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jR O C K D E M O C R A T , R A T E S OF A D V E R T IS IN G . _ TTVFRY WEDNESDAY, DDBDISHED EVERY W H . C. S h e p h e r d . shepheb » * sox. OFFICE i n t h e b e d r o c k d e m o c r a t b u ie d in g . T erms of S ubscriptio n A 00 VOL. 6. 2 50 HHjBBllHBBBCjBSliaSHnBHBgSSSBgSgaSSSRftEgg MILLINERY AND FANCY C o r n e r D r u g S to r e , ST O R E , First door above the Express Office. S. M. P E T T E S G IL L & CO., 10 State Street., Boston, 37 Park Row, New Y ork, and HR Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, are our Agents for procuring advertisements for the B e d r o c k D e m o c r a t , in th e above cities, and are authorized to contract for advertising t our lowest fates. n3!f J O B W O R K . We are now prepared to do all kinds of JOB WORK on short notice and at reasona- N. B.—All Job Work MUST BE PAID FOR ON DELIVERY. _____ “iiif " 11 g ’AiiiwrfigHMtsiEBgaBaasgssssiESsaa^s^^ P R O F E S S IO N A L CARDS. T . C. IIYrD E , L. O. STERNS, N o ta r y P u b l ic . S tern s & A U orn oys T T y d o most reasonable Prices. D r e s » A t a k in g Done to Order, and at Short Notice by MRS. L. J. HUSTON. Baker City, April 18,1874.-n51ni6 W e s t e r n H o te l. MAIN STREET,. ................................. BAKER CITY. R E ID & CONSTABLE, Prop’r. r p H I S HOUSE has been enlarged and re- X fitted, and is now the best Hotel on the Umatilla and Idaho stage route. Stages leave this House for above and be low, and also for “Clark’s Crock Eldorado, Gem City and Sparta. Connected with the Hotel will be found a first class ? C o u n s e l o r s A t-L a i am i a d ie s F a n c y a n d M illin e r y Goods in Store, and Latest Styles receiv L ed by Express every Month, and for sale at B A R E R C IT Y , OREGON. L. O. S terns will attend the Courts o f the Fifth Judicial District, and of iila^o and Washington Territories. L itigation a Water Rights and Minin S p e c ia lt y . Collections promptly attended to ~uno 18, 1873. nCy S A L O O N ! Liquors, Wines and Cigars of the best quality. Phelan’s Improved Billisrd Tables ail in good order. o----- o N. B.—Those indebted to either the Hotel or Saloon are requested to appear at the Captain’s office and settle. nolvBtf. HOTEL iilSSTAUKAAT ANDREW J. <ci o F R A N C E , Attorney-at-Law,- B A K F.lt C IT Y . O K E G O S. t T 7 11.1. P R A C T IC E IN ALL COURTS ' V V of the State. Baker City, Sept. 1, 1873. nl7y. J. M. S H E P H E R D , Y V tto r n e y -a t-L a w , B A K E R CITY'» O R E G O N . s T vl k n g x , A t t o r n e y a t JLnw, JOSEPH 5iANAIDAS, Proprietor, B A K E R C IT Y , O R E G O N . rW W E P K O P B IK T O B H A S R o u g h t Is. th e H o te l R esta u ra n t, n e x t d o o r to the P ost Office, fo r m e r ly k e p t by S ieord & W h itc o m b , an d has fitted tiie sa m e up in the best sty le u is a H o te l, on th e F ren ch R estau rant S tyle. J le is p rep ared to a c c o m m o d a te th e P u b lic, an d is d ete rm in e d to g iv e en tire sa tisfa ction . T h e H o u se is open fr o m five o ’ c lo c k in the m o r n in g u n til tw elv e at n ig h t, d u rin g w h ich tim e cu sto m e rs w ill be su p p lie d with th e best o f e v e r y th in g to be h ad in the 3 M : J k . 1 5 . S S L IH I T (And Notai-}- Public,) W E S T O N, « It E G «> .V. Will practice in the Courts of this State and Washington Torrit ry. N RECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO LAND w Business, and Collections. nldti F r e d . _A.. B o l i n a 5» SALOON, I AT THE OLD StAND OF 33 a m "berger & F r a n k , J O S E P H H. S H I N N , R A K E R C IT Y , OREGON . N o t a r y P u b lic AND C o n v e y a n c e r Will attend to Conveyancing and making ABSTRACTS OF TITLE. n l 8 tí Baker City, Sept. 11, 1872. E. W. REYNOLDS, N O T A R Y FEED. A. BOHN S A L O O N South o f B edrock D emckat otiico, on side of the Street. B aker C ity , S e p t. 3, 1873.nl7m4 1 W i n e s , Ijiq n © rs itissl C ig a r s. A ls o B illia r d T a b le s To be found in the City. “ Fred” will be pleased at all times to have his friends give him a call. FRED. A. BOHN A. Baker City, Jan. 20, 1875. n39tf m TUIRODO, 11, A, 11, D. M. A- Queen’s University, 1C; i inula, 1854. M. D. Trinity University,) Physician, Surgeon» s&C. >■ O ffice and Residence, at A. II. Brown s former residence, nearly opposite the Bed rock Democrat Office. Baker City, Oregon, Nov. 10, 187L-y y S