Show MINING LAWS state arizona california nevada colorado idaho and utah continued from january 30 united states laws see sec 2333 where the same person association or corporation is in possession of a claim and also a vein or lode included within the boundaries bound eries thereof application shall be made for a patent for the placer claim with the statement that it includes such vein or lode and in such case a patent shall issue for the placer claim subject to the provisions of this chapter including clouding such vein or lode upon the payment of 5 per acre for such vein or lode claim and twenty five feet of surface on each side thereof 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 per acre together with all costs of proceedings and where a vein or lode such as is described in section 2320 is known to exist within the boundaries of a placer claim an application for a patent for such placer claim which does not include an application for the vein or lode clai ashall be construed as a conclusive declaration that the claimant of the placer claim has no right of possession of the vein or lode claim but where the existence of a vein or lode in a placer claim is not known a patent for the placer claim shall 0 onvey avey all valuable mineral and other deposits within the boundaries thereof see sec 2336 where veins intersect etc where two tavo or more veins intersect or cross each other priority of title shall govern and such prior location shall be entitled to all ore or mineral contained within the space of intersection but the subsequent location shall have the right of way through the space of intersection for the purpose of th the e convenient working of the mine and where two or more veins unite the oldest or prior location shall take the vein below the point of union including all the space of intersection see sec 2337 where non mineral land nol not contiguous to the vein or lode is used or occupied by the proprietor of such vein or lode for mining or milling purposes such nonadjacent non adjacent surface ground may be embraced and included in an application for a patent for such vein or lode and the same may be patented therewith subject to the same preliminary requirements as ab to survey and notice as are applicable to veins or lodes but no location hereafter made of such nonadjacent non adjacent land shall exceeded five acres and for the same must be made at the same rate as fixed by this chapter for the superficies of the lode the owner of a quartz mill or reduction works not owning a mine in connection therewith may also receive a patent for his t as provided in this section |