(b) The Application for Patent must now be prepared by the applicant. To the Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office at State of County of being first duly sworn, according to law, deposes and says that, in compliance with the mining rules, regulations and customs by of State of (a corporation of the State of of which corporation this affiant is the agent and attorney and duly authorized to make this affidavit and application), the said applicant for patent herein has become the owner of and is in the actual, quiet and undisturbed possession of the mining claims and mill-site hereinafter described consisting of the veins, lodes or deposits, bearing gold, silver, and copper and the non-mineral mill-site not contiguous thereto, together with surface ground for the convenient working thereof, as allowed by local rules and customs of miners; said several veins, lodes or deposits being contiguous to each other and situate in the Mining District, County of as follows, to wit: and described State of mineral ground not contiguous to either of said claims; all being more particularly set forth and described in the official field notes of survey thereof, hereto attached, dated and in the official plat of said survey now posted conspicuously upon said several mining claims and mill-site, a copy of which is filed herewith. A.D. Deponent further states that the facts relative to the right of possession of said to said mining claims, veins, lodes, deposits, surface ground and mill-site, so surveyed and platted, are substantially as follows, to wit: Said the day of claim was discovered and located by A.D. on and was, prior to the survey for this application, duly conveyed by said locator to this applicant, by good and sufficient deed of conveyance which has been duly recorded in the office of the Said lode claim was discovered and located by the day of survey thereof for this applicant, on A.D. , and was, prior to the application, duly conveyed by said locator to this by good and sufficient deed of conveyance which All said claims and mill-site are now each and all of them in the undisturbed and peaceable possession and occupation of this applicant; all of which facts as to location and title will more fully appear by reference to the copies of original location notices and the records thereof and the abstract of title hereto attached and made part of this affidavit. The value of the labor done and improvements made upon said claims by the applicant being equal to the sum of and said improvements consist of the following cuts, tunnels, and other improvements, to wit: (Describe fully the work and improvements on each claim and specify the values of same.) In consideration of which facts and in conformity with the provisions of Chapter Six of Title Thirty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, application is hereby made for and in behalf of said for a patent from the Government of the United States for said and mill-site, and the surface ground so officially surveyed and platted, all said claims being and constituting one group and lying and being contiguous to each other, and the said mill-site being non-mineral ground and not contiguous to any of said claims. lodes, veins, and mineral deposits and A.D. Subscribed and sworn to before me this For and on behalf of day of and I hereby certify that I consider the above deponent a credible and reliable person, and that the foregoing affidavit, to which was attached the field notes of survey of the mining claims and mill-site and the abstract therein described, was read and examined by him before his signature was affixed and the oath made by him. Justice of the Peace in and for Precinct, in said County and State. The foregoing application and a copy of the field notes, and an abstract of the title (which should be a copy of every location notice, proof of labor, conveyance, or instrument affecting the title, certified by the recording officer of the county) should be attached together and filed, with a copy of the plat, in the land office of the district. This should be done after the plat and notice have been posted. (c) The Notice of Application for Patent must then be prepared. This should be done with the greatest care as it will form the basis of all future proceedings and of the patent. NOTICE OF THE APPLICATION OF NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, in pursuance of Chapter Six of Title Thirty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States of linear feet of the ground lode, vein or mineral deposit, each with surface feet in width, each bearing gold, silver, copper, and other valuable minerals and the mill-site, containing five acres of non-mineral land, not contiguous to said claims; each and all said claims and mill-site lying and being situate in Mining District, and said mining claims being contiguous to each other, have made application to the United States for a patent for the said mining claims and mill-site which are more fully described as to metes and bounds by the official plat herewith posted and by the field notes of survey thereof, now filed in the office of the Register of the District of Lands, subject to sale at , which field notes of survey describe the boundaries and extent of said claims on the surface, with magnetic variations at 23 deg. and 45 min. East, as follows, to wit: (Here insert an accurate description of each claim as set forth in the field notes; the following has been approved: "DESCRIPTION OF SILVER KING FRACTION LODE "Beginning at corner No. one (1), a hemlock post five (5) inches square, five (5) feet long, set two (2) feet in the ground, with mound of earth and