u t l" W o o c l , At. D. *F . (Graduate of the College of Physicians and Burgeons New York and ot the Medical De partment ol the Willamette University,) SURGEON, Terms cash, or no patronage solicited. Store. Ltf Office one door north of City Dru; BAKER CITY, OREGON. n231 JoH n B . C h ord, Carpenter and Joiner, B A K E R C ITY ', O R E G O N . Designs and Specifications Furnished. Estimates Made. Terms Liberal. Baker City, Nov. 17, 1871. ntiSy S J ¡VTCO Rf^SCK, P Ä P LE V IE S , W H OLESALE «n «ì R E T A S I, DEALEIl IN wmm mm o w e m T o b a c c o & C ig a r s , TOGETHER WITH A General Assortment Of all articles in his Line, which he is selling at L owest P rices , for the Ready Pay. His house is located on Main Street, nearly opposite the Bank Block, Baker City, Oregon. Baker City, Nov. 11, 1874.n27tf. LIV E R Y ST A B L E MESSRS, KILiilM & PEBKHiS TY e s p e c t ii s l l y l u i o r m t h e C it- A i izens. of Baker City and County, and the Public generally, that they have pur chased the j X s i - ^ T - o s 0^ S t a b l e Formerly kept by John Eppinger, and that they are prepared to furnish customers with the best of Single or Double Turn-outs, Headquarters, Fire-proof Either night or day, with or without drivers, at the very lowest rates. First class Saddle Horses on hand. Horses boarded and the best of care bestowed. We keep nothing bin the best of Stock and Buggies. Our stable is at the upper end of Main Street, Baker City, Oregon. Come and see us, Everybody, and jve will do our best to please you. XILBURN & PERKINS. February 10, 1874.-n40tf Brick Building, 105 Front street, Portland, ni 7 Oregon. [tf L IV E R Y S T A B L E Importer and Dealer In i Bools, Stationary, music NEW SPAPERS, I FRANKLIN BOOK-STORE AND SANTA CLAUS B n d erta k er. *< J. W. C L E A V E R informs the Public that he is prepared to do all kind of work in the Undertaking Business on short notice and at rasonable prices. Baker City, Oct. 1 ,1873.n21tf O ® aeb » e s - - A d r o v e r <■ & Baker, and a Florence, both new and the very best for sale. For particulars, en quire at flits office. n 50 tf A D VER TO iJiG ; Cheap: good X A . Systematic. -A ll persons who contem- plato making contracts with newspapers for * 5 cents tnuf ad^ertIseIHeuts> should send * Geo. P. Rowell & Co., 41 Park Row, New York, for their PAMPH LET Book (ninei.' seventh edition), containing lists of n®'vsPaPers anfl estimates, showing the cost. Advertisements taken for leading papers in many States at a tremendous re- |vch°u from publisher’s rates. G et the f n38y GRIEß & KELLOGG Having completed their New Stable, havqnow the finest and best regulated L iv e r y s Mountain, œ H R I One of the Finest and Best D E P U T Y U . S. M A B S ÏÏA L . OÛice with John Brattaiu, Three Doors K r • Where will always bo found the very best P U B L I C AND A T > © s p e c i f u l l y i s i i'o r i is s Lite X X zens of Baker City and the . generally, that lie has, purchased the ost ot Bob. McCord in the above AND P H Y S IC IA N , B a k er C ity, J u ly 4 , 1874.-n9tf S ta b le In E a s t e r n O r e g o n , Where they will carry on the Livery Busi ness in all its branches. STOCK BOU GH T AND SO LD . Baker City, Nov. 13, 1872. nlStf For Sale. N E I G H T -M E D I U M ,c y l i n d e r A Press, in good running order. Can take from 600 to 800 impressions per hour. Six fonts of type, all new except one which has been in use about two years. Suitable for a business man, an amateur or printer. Will be sold at cost. Enquire at B edrock D em ocrat office. March 10th 1875. n44tf V. S . M I N IN G L A W S . Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled: That all Corner Main Street and V alley Avenue valuable mineral deposits of lands belong Southwest Side, ing to the United States, both surveyed and unsurveyed, are hereby declared to be free B A K E R C I T Y , O R E G O N , : and open to exploration and purchase, and e e p s c o n s t a n t s . v o n m a n í » the laud in which they are found to occupa- a Full Assortment o f ail kinds of ! tion and purchase, by citizens of the United Goods, consisting in part of | States and those who have declared tlieir in- DRUGS, | tention to become such, under regulations M E D IC IN E S , | prescribed by law, and according to the lo- P A IN T S and OILS, | cal custom or rules of the miners, in the | several mining districts, so iar as the same W IN D O W G L A SS, | are applicable and not inconsistent with the V A R N IS H E S , laws of the United States. B R U S H E S , and ! S f . c . 