noncontiguous tracts, 409.

placer location or claim, 409, 524, 675.

separate claims, 409.

surface ground, 410.

veins and lodes, 410.

force and extent as a conveyance, 412.

of, determined by statute, 666.
placer patent, 524.

fraudulent patentee declared a trustee, 1135.

general objections to issuance, 385.

good faith purchaser under Mexican grant entitled to, 1092.

Government bound by, to railroad company, 1112.

grant of all veins apexing within surface boundary, 699.

extralateral rights, 413.

surface and subsurface, 412.

title to surface and apexing veins and lodes, 411.

to veins and lodes apexing within claim, 494.

grants apex and right to follow vein, 103.

grounds of objection to issuance, 387.

group of claims included, 406.

hearing to determine right to unlimited, 822.
homestead, 822.

entryman entitled to limited, 821.

for coal lands before classification not cancelled, 822.
subject to vested water rights, 676.

includes all veins apexing within surface lines, 128.

benefits to unpatented location, 418.

PATENT-Continued.

includes vein between parallel planes of end lines, 664, 665.

veins apexing within surface lines, 693.

inclusion of known lode in town site, 1372.
interested persons may object, 1386.
invalid if issued for lands disposed of, 298.
unauthorized, 298.

location not basis for, 303.

on face, 420.

invalidity attacked in ejectment, 836.

not raised before Land Department, 418.

ironclad potency, 412.

irregular not void, 423.

irregularly issued passes title, 1138.

issuance a determination of patentability of lands, 1136.
dependent on proof of expenditures, 354.

for railroad grant, 1112, 1114.

in absence of adverse claims, 506.

name of applicant, 403.

locator, 403.

induced by fraud, 1135.

of and purpose, 402.

new to correct mistakes, 422.

on failure to file adverse claim, 289.

final proof, 402.

official survey after adverse investigation, 443.
termination of adverse proceedings, 715.

pursuant to judgment and Land Department's decision, 493.
terminates jurisdiction of Land Department, 297.

to several pursuant to judgment, 493.
without authority and effect, 494.

issued for claim located under original act, 721.
lode claim pending contest is void, 420.
part of claim on second discovery, 161.

on survey provided for, 443.

to persons acquiring title after entry, 392.

Southern Pacific Railroad as road is completed, 1139.
under provisions of existing laws, 506.

without jurisdiction of Land Department is void, 420.

issues according to judgment in adverse suit, 486.

for possessory title in absence of adverse claim, 553.
pursuant to judgment on adverse claim, 493.

to party entitled to possession, 403.

inserting condition as to mine drained by tunnel, 1385.
known vein or lode excepted from, 559.

PATENT-Continued.

lode claim within patented town site, 331.

long-standing nonmineral not invalidated by mineral claimant, 845.
meaning of exceptions to railroad grants, 1106.

merges inferior estate, 408.

possessory and equitable titles, 185.

method of obtaining, for mineral deposits, 710.
mineral character of land essential to, 313.

conclusive against town-site claimant, 1361.
deposits not included, 1096.

lands excepted in Southern Pacific if patent is void, 1138.

description, 504, 505.

must issue and be signed according to statutes, 401.

natural objects or monuments prevail over courses and distances, 321.
nature of, as applied to coal lands, 750.

for coal lands, 750.

mining location before issue, 292.

necessary steps to secure, 664.

no authority for inserting repugnant conditions, 1135.

cancellation of homestead, 822.

compensation for town-site improvements, 1375.

determination of underground rights, 413.

presumption of adjudication of subterranean rights, 413.
private entry on railroad grants after issue, 1137.

relief in equity after long acquiescence, 494.

because of mistaken view of land officer, 419.

noncontiguous tracts not included, 324.

nonmineral character of land defeats, 314.
not subject to attack, 420.

not affected by adverse-claim proceedings, 435.

subsequent discovery of mineral, 1263.

based on discovery within patented claim, 69.

conclusive as to extralateral rights, 419.

nonmineral character of lieu lands, 1177.
tunnel rights, 172.

in case of variance, 504.

granted for mineral lands in Alaska withdrawn, 1048.

issued for ground outside of location, 200.

lands on which are known mines or salines, 1202.
lode within patented town site, 1362.

per acre, 333.

in Alaska, 886.

perfects legal title in mining claim, 401, 404.

permission to bring suit to vacate, 423.

persons authorized to locate mining claims may obtain patent, 712.

not interested can not object, 387.

placer, 409, 533, 708. See title, Placer locations.

acreage of, 570.

all mineral within limits conveyed, 675.

and agricultural, 532,

applicant protected after payment of price, 708.

authority of Land Department to insert reservations, 675.

cancellation when issued by inadvertence, 576.

can not include known vein or lode, 95.

carries title to surface and lands beneath, 410.
conclusiveness, 575.

as to mineral character of land, 575.
conveys mineral subsequently discovered, 565.
effect of for lode claim within placer, 572.

on known vein or lode, 570, 572.

lode within placer limits, 572.

prior lode location, 562.

proof of lodeclaim, 575.

subsequent discovery of vein or lode, 576.

where it includes a known lode, 523.

exceptions as to known lodes or veins, 95, 558, 573, 709.
extent, 570.

as conveyance of title to mineral, 574.

PATENT-Continued.

placer, extent of exceptions as to known vein, 573.

forfeiture of wrongfully patented part, 575.

gives no right to water, 524.

group claims included, 524.

hearing to determine validity, 567.

in accordance with miners' rules, 708.

includes all minerