Show SARGENTS MINING BILL Mr Sargent introduced the following lowing bill in tile of f january jannary 1872 its ita object being to promote ilia development of nf the mining resources of ilia united slaten it will doubtless he be read with interest by our mining population bo be it enacted by i the he senate and am house of of the united states satto of america in congress Con grea assembled that nil all valuable mineral deposits deposit io in lands lie belonging longing to the united states both surveyed and un declared Jec lared to be BE surveyed urve are arc hereby free nod ad open to exploration and the landi ix is winch which they tire are found to or do pupation pation cn cu and pris ellise by all cerious under regla regulations lions prescribed by law 1 and I dag according t to a be local customs tir ir rules of miners in the several binius districts so fir far as the same are arc aepli cab cable leand nod riot not inconsistent with th the laws of the united st allt sec 2 that tile miners of ca caeli mining district may deler miao tit allu length of their mining claims upon veins or jodlo of bf quartz qu arli or other took rock in pl jalace ace bearing gold silver cirank bar biad tin copper or other value blo deposits dc subject t to 0 tho the following limitations klaimi looted previous to july twenty sixth eighteen hand red and sixty six shall bo be limited as 03 to extent along the vein or lodo lode by tho the local laws lawe or custom cu toni existing at the date of location cation lu tingle single claims 10 located subsequent to july twenty sixth eighteen hundred undred li and nd sixty six n shall not exceed two hundred feet in length along the ilia vein or lode with an additional claim clairn of two hundred icet fur discovery to the of the vein or lode se several v a I 1 P persons s ner orr so ins may y locate in comm common 0 0 on n a vein in or lode each person taking one claim but no person except the discoverer shall 10 locate a ate more than ono one claim upon the same bamo vein or ir lode and the iho aagre gate amount of a lot location tation la in common made subsequent to july twenty sixth eighteen hundred and sixty six shall not exceed three thou thousand mand feet feel in length along the vein or lode N no 0 claim shall extend more thin thao three hundred feet on each side nid of the middle of the vein at the surface nor dilill i fi 1 n y c claim 1 t i n 1 b bo 0 1 limited im by any 0 y m mining i n t n g r regulation eg u a t i oti t to 0 leia than y five fire feet feel on each cich side of the middle of the vein sit at the surface except where adverse id rights existing at the passage or of thia act shall render ouch limitation necessary noc essary the end lines or each claim s ahall hn 1 I be e parA elto ta each other and at right angles with the general course of the I 1 ICID CID sec 3 tint that the locators locator of all milling locations loca lioni tiong heretofore made or which shall hereafter be raade made on vein MB lode or ledge situated on their heirs beirs and tia igni where no DO adverse claim exiote at al the he or of 1 this his act so BO too long as 28 they comply with 1 the he laws of the he united states nod with state slate territorial and local lat lathona la tiona iono not in conflict therewith governing V their possessory possessor y I 1 title 1 K 11 have the rig right ht of possession and enjoyment or ail the surra cit in c eluded within the lines of their loca t tion sand and of f all ail veina lodes and ledges throughout their entire depth the top or on apex of which lies inside of tuch such surface lines e extended x downward we it vertically althou it such bach veins lode 9 or I 1 ledges e g cu m may laa y so far depart from a gerpen d icolar in in their course downward as to extend outside the vertical side lines of said baid surface cat ions provided that their 0 of f possession to patta parts of said veins or ledges she be confined to such portions portion i ther thereof cofas aa lie between vertical planes drawn downward oa as aforesaid through the iho end lines linen of t their heir locations or locations loca tlona iu in coa cornman so BO continued in ia their own direce tion that such planca will intersect such fuch exterior arta of said veins or ledges s and provided furt further ber That in in this section shall authorize flut the locator or possessor of a vein or lode to d a winch which extends in its downward course beyond the vertical lines of ilia claim to enter upon the surface flur face or of a claim owned or poss possessed eased by an other oilier seca see 4 ahat J hil ulicee a tunnel it is TUB run for the development of a vein or lodo lode or for the III discovery Y of mines the owners of buth avro ahall have the right of cf semion of nil all veins or lodes lode not previously known to exist discovered io in such tunnel to in the ex tent or of rive hundred feet on each side of the seine fame and locations on the lioe linit tunnel of or lodes not nol 11 ppe spearing aring on the surface made by ther other patties after afler tile commencement of the tunnel and while the tha same is ii being prosecuted with rea reasonable conable dili gence stall shall bo be invalid sec 5 that the minera of each mantu I 1 9 district may malc make ruia and regulations not irr in conflict with the laws of the united states or with the laws lawa of the state stale or territory in which the she district strict is ia situated lite I 1 lo oca calion tiOn manner or of recording amount of work to hold 0 of f a mining claim abject to ta the fol lowing requirements the loca location must bo be distinctly marked on the around und so BO that its it boundaries can be to readily ily traced all records of mini min ing claims wide shall cou con loi lain ahn name D or names or of the lo 10 ca catoria cato rit the date of tile location and such a of the claim or claims located by to viam some natural object or permanent moon ment as ail will identify the claim A after f tho the passage or this act and until a catul patul shall have been issued not ic than twenty twant five dollars worth of labors hallbe hall be expended or improve in inist made upon each claim of feet autt daring each year lub but clai mauti to ia common ail 24 defined in tho the second action of this act may cause ill ail the labor to be expended for or im ments to be mado made on anyone aay one claim v provided that the lie aggregate ape regale amount equals twenty five dollars to each claim clail of two li hundred andred feet and upon a fisi lure to comply with this condition the claim or mine upon which such failure oc occurred currad shall to be open 0 n to relocation in the same manner as P if DO location of the same had ever been made provided that thai the original locator has haa not resumed ree umcil work upon the claim after ench anch fail failure tire aud ud before such location and provided further furt lier that no such mining n nin regulation or custom not in existence i ag sit at the time of possession taken of any claim shall affect tho same eanie or the manner in which a patent thore for shall be obtained under this act see sec G that a p patent intent for any land claimed and located for valti valuable abio mineral eral deposits may bo be obtained in the he following manner I 1 i any person association docia tion or corporation having claimed and located A piece of lind for such purposes not exceeding in extent the area prescribed in this thia act who his has or have compiled complied with the mining regulations where wheres an any such exist at the place of ican Ic lo goclon clon by y the he custom of miners end and with the terms of this thia act may file in I 1 lie he nearest land office an application for a patent paleo fc under ander oaths showing lahowin such compliance together with a pitt or plats of the claim or claims in common and nha il post a copy of such buch plat or plau plate together with a notice dolice of intention to apply for a patent ill ere f or i in in a co a I 1 I 1 ious place on tile tho land embrace in such each plat or plats sixty silly days previous to such ouch application p cicat for a patent shall file an ion a affidavit as it of sit at least two persons ehst ell such ch notice has been duly posted as a aforesaid and shall dball glo file a copy of said notice in uch such land Lan dOffice office shall thereupon rou be a C entitled titled to a patent for laid land lai I 1 in a the manner following the R Kr 9 giBler 1 tf of the land lana office upon he filing of such application and p plat lat notices and affidavits shall pub li liali sla a notice that such application has been made for the period of sixty lay days in a per to be by him a i n aloe as M published nearest to ti 1 said I claim and ho he shall viso post poat such sach notion in his office for the same period r 1 ad the claimant at the time lime of fili filing n g this application or tit kt any time thereafter within athin the sixty days of publication shall file cle with the register a certificate of the united states surveyor general that five hundred dollars worth of labor has been expended claim or r improvements made upon the claim by or granfors grantors gran tors that the plat i ii i correct with such further farther description by such reference to natural objects or permanent mon man as shall identity identify the claim and furnish tin an accurate description iba to be incorporated iu in the pate patent fit at tie the expiration of the sixty p n bli cation the claimant shall filo file LIB his affidavits showing allowing that thai the plat and no notice cioe line have been posted in i a eon concepic unum place on the claim duriac sail said period of publication if no BO ad d verse claim shall havo have beta filed at tho the expiration orrine sixty days 0 of f publication it shall bo be that thai the applicant is ia e entitled toil patent and that no adverse chief exist S fist and thereafter no objection from third pa i artles to thi faaui of i A patent shall be heard elc ept it b be e shown that the applicant has filled failed to io comply with thu this act sec 7 that where tin an j in a verge claim shall be filed during the period of publication all proceedings exl cil capt the tha publication of notice mad ther thereof eor shall ceball be stayed until the coo con troverse tro verny versy shall hive have been tilled oi or decided by a court of competent jurisdiction or the adverse adver iM claim waived it shall bo be the ionly or the adverse claimant within thirty au ri filing his hi claim to proceed p F dj ingli ia i a court ol of competent compute at