not in conflict with the laws of the United States, or with the laws of the state or territory in which the district is situated, governing the location, manner of recording, amount of work necessary to hold possession of a mining claim...
Page 9 - The remainder of the placer claim, or any placer claim not embracing any vein or lode claim, shall be paid for at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per acre...