2. That mining claims upon veins | or lodes ol quartz or. other rock in place, O T M & MMOTMRS j bearing gold, silver, cinnabar, lead, tin, eop- For Medicinal Purposes. I per, or other valuable deposits heretofore located, shall be governed as to length T O I L E T A R T IC L T i along the vein or lode by the customs, regu O f E v e r y D escrip tion . lations, and laws in force at the date of their location. A mining claim located af P re scrip tio n s p rep ared at all H ou rs, City ter the passage of this act, whether located a n d C ountry T rad e S olicited . by one or more persons, may equal, but shall not exceed, one thousand five hundred B est B ra n d s, o f F a m i l y G ro ce rie s , T o - feet in length along the vein ot lode; but no h a ceos, Cig-arg, «le.. c o n s ta n tly on location ot a mining claim shall be made un til the discovery oi the vein or lode within 111! nel, at the Lowest: Prices. the limits of the claim located. No claim Baker City, Oct. 7, ] y shall extend more than three hundred feet on each side of the middle of the vein at the Dr. C. J. Taft. surface, nor shall any claim be limited by any mining regulation to less than twenty- ■flavin g permanenti;, locate!Í in live feet on each side of the middle of the vein at the surface, except where adverse BAKER CITY, rights existing at the passage of this act offers hi;i professional ;services to the ciiize shall render such limitation necessary. The oi Baker and vicinity, and w.iil Rive Bpeei end linos of each claim shall be parallel to alten tini 1 to Surgery and dice;ises of V oim each other. and Children. S ec . 3,_ That the locators of all mining lo O ffice —First door m th o f Yv estern cations heretofore made, or which shall Hotel. boreafter-be made, or any mineral vein, lode R esi dunce — First building vest of Catio or ledge, situated on the public domain, lie Church. their heirs and assigns, where no adverse May 12 1875nl tf. claim exists at the passage of this act, so long as they comply with the laws of the JST. © n o w 2 M . ID. United States, anti the ¡State, territorial, and local regulations not in conflict with said laws of tho Bnited States governing their Physician and Surgeon. “ O possessory title, shall have the exclusive right of possession and enjoyment of all the k)U li surface included within the lines of their lo cations, and of all veins, lodes, and ledges M E DICA I, E X A M I N E R throughout their entire depth, the top or F o r the New Y ork L ife Insura n es Co- apex of which lies inside of such surface n44tf lines extended downward vertically, although such veins, lodes, or ledges may so far de part from a perpendicular in their course A n c tio n T o n s e . downward as to extend outside the vertical B A K E R Gî TT, side lines of said surface locations: Provi ded, That their right of possession to such IE YE NS & SMALL, Auctioneers. outside parts of such veins or ledges shall Regular Sale Day, be confined to such portions thereof as lie between vertical planes drawn downward as EVERY SATURDAY. Sales made in every portion of the County. atoresaid, through the end lines of their lo cations, so continued in their own direction March 17th, 187.5. r.4-5tf.' that such planes will intersect such exterior parts of said veins or ledges: And provided That nothing in this section shall J . B . G A B D k E K , further, authorize the locator or possess«- of a vein or lode which extends in its downward course beyond the vertical lines of his claim to enter upon tire surtace of a claim owned 0 or possessed by another. H S ec . 4. Tnatwherea tunnel is run for the development t f a vein or iode, or for the discovery of mines, the „owners of such tunn Æ ^ É i r hJ el shall have the right of possessiotr of all p h— 1 veins or lodes within three thousand feet © ■ from the face of such tunnel on the line thereof, not previously known to exist, dis covered in such tunnel, to the same extent W A TC H M AK ER AND JE W E LLE , as if diseervered from the surface; and loca ESTABLISHED IN B; UvEK CITY IN 18Ö7, tions on the line of veins or lodos not appear Keeps constantly on hand a well assorted ing on the surface, made by other \ arties after the commencement of the tunnel, and Stock of while the same is being prosecuted with reasonable diligence, shall be invalid; but failure to prosecute the work - on the tunnel \ for six months shall be considered as an and is prepared to do all kinds of work in abandonment of the right to all undiscover ed veins outlie line of said tunnel. his line of business. S ec . 