juris di a to tion to determine the question tion or of the right of pomes sion and prosecute prose cuto the time same with kith reasonable diligence to gaal final 1 I ent and a failure so 60 to ta do iloa ANI sh be a waiver of his hii adrino adv erse claim j after such judgment shall have been rendered the party parly entitled to the tha poMes P oe session sion of the claim or any portion ther therdor cor in may file a certified copy of th the e judgment roll with willi the regist th he e land office together with wilh the cora cor of the surveyor emeral that the requisite amount af of pf labor lies been expended or ampro improvements improve menta made thereon and tho the it description T r ti a required in oilier her cases an nd a blittle aal pj pay to a the he tir five dollars per acre for or hi ilk claim together with the proper fees whereupon the whole proceedings and the judgment roll shall be certified by ilia iho register to the or of the general Lan dOffice and s patent shall issue thereon fur for the claim or such portion shall ahall appear from the decision of the court to rightfully if it I 1 loti shall a car from the court ftp several sili r to separate parata tc and diO dif lerent erent portions of tile the claim baci bichi parly 1 I r i Y witt me may ray pay I 1 for lia his portion oj of the th c claim aim wiell the proper fec leu feci i and fila the certificate and de by the sarv general whereupon the rei re ginter tAter all certify the iho proceedings and roll to the commissioner of the general land M aa in the case a mil patents to parties ahir air rights see sec 8 that the description if vein tir ol 01 lodo lode claimina clai ina u anpo n surveyed lands shall hall d ell ignate the he klo loc cation of tb the claim with ref treace to the liue hues of the th public pucho lut but need ned not conform therewith bu but chero st a patent be issued as ail ardre und for claims upon apon jardas tin the surveyor general in extending extin ding the surveys tur Teya s ih ume the boundo fies griea of ouch buch patented claim accord cordin cording to the plat pint or description thereof but BO be me in no BO cue case to inter fero fare with or change the location of ol 01 any such patented claim see sec 9 that sections one two three four and six ix of an act i entitled an act granting the right of ol 01 way to ditch anil and canal owners over ilia public laoda lands ind for other purposes approved july twenty I 1 eighteen hundred and sixty six are rc III hereby dreby re repealed poled but such buch rc repeal peat shall not nol affect existing rights or prevent claimants claiman ls now prosecuting their claims for patents from proceeding ng under said act provided that this thia net act ahall bo enforced as 19 to such claims where it is 13 not inconsistent with tile the act approved july eighteen hundred anti and sixty six asfor e sald said sec 10 that the 11 act toj to amend an met granting grantin the right of way to lo a ditch itch mad and ona canal T owners over the public lands and for other poses oillie approved anly ninth eighteen ig purposes Eur teen hundred and devent seventy I 1 shall bo a and remain in full force farce except as to the proceedings rocce dinis to obtain a a beall all be bim aim ilar to the proceedings prescribed b by y lee eions six BIX and seven of this act for obtaining patents to vein or lodo iola claims but where said eaid placer claims S lall be upon surveyed lands anil and conform to legal subdivisions no further furt lier survey or plat shall be re required and joint entries shall bo be allowed for contiguous ti bous claims as provided it in faid aid net act provided that proceeding eding now bending pending may maybe be prosecuted iti ta their ivoal al determination under existing laws but the lite provisions provi fiona of this act when not in conflict with existing laws shall apply to huoh cases see sec 11 that w here tile anc same name PT person 6 on or corp corporation option beju asiu poetics sitio of f a placer claim and olao also I a vein or lode included within the boundaries thereof application cation shall bo be made mada for S a patent paten t lor tile the placer claim with the stat emerit that ihal it io in eludes ouch filch I 1 acin on 0 or r lode and in ouch case subject to the pro provisions of shii act and the act to amend an in act granting the alic right of way to ditch and canil canal owners over the public lands and for othar ap proved july ninth eighteen I 1 hundred and sevet severity ity a patent shall issue for the placer clairo claim including such vein or lode upon the payment ol of five dol del lars a per or for such vein or lode clann claim dmn and d ono no hundred feet of nf outface on each baido thereof the ro bainder of the placer claim or any placer claim not any vein vein or we lode t s claim shall bl be paid for ac at the rate rata of two dollars dollar and filly fifty cents per acre together wit willi it all costa cosla of proceeding ce and where a vein or lodi loda such ai is described in in the decoud sec section ion or of this act is known to exist cit within ilac the boundaries bof or a placer claim an application for a patent for such placer I 1 c er claim which does doca not include clude an or application li cation for tile the vein or lodo lode claim aim |