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 '[`rru: xxxu.—THE PUBLIC LANDS.——Ch. 6. 425 Sec. 2318. ln all cases lands valuable for minerals shall be reserved M1¤¢r¤1 1¤·¤<1¤ from sale, except as otherwise expressly directed by`law. Y‘*“`°d· _ 4 Jug, 1866, c. 166, s. 5, v. 14, p. 86. 3 Mar., 1875, c. 139, ss. 11, 15, r. 18, p. 476.—Morton r. 1 ebraska, 21 Wall., 660. Sec. 2319. All valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging to the M1¤¤1‘¤1 1¤¤d¤ United States, both surveyed and unsurveyed, are herebv declared to be °P‘“l f° P“"°l‘”° free and open to exploration and urchase, and the lands in which they are found to occupation and purchase, by citizens of the l'nited States 10 Mah 1872· °· and those who have declared their intention to become such, under reg- 15% m,’v‘{Q7%9}_‘ ulations prescribed by law, and according to the local customs or rules gi ,-_ 1;p_ 5g_' ` of miners in the several mining-districts, so far as the same are applicable Jlfgi. ‘((_,a,."g and not inconsistent with the laws of the United States. G Hcw.,1gp;g¤or6es z·. racey, 94. t., 762. Sec. 2320. Mining-claims upon veins or lodes of quartz or other rock _ 1-GHz1b of minin place bearing gol, silver, cinnabar, lead, tin, copper, or other valuable ‘l‘$'°l”·‘mS “P°“ deposits, heretofore located, shall be governed as to length along the vein gig or lode by the customs, regulations, and laws in force at the date of their 10 MM', 1872. <=· location. A mining-claim located after the tenth day of May, eighteen 15g*%)·"· 2Q71E9L hundred and seventy-two, whether located by one or more persons, ma 91 ,. {ghp 52’ c' equal, but shall not exceed, one thousand five hundred feet in length i°` 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 minin regulation to less than twenty-five feet on each side of the middle of gis 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. 2321. Proof of citizenship, under this chapter, may consist, in the Proof of citizencase of an individual, of his own affidavit thereof; in the case of an ¤h1P· association of persons unincorporated, of the affidavit of their authorized 10 May, 1872, C, agent, made on his own knowledge, or upon information and belief; and 152, S-7,v-17,p.94. in the case of a corporation organized under the laws of the United 915 Tlg/» mg? °· States, or of any State or Territory thereof, by the  of a certified ’ l' 'p' ` copy of their charter or certificate of incorporation. bac. 2322. The locators of all mining locations heretofore made or Locators rights which shall hereafter be made, on any mineral vein, lode, or ledge, situ- of _P¤SS<>¤S10¤ and ated on the public domain, their heirs and assigns, where no adverse °"l°Ym""t‘ claim exists on the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, .. 10 May, 1872, c. so long as they com ly with the laws of Sue United States, and with State, 15g·3;*·‘·'·17·,i>]é 9L territorial, and localiregulations not in conflict with the laws of the United 91 U £§"p1%2’ °’ States governing their possessory title, shall have the exclusive right of ’’` possession and enjoyment of all the surface included within the lin_es of their locations, and of all veins, lodes, and ledges throughout their entire depth, the top or a x of which lies inside of such surface-lines extended downward vertically, although such veins, lodes, or ledges may so far de art from a perpendicular in their course downward as to extend outside the vertical side-lines of such surface locations. But their right of possession to such outside parts of such veins or ledges shall be confined to such portions thereof as lie between vertical planes drawn downward as above described, through the end-lines of their locations, so continued in their own direction that such planes will intersect such exterior parts of such veins or ledges. And nothin in this section shall authorize the locator or possessor of a vein or lolie which extends in its` downward course beyond the vertical lines of his claim to enter upon the surface of a claim owned or possessed by another. Sec. 2323. Where a tunnel is run for the develo ment of a vein or 0,,,,,,,,, of tun, lode. or for the discovery of mines, the owners of such tunnel shall have nels, rights of. the right of possession of all veins or lodes within three thousand feet 10 MMT from Sie face of such tunnel on the line thereof, not previously known to 152,¤_4,v_’17,p_bg_