5. That the miners of each mining Waltham and Elgin Watches at Factory district may make rules and regulations not [tf. n31 Prices 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 Wagon Making. location, manner of recording, amount of work necessary to hold possession of a min JL I S o w r m m to e ijs g a ing claim,, subject to the following require e o . Wage agon maker by trade, will continue ments: The location must be distinctly to work at his trade at the' Wagon shop ad marked on the ground, so that its bounda joining the Blacksmith Shop of the late firm ries can be readily traced. All records of of Gaines & Bowman. He is prepared to'do mining claims hereafter made shall contain all kinds of work in his line at snort notice the name or.names of the locators, the date and at reasonable prices. Ho' can make of the location, and such a diseviption of the Wagons or Buggies from the stump up, and claim of claims located by reference to some uses none but the best of materia!, bought m natural object or permanent monument as the east and shipped direct to him at Baker will identify tho claim. On each claim loca City. GEO. J. BOWMAN. ted after the.passage of this, and until a pate May 10th 1875nltf. ent shall have been issued therefor, not :ess than me hundred dollars’ worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made B l a c k s m it liin g . during each year. On all claims located THAJ undersigned is prepared to prior to the passage of this act, ten dollars’ worth of labor shall be performed or im do all kinds of work entrusted to Ills provements made for each one hundred feet care in bis line, add all work war in length along the vein until a patent shall ranted to give satisfaction. I em have been issued therefor; but where such ploy none but the best of hands in claims are held in common, such expendi ture may be made upon any one claim; and my shop. upon a failure to comply with these condi tions, the claim or mine upon which failure !3E3C c > : e * ® - © “ occurred shall bo open to relocation in the I have a good Horse Sboer in my same manner as if no location of the same Shop, who understands the horses had ever been made: Provided, That the foot in all its different shapes, and original locators, their heirs, assigns, or le will shoo to fit the horse. Our work gal representatives, have not resumed work upon the claim alter such failure and before in this line is ‘warranted as good as such location. Upon the failure of any one the best. of several co-owners to contribute his pro W a g o n M a ltin g a n d R e p a ir in g portion of the expenditures required by this act, the co-owners who have performed the In all the various branches done in labor or made the improvements, may, at connection with this shop by Geo. the expiration of tho year, give such delin quent co-owner personal notice in writing 01 - J. Bowman. notice by publication in tho newspaper pub lished nearest the claim, for at least once a B l o w s week for ninety clays, and if at the expiration Manufactured and Repaired. of ninety days after such notice in writing or In fact everything in my line made publication, such delinquent should fail or refuse to contribute his proportion to com and repaired at reasonable prices. ply with this acj, his interest in the claim Thankful for past patronage I res shall become the property of his po-awners, pectfully solicit a continuance of who have made the required expenditures.-* S ec . 6 . That a patonuffir any land claim the same. ed and located for valuable deposits, may.be S. A. G AIN ES. obtained in the following manner; Any May 10, 1875. n ltf person, association, or cotporation, authori zed to locate a claim underpins act, having located a piece of land for such Buy Your Lumber at the claimedaird purposes, who has, or have, cotnplied with the terms of this act, may file in the proper Old, Reliable laud office an application for a patent, under path showing such compliance, together with E b e l T s O ld M i ll.