§ 9 A TITLE {Q.-—HlNERAl eonditimis -}¤’ the mining. qgaréilxg, metalluréical. Rnd other mineral iu_dustrigs,.safeguardi11g lite among employees, preventing unnecessary; waste of resources, `au& Qtherwise contributing to pe. advamcemeut pi; these iBdU8tfi€S,/'N0t_ mom than three mixiiné experiment stations., and mine iafety StHti0!38../h€1'€iIlgbovg authorized §1_1&11` éS¢§U{®€¢i‘ ih ¤¤¥ Om? $@31 Ye? nude: the agprppriatirms made the for. Ufeb. 14, _1903, c. 552, § 12,·£ Stat. 830;_ Ma}. _3, 1915, c.- 95, 5 1, Stat. )` __
- 9. Sanié; ;é¢cpta¤ce of lands fmm States.-e—_;4§lYh<7;"Secretary
‘9f —G¤@1·<:e is gutliorised to accept lguds, buildings, or 0;her céntributiops from the sévegal States offering tp cooperate iu tarrying 01;; thé purposes of section 8 qf- this title. (Fel). 14, 1903, c. § 12, 32 Stat. 830; Mar. 3, @915.. c.‘95, { 2. 38 su;.i959.)~ __ . _ l ‘ -‘ QB. Hcadquuters of mine réscue cars; sit¢ for Qexpcrimgm tal wark; ilcascp had dalutlcns for.-yTl1é Secretary of Gommprce is —autl101fized· xg qgmpt amy spituble land or lqndsi build-
i11gs,_0r improvements that may-bg donated for the head`quart¢r:
·~ of mine rescue car; and construction of ueces§ary‘1;ailway sidings and housing. for the. sqme or gs the site of an cxpéri uacutal minc·aild(pla;1t for sludying gx,plg>sives,- aud t0_ gate; ` into Ieas¢s for_ periods not exceeding ten_ years . subject to annual appropriations by Congress., (Feb. 14,.1903, c. 552, $12 32 S§at. June 5, 1920,'c. 235, § 1, 41 Slat. 9l2.). _ ‘ ° 11. ·Purch•.se bf snipplies or procurement of services fo1j°Bu· ` reau cf. MiR¢8.——Th€f purchase of supplies and equipment 01 the procurement of services £01°,;thE Burcanipf Miuesf duxgigla of the District pt Columbia, mgy be made in open marke i1 the manner common among- jbusinesé m¢n` whgnr the aggrégata amount lot the purchase docs not exceed $50. (July 1, 1918 c. 113, _§ 1`,l40 Stat; 672.) · _ ‘ ~ _‘·. Chipte; 2.-—MIHERAil LANDS {AND REGULNIWONS Il GENERAL. l I Sec. _ . ‘ _ _ _21. Mmm! hm.}: reserved. l . _ , , 22. Lands opexfltu purchase by citizens. .~ 23. Length of claims on veins. or lodes. . _ " 24, Proc; er citizenship. · . · V ` 25. A¤davit of citizenship. ‘ sj . ‘_ 26. »Locatora’ rights ot. ponsesnionlnd enjoyment. · · `. 27. Mining tunnels} 1jight_m’_ possession 0!“vei:;s.o¤ line with; aban denmeut of iight. ·‘ ‘ _ 28. Mining district regulations by `lnluers; npmual labor °0¤ claim . pending ham qt patent; expenditure em tmmcli. c0n¤ld¢rcd._ N. Pntéats; gmcodmjg td abtaln. ‘ · `” · _ 30. Adverse claim ;· proceedings and subiequen; filing of 'judymopt ro] · byysuccmful claimiint. · ·· ‘ · T31. Same; ·0ath‘ of chjmautv F j 32. 8am; nndings by jury; costa. , . 33. Pending nppllcsticns; exigzting rights. —- ~ - _· ‘34. Dcscripticq gi vein claims pn surveyed and unqurveyed lands mqaiamcuts pn ground to govern conmcting calls. · ' 35. Plnccjr claims conforming entry `to legal jmbdlvlsions and surveys ‘ llmitatiai at glnims. ~ . . V ‘ - . _ 36. Subdivislqm ut tex:-acre tracts; maximum qt place: locations. ‘ ' 37. Same; proceediujsiarr patent. . _ . · · `
Evidence of pcssealqu auiuwoxri toktnbllsh right to patent.
39. Surveyors at mining claim. · - AG. Vcr1¤¢gtio¤·¤£ andavlts. ‘ ° 41. Infenectlng or crossing veins? . _` ` 42; Pateiggn for nouiniueral lands. ‘ ‘ 43. Coaidltions of sale by locallcglslatum. 44. ceemn men mw agiee tkmumtuae. 45. Miners!/lands sbt apart as agricultural lands. 46.* Additional land districts and omgers. · 47.··Pr6vision• of chnpfer not to hEect” ccrtal¤·r1ght•.. 48. Imaés l¤_ certain States excepted. _ g _ . . · 49. Lands in Missouri and Kansas; www QI &$1‘lc¤1turn1 lands. _ 50. Quinta to States or cbrporatloas got up llnclude mineral lands. 61. Vented rights to use o£_wnter.1or miami; fisbt ct way for canal b2. plghts ‘mb}e¢t to vgstod and égeerued wat¤r_ rsntp. ,_ ’_ Sectiai 21; Mlnersl lgndq rcukvesl.-;·>Iu all lands va uabla mr mmcrqls shall be reserved {mm sale, egcept as othw wise expressly direéted by law. (B. S, § 2318.) `
D LANDS AND MINING ·_? 954 — · *22. Lnndi onen to pnrchnse by citiienn-—-All m1u¤b1e' mm- ‘ eral deposits in laude belonging to the United-` States, bush ’ I surveyed m18m‘veyed,"shnll be {ree ind open to e£plo`m· N tion and purehase, and the lands ln which they, are found ao - oeenpation. and purehnse, by citizens of the United States gm; · thosévvho have declared their intoflfion to euehQ uml§;· V . regulations prescribed by law, end according to the locnl ,cn>;.. toms or rules of miners in the several mining districts, so fm: ’ asjthe Same are applicable and me inconsistent with the lens · of the United States; (/R.-. S..§ 2319; Feb. 25, 1920, c. 85, § 1, ¤ ._41 Stat. 437.) Y . J t » _ `· _· -· · . . " _23. Length of chime on vcinror E46.-—Minlng·eleims umn F veins or lodes ot qnnrtz or other foek inlplnce bdringagom, silver, cinnabar, lend, tin, copper, or other/vnlnable deposits,. · locatledv prior to May ·10, .1872,.·ehnll_be governed an to length ·· alon·g the Jvein `or lode by the. enstoms, nregnlattons, and laws ·- in force nt th_ dntelot thein loeatiom A mining elgiin ln.
- ` "-catednftet 10th dey of Hay; 1872, whethu located hy one
· - or more poisons, mayeqnnl, bntkshdll not ueeed, one thousand · five hundred feet in length along the vein or lbde; hath loeep §_ ,tion of .:1 rniningelnlm shall be mode until the diséirvery of · the veln or lode within the limits of the claim located. No 5 claim shall extend` monge than three hundred. feet on’.es.¢h side lot. the middle oijthe vein- at the surface, him Shall any elnim · benlimited bywny mining regnlntion to lex thnx; twenty-tive F` feet on each side of the .inlddle,ot theveln at the surface, except B where adverse rlghte existing `on the 10th day of liny,-1872,
- render such limitation necessary. The. end llné ot lmeh clnlxn
B shall be parallel to each·0the1·. ; (R. S. { &.) d _ ·
- · . 24. Proof of citizenship.—P;·oot or "citizenehip, under this
4 chapter, mini 'consist, in the case of- ant individual, of his oewn { aflldnvit·thereof;.in the of an association jof permns nn _ incorpordted, of the nmdnvit of their nuthorizedngent, made on ‘ his own knowledge; ori upon information. and belief ; ~ and gin , the enfe of a corporation —·_orgnnlzed_unde1·, the laws of tm " United. States, or of any 'state or` Territory thereof; by- the Y filing ot ’a eertfiled copy ot their charter `or eegflcnte 01 lnconiorntion. (R. S,} 2321.) -, _ 5 ‘ _ Xhdavit or citize¤ihip.——-Applicants for mineral yintents
- ’ lf residing beyond the limits" of the district wherein the clalu
B le situated, nm? make any oath or a$dnvit required for pico: " ot citizenship before the elerk_ot_nny court of recom or heforv . any" notary public of any State or Territory. (Ap:. ,26, 1882 u `c. 100, { 2, 22. Stat. 49.) -· l on ‘ · , " 26. ilocdtorf rights - of pn••§on. AN _ e¤ioy¤¤t.—-The lc caters of gall mlnlnglocntions mode any mineral vein, lode i or ledge, situated on the public domain, their helts ind assigns " where. no adverse claim eiisted on the 10th day of May, 1872 =;’ so long nn they comply .wlt—h the laws of the United States nnd with Stnte, territorial, and local regulnéons not in con fllct with*"tl{e lnws ot the United.’States governing their? pos _ sessoliy title, shall have the exclnslve l‘i§i1t·`0f· ssion nm enjoyment of. all` the= surface included vvithln the lines oz their locations, and ot all veins; lodee; u1d · th1·<fnghontheir, entire depth, the top og apex of which Iles `lnslde of snel surface lines exzenaea downward vertically, nlthougih and veins, lodes, or ledges may so tar depart from • pérpendicnlm ln their couisev downward an to extend outside the _ ventica `side -li~nes» 01{snch surface locntions. But their right of pg session to singly outside parte of such: veins on lallges shell be Q éonnned $0_S\1€‘h.l)01’¤0!1B thereof as lie between vertical plane: drawn downward ns above ·deserlbed,_ through the end {une: at of their locations, so "contlnued in their; own direction thm , sueh planes » will `lntefsect meh exterior parts of sneh veins 61 1—_ ledges. Nothing an this section shall nuthorisie the loeaton gr- or ot a vein OE lode which extends ln ite° downward conrne beyond the vertlcgl llnee of his claim `to enter npc:
