In the absence of any independent municipal organization of Kenwood, and in view of the inclusion of this tract within the city of Enid, the purchase money should be paid over to the proper authorities of the latter town. of the Reference is also made in your letter to the entry made by Luther M. McGuire of 29.99 acres, being entry No. 66, for the SW. NW. of Sec. 8, said township and range, under the same statute. This tract, it also appears by the record before me, has been by legal action by the council included within the corporate limits of the city of Enid. It is stated by your said office letter that there is the sum of $299.93 due the authorities of the city of Enid by reason of this transaction. There being no objection offered by any one in this behalf, the recommendation of your office is approved. Certificates will therefore be duly issued, addressed to the Honorable Secretary of the Treasury, stating that the city of Enid is entitled to the money applied for by reason of cash purchases No. 5 and No. 66 as aforesaid; and you are hereby directed to state an account in favor of the city of Enid, Oklahoma Territory, for the use and benefit of the public schools of said city. DESMOND v. JUDD ET AL. Motion for review of departmental decision of May 29, 1896, 22 L. D., 619, denied by Secretary Bliss, December 31, 1897. UNITED STATES MINING LAWS, AND REGULATIONS THEREUNDER, RELATIVE TO THE RESERVATION, EXPLORATION, LOCATION, POSSESSION, PURCHASE, AND PATENTING OF THE MINERAL LANDS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, MINERAL LANDS OPEN TO EXPLORATION, OCCUPATION, Mineral lands reserved. SEC. 2318, R. S. In all cases lands valuable for minerals shall be reserved from sale, except as otherwise expressly directed by law. SEC. 2319. All valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging to the 4 July, 1866, c. United States, both surveyed and unsurveyed, are hereby declared to 166, s. 5, v. 14, p. be free and open to exploration and purchase, and the lands in which 86. they are found to occupation and purchase, by citizens of the United States and those who have declared their intention to become such, by citizens. under regulations prescribed by law, and according to the local customs or rules of miners in the several mining districts, so far as the 10 May, 1872, c. same are applicable and not ir consistent with the laws of the United States. Mineral lands open to purchase 152, s. 1, v. 17, p. 91. NATURE AND EXTENT OF MINING CLAIMS. 1. Mining claims are of two distinct classes: Lode claims and placers. LODE CLAIMS. veins or lodes. 91. SEC. 2320, R. S. Mining claims upon veins or lodes of quartz or other Length of minrock in place bearing gold, silver, cinnabar, lead, tin, copper, or other ing claims upon valuable deposits, heretofore located, shall be governed as to length along the vein or lode by the customs, regulations, and laws in force 10 May, 1872, c. at the date of their location. A mining claim located after the tenth 152, s. 2, v. 17, p. day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, whether located by one or more persons, may equal, but shall not exceed, one thousand five hundred feet in length along the vein or lode; but no location of a mining claim shall be made until the discovery of the vein or lode within the limits of the claim located. No claim shall extend more than three hundred feet on each side of the middle of the vein at the surface, nor shall any claim be limited by any mining regulation to less than twenty-five feet on each side of the middle of the vein at the surface, except where adverse rights existing on the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, render such limitation necessary. The end lines of each claim shall be parallel to each other. SEC. 2322. The locators of all mining locations heretofore made or Locators' rights which shall hereafter be made, on any mineral vein, lode, or ledge, sit- of possession and uated on the public domain, their heirs and assigns, where no adverse enjoyment. claim exists on the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy- 10 May, 1872, c. two, so long as they comply with the laws of the United States, and 152, s. 3, v. 17, p. with State, Territorial, and local regulations not in conflict with the 91. 563 |