* a plat and field notes of the claim or claims E H A V E R E F I T T E W T H E in common, made-by or under the direction Mill and make the best Lumber in of the United States Surveyor-general, show the county, at prices to shit the times. ing accurately the boundaries of the claim Any bills left at our Mill receive as prompt or claims which shall be .distinctly marked attention in the future as in the past. We by monuments on the ground, and shall saw everything from a Lath to the Heaviest post a copy of such plat, together with a no tice of such application for a patent, .in a Timbers. Clear and seasoned Lumber always on conspicuous pla«e on the land embraced in such plat previous to the filing of the appli hand. Bills left with J. W. Wisdom will receive cation for a patent, and shall file an affidavit immediate attention. By strict attention to of at least two persons, that such notice had business, we hope to receive our share of been duly posted as aforesaid, and shall file a copy of said notice in such laud office, and public patronage. An unlimited amount o f Grain taken in shall .thereupon be entitled to a patent for said land in the manner following: Tho exchange ior Lumber. Register of the land office, upon the filing of ELLIOTT & VAN PATTEN. such application, plat, field notes,- notices, March 1 1874.-n34tf. J, f . WISDOM. Proprietor, ID AT THE N E W OREGON, JUNE 9, 1875. E5SES5SEE55 b tc from all portions of Eastern Oregon is solicited for the D em ocrat . : AU communications, to receive attention, mnst be accompanied by a responsible name. Personal communications will be charged as special advertiseménts. C orrespondence BAKER CITY, BAKER COUNTY, ! co One year, I ^ix Months, WATCHES, , CLOCKS I G W m One square or less, one insertion.. . . . .$2 50 Each additional insertion,......................... 1 00 One square three months,. . . . . . . . . ____ 6 00 Business Advertisements bv the month— Quarter column........................ $6 00 Half colu m n ,...........................................10 00 One columti,............................................. 15 00 Ten per cent, additional on advertisements to which a special position is guaranteed. DU^The space of cno Inc . up and down the column, constitutes a square. NO. o . N. B.—All debts due this office are'payable I in Coin, unless otherwise expressly agreed. B aB oaoB U B B aE aR B i r-fiiaBBesfflK^'u-vFsr * m m e m and affidavits, shall publish a notice that second section of this act, is knoi \ n to er- such application lias been made, for the pe ist. within the boundaries of a placer riod of sixty days, in a newspaper to be by claim , an application for a patent for such him designated as published nearest to said placer claim , which does not include an for tho vein or lode claim , claim; and he shall also post such notice in application shall be construed as a conclusive declar his office for the same period. The claim ation that the claimant of the officer ant, at the time of filing his application, or claim has no right of possession of tho at any time thereafter, within the sixty days vein or lode claim ; but where the exist of publication, shall filo with the Register a ence of a vein or lode in a placer claim is certificatie of the United ¡States ¡Surveyor- not known, a patent for the piece.-- claim general that five hundred dollars worth of shall convey all valuable mineral and other deposits within the boundaries labor has been expended or improvements thereof. made upon the claim by bim3elf or grantors; S e c . 12. That the Surveyor-general of that the plat is correct, with such further the United States m ay appoint in each description by such refereuce to natural na land district containing mineral lands a 3 tural objects or permanent monuments as many com petent surveyors as shall apply shall indentify the claim, and furnish an for appointment to survey mining claims. accurate description, to be incorporated in The expenses of the survey of vein or lode and the survey and subdivisions the patent. At the expiration of the sixty claims, f placer claims into smaller quantities days of publication the claimant shall fils o than one hundred and sixty acres, togeth his affidavit, showing that the plat and no er with the cost of publication o f notices, tice have been posted in a conspicuous ¡place shall be paid by the applicants, and they on the claim during said period of publica shall be at liberty to obtain the same at tion. If no adverse claim shall have beon the most reasonable rates, and they shall filed with the Register