...Sec. 2329. MINERAL LANDS OPEN TO EXPLORATION AND PURCHASE. SEC. 2319. All valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging to the United States, both surveyed...the lands in which they are found to occupation and 2 purchase, by citizens of the United States and those who have declared their intention to become...

...belong- Mineral lands ing to the United States, both surveyed and unsurveyed,^7 it t 1 ° z P^ rchaae are hereby declared to be free and open to exploration...and the lands in which they are found to occupation arid purchase, by citizens of the United States and those \vho have declared their intention to become...

...of the public domain" (which is equivalent to saying all the mineral lands of the public domain), " both surveyed and unsurveyed, are hereby declared to be free and open to exploration and occupation by all citizens of the United States and those who have declared their intention to become...

...limits, there are no provisions by which these lands are provided to be sold by the government,except to citizens of the United States, and those who have declared their intention to become such. For instance, it will be remembered by the lawyers on the floor that until eighteen hundred and...

...directed by law. — Sec. 5, July 4, 1866. SEC. 2319. All valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging 1 1 the United States, both surveyed and unsurveyed, are...the United States, and those who have declared their MINING AND MINERAL LANDS. 2?l intention to become such, under regulations prescribed by law, and according...

...pre-emption and homestead. (§§ 2257 and 2289, Revised Statutes.) All valuable mineral deposits to lands belonging to the United States, both surveyed...in which they are found to occupation and purchase. (§ 2319, Revised Statutes ; see also § 901, Revised Statutes ; Robertson v. Smith, 1 Montana, 410.)...

...and for other purposes. Approved July 26, 1866. § 1. "That the mineral lauds of the public domain, both surveyed and unsurveyed, are hereby declared to be free and open to exploration and occupation by all citizens of the United States, and those who have declared their intention to become...

...qualifications of voters,) the words "white male inhabitant" and insert the words: •• male citizen of the United States, and those who have declared their intention to become such :" which was agreed to — yeas 22, nays 17. us follows : YEAS — Messrs. Brown. Chandler, Clark,...

...explicitly declares that all valuable mineral deposits in land belonging to the United States shall be free and open to exploration and purchase, and...the United States and those who have declared their intentions to become such. The effect of this provision must be to exclude all persons not belonging...

...that all mineral deposits on lands belonging to the United States were free and open to exploration, and the lands in which they are found to occupation...purchase by citizens of the United States and those who had declared their intention to become such, subject to regulations prescribed by law, and to the rules...