stone scribed 1-688A, and also 2-688A, whence the Southwest corner of Sec. Eight (8), Township Thirty (30), North of Range Ten (10), East, W. M., bears South 39 deg., 21 min., and 9 sec. East, 5166-79-100 feet; Thence North 37 deg. and 30 min. West, 619-8-10 feet to corner No. two (2), a hemlock post, five (5) inches square, five (5) feet long, set two (2) feet in the ground, with mound of earth and stone, scribed 2-688A; Thence South 74 deg. and 11 min. West, 600 feet to corner No. three (3), a hemlock post, five (5) inches square, five (5) feet long, set two and one-half (2) feet in the ground, with a mound of stone and earth, scribed 26-88A; "Thence South 37 deg. and 30 min. East, 619 8-10 feet to corner No. four (4), a hemlock post, five (5) inches square, five (5) feet long, and set two (2) feet in the ground, with mound of earth and stone, scribed 4-688A, and also 3-688A; "Thence North 74 deg. and 11 min. East, 600 feet to corner No. one (1), the place of beginning. Magnetic variation (23 deg. 45 min. East)." The presumed general course of direction of the said and lodes, veins and mineral deposits being shown upon the plat posted herewith as near as can be determined from present developments; said claim, being for linear feet thereof, and said linear feet thereof, together with the surface ground shown upon the official plat posted herewith; the said several claims being contiguous to each other, end to end. being for (If other claims are included in the application, but shown on separate plats, add the following: "Said claimants also embrace in said application the following contiguous claims, embraced in and part of the same survey, all owned by the same applicants and being contiguous to the claim above described, and forming part of the same group of mining claims and locations, to wit: "The Bonanza Queen, Silverton, Silverton Fraction, Oregon, Oregon Fraction, Sutherland, Sutherland Fraction, Portland and Salem lodes, veins and deposits, and the Bonanza Queen Mill-site; each and all of which are fully described in the field notes of survey thereof, now filed in the office of Register of the District of Lands above described, and appear in and by plats and notices of said application now posted upon the said claims, in accordance with law.") Any and all persons claiming adversely the mining ground, vein, lode, premises, or any portion thereof, so described, surveyed, platted and applied for, are hereby notified that unless their adverse claims are duly filed, as according to law and the regulations thereunder, within sixty (60) days from the date hereof, with the Register of the United States Land Office, at in the County of and State of in virtue of the provisions of the said statute. they will be barred This notice and a copy of the plat of the claim described therein must now be posted conspicuously upon the claims and mill-site, and kept so posted for sixty days, and during the entire period of publication. The plat should be securely tacked upon a board prepared for the purpose, and protected at the top and sides by a broad edge or cover from the weather. The notice must also be fastened to the board in such a manner as to permit of its being easily read. The board may be fastened upon a stake at or near the discovery shaft, or at the opening of a tunnel or some conspicuous place upon the claims or one of them. Where four or more claims in one group are embraced in the application it is customary to make two complete sets of plats, each set showing only two claims. In such case the set. showing one pair of claims, with the appropriate notice, is posted upon one of the claims so shown; the plat showing the other pair of claims is posted in like manner upon one of the claims shown upon it, and notice changed to correspond. The plat which shows the mill-site must be posted thereon and on the claim for which the mill-site is taken. This posting should be done in the presence of two disinterested persons, each a citizen of the United States over 21 years of age, who must make the necessary affidavit or proof of such posting. (d) The claimant should now file with the Register the application for patent, abstract of title, notice of application and proof of the due posting of the notice and plats. The affidavit of the two witnesses should be substantially as follows: for himself, severally, doth depose and say, that he is a citizen of the United States, over the age of twenty-one years, and was present on the to as correct by the United States Surveyor General of and designated by him as Survey together with a notice of the application of for a patent for the mining claims, mill-site and premises so platted, was posted in a conspicuous place upon said mining claims and mill-site, to wit: (describe place and manner of posting) where the same could be readily seen and examined; the notice so conspicuously posted upon said claims and mill-site being in words and figures as follows, to wit: (here insert a literal copy of the notice (c) including signatures). And that said notice and plats were so posted by one of said applicants. Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of Witnesses. 190, and I certify that I consider the above deponents credible and reliable witnesses, and that the foregoing affidavit and notice were read by each of them before their signatures were affixed thereto and the oath made by them. Notary Public in and for the State of (e) A newspaper must now be designated by the register in which 60-days publication of the notice must be made. This should be the one nearest to the claim by the usual routes of travel. The register may designate a paper other than |