and the Receiver of also he at liberty to em ploy any United tho proper land office at the expiration of States deputy surveyor to m ake the sur The Commissioner o f the General the sixty days of publication, it shall be as vey. Land Office shail also have power to es sumed that the applicant is entitled to a pat tablish toe m axim um charges for surveys ent upon the pavment to the proper officer and publication of notices under this act; of five dollars per acre, and that no adverse and, in case of excessive charges for publi claim exists; and there after no objection cation, ho m ay designate any newspaper from third parties to the issuance of a patent published in a lanR district where mines shall bo heard except it be shown that - the are situated, for the. publication of mining in such district, and fix the rates applicant has failed to comply with this act. notices to be charged by such paper; and, to the S ec . 7. , That where an adverse claim end that the Commissioner may be fully shall be filed during the period of publica informed on the subject, each applicant tion, it shall be upon the oath of the person shall tile with the Register a sworn state or persons making the same, and shall show m ent of ali charges and fees paid by said applicant for publication and surveys, to the nature, boundaries, and extent of such gether with nil lees and m oney paid the adverse claim, and all proceedings, except Register and the Receiver of the land the publication of notice and making and. office, which statement shall be tran’sfrfit-, filing of the affidavit thereof, shall be stayed ted with the other papers in the case, to until the controversy shall have been settled the Commissioner of the General Land or decided by a court of competent jurisdic Office. ThS fees o f the Register and tiie tion, or the adverse claim waived. It shall Receiver shall be five dollars each for fil be the duty of the adverse claimant, within ing and acting upoiveiich application for or adverse claim filed, and they thirty days after filing his claim, to com patent shaii be allowed the amount fixed bv law mence proceedings in a court of competent for reducing testimony to writing, when jourisdietion, to determine the question of done in the land office, such fees and al the right of possession, and prosecute the lowances to be paid by the respective par same with reasonable diligence to final judg ties; and no other fees shall be charged by ment; and failure so to do shall be a waiver them in such cases, Nothing in this act to his adverse claim. After such judgment shall be construed to enlarge or affect the o f either party in regard to any shall have been rendered, the party entitled rights property In controversy at the time of the to the possession of the claim, or any por passage of this act, or the entitled “ A n tion thereof, may, without giving further act granting t he right of way to ditch and notice, file a certified copy of the judgment canal owners over the public lands, and roll with the Register of the land office, to - for other purposes,” approved Julv 26th- gather with the certificate of the Surveyor- 1866, 1101 shall this act affect any right ac General, that the requisite amount of labor quired under said act; and nothing in this act shall be construed tr repeal, impair, has been expended, or improvements made or any way affect the provisions of the thereon, and the description required in act in entitled “ An act granting.to A. .Sutro other cases, and shall pay to the Receiver the 11 rht of way and other privileges to five dollars peracre for his claim, together aid in the construction of a draining and with the proper fees, where upon the whole exploring tunnel to the Comstock lode, in proceedings and the judgment roll shall be tiie State of Nevada,” approved July 25th, , - . ’ certified by the Register to the Commission 1866. S ec . 13. That all affidavits required to er of the General Land Office, and a patent under this act, or the act of shall issue there on tor the claim, or such be made it is amendatory, m ay bo verified portion thereof as the applicant shall appear which before any officer authorized to adm inis from the decision of the court, to rightly po- ter oaths within the land district where sess. If it shall appear from the decisiou the claims may bo situated, and all testi of tho court, that several parties are entitled m ony and proofs may bo taken before any : to separate and different portions of the such officer, and, when duly certified by claim* each party may pay for liis portiomof the officer taking the same, shall have the, the claim, with tho proper fees, and file the same force and effect as if taken before the and Receiver of the land office.— certificate and description by the Surveyor- Register In cases of contest as to the mineral or ag general, whereupon the Register shall certi ricultural character of land, the testimony fy the proceedings and judgment-roll to and proofs may be taken as herein provi the Commissioner ot the General Land ded, on personal notice of at least tent Office, as in the preceding case, and patents days to the opposing party; or if said par shall issue to the several parties according ty can not be found, then by publication to their respective rights. Proof of citizen of at least once a week for thirty days in a to lie designated by tho Regis ship under this act of July 26th, 1866, and newspaper, ter o f the land office as published' nearest July 9th, 1870, in the case of an individual, t.o the location o f such land ; and the Reg-' may consist of his own affidavit thereof, aud ister shall require proof that such notice in case of an association of persons unincor lias bc-en given.. porated of the affidavit of their authorized S e c . 14. That where two or more veins agent, made on his own knowledge or upon intersect or cross each other, priority o f title shall govern, and such prior location information aud belief, imd in case of a cor poration organized under tho law of the snail be entitled to all ore or mineral within tho space ofintersection. United States, or Territory of the United contained P p . o v i d e d , h o w e v e r , That the subse States, by the filing of a certified copy of quent] ocation shall have the right of teay their charter or certificate of incorporation; through said space of intersection for the and nothing herein contained shall bo con purposes of the convenient working of strued to prevent the alienation of the title said m ine: a n d p r o v i d e d , a l s o , That conveyed by a patent for a mining eHm to where two or more veins unite, the oldest or prior location shall take the vein be any person whatever. low the point of-Union, including all the S ec . 8. That the description of vein or space of intersection. lode claims, upon unsurveyed lands, shall S e c . 15. That where non-mineral land, designate the location o f the claim with not eontigious to the vein or lode, Is used refeience to tho linos o f the public sur occupied by the proprietor of such vein veys, but need not conform therewith, but or or lode for m ining or milling: purposes, where a patent shall be issued as atore said foi claims upon unsurveyed lands, such iron-adjacent surface ground m ay be the Surveyor-general, in extending the embraced and included in an application surveys, shall adjust the same to the for a patent for such vein 01 -lode, and the boundaries o f such patented claim , ac same may lie patented therewith, subject cordin g to the plat or description thereof, to the same preliminary requirements as survey and notice as are applicable un but so as in 110 case to ..interfere with or to der this act to veins or lodes: P r o v i d t d , change the location of any such patented That no locations hereafter made of such claim. land shall exceed five acres, S e c . 9. That sections one, two, three, non-adjacent. and payment for the sfime must be made four and six o f an act- entitled “ An act at the same rate as fixed by this act for granting the right of way to ditch and ca nal owners over the public lands, and for the superficies of the lode. The owner o f a m ill or reduction works, not own- other purposes.” approved July 26th, 1866, quartz ing a mine in connection therewith, may are hereby repealed, but such appeal also receive a patent for his m ill site, as shall not affect, existing rights. A pplica provided in this section. tion for patents for mining claims now . S e c . 16. That all acts and parts of acts pending may be prosecuted to a final de incoii tenf, herewith are hereby repeal- cision in the General Land Office; but in - ii B ciovided , That nothing contained such cases where adverse rights are not 1:1 r at shall be construed to impair, in affected thereby, patents m ay issue in any this way , rights or interests in m ining pursuance o f the provisions of this act; property acquired under existing' laws/ and all patents for mining claims hereto- Approved May 10, 1872. forejssued under the act of July 26!h, 1866, shall convey all the rights and privileges M ineral Lands Open to E xploration, conferred by tiiis act where no adverse Occupation, am i Purchase. rights exist at the time o f the passage o f The mineral lands in the public domain / tli is act. S e c . 10. That the act entitled “ An act surveyed and unsurveyed, are open to ex to amend an act granting the right of way to ditch and canal owners over the public ploration, occupation and purchase, by lands, and for other purposes,” approved all citizens of the United States, and all July 9th, 1870, shall be aud remain in full those who have declared their intention force, except as to the proceedings pre to become- such. scribed by sections six and seven of this act for obtaining patents to veins or lode S t a t u s o f I ,o lie C l a i m s P r s v i o h s l y E a >- claims; but where said placer claims shall f-atedl. be upon surveyed lands, and conform to The status o f lode claims located previ legal subdivisions-, no further survey or plat shall be required, and all placer min ous to May 10, 1872, Is not changed with re ing claims hereafter located shall conform gard to their extent along the lode o f as near as- practicable with the United States system of public land surveys, and width of surface. M a n n e r o f L o c a t in g C la im s . the rectangular subdivisions of such sur veys, and no such location shall Include A ny person who is a citizen o f the Unit more tiffin twenty acres fsr each individu ed States, or who has declared his inten al claimant, but where placer claims can not be conformed to legal subdivisions, tion to become a citizen, may. locate,' re survey and plat shall be made as on un- cord and hold a mining claim of fiftoefi «urveyed lands: P r o v i d e d , That proceed hundred linear feet along the courso o f ings now pending m ay be prosecuted to thffir final determination under existing any mineral vein or lode subject to loca 'laws; but tiie provisions of this act, when tion;'or an association of persons, several Yot in conflict with existing laws, shall a(5ply to such cases: A n d p k o v i d e d a l s o , ly qualified as above, m ay make joint lo That where by the segregation of mineral cation of such claim ot fifteen hundred landJn any legal subdivision, a quantity ffeet, but in no event, can the location ot a of agricultural land less than forty acres remains, said fractional land m ay be en vein oi- lode exceed fifteen hundred feet tered by any party qualified by law, for along the course thereof, whatever m ay homestead or pre-emption purposes. be the number of persons com posing the S e c . 11. That where the same person,- association, or corporation, is in possess association. The miners of each distric may make ion of a placer claim , and a vein or lode included within tiie boundaries- thereof, rules aiid regulations not in conflict with application shall be made for a patent for ilie placer claim , with tiie statement that the laws of the United States, or o f the it. includes such vein 01 - iode, and in such State or Territory in which such districts case (subject to the provision of this act are respectively situated, governing the and the act entitled “ An act to amend an location,-manner of recording, and a m ’ t act granting the right of way to ditch and canal owners over the public lauds, and o f work necessary to hold possession of a for other purposes,” approved July 9tn, claim. The location must be so distinctly 1870 ) a patent shall issue for the' placer claim , including such vein or lode, upon marked on the ground that its boundaries the payment of five dollars per acre for may be readily traced. This is a very im such vein or lode claim, and twenty-five portant m atter, and locators cannot exer feet o f surface on each side thereof. Tjie cise too much-care in defining their loca remainder of the placer claim , or any pla cer claim not embracing any vein or lode tions. claim, shall be paid for at the rate of two In order to hold the possessory right to dollars and fifty cents per acre,- together a claim , of fifteen hundred feet of a vein- with ail costs of proceedings; and where a (Continued on-F ourth Page,) vein or lode,'suck as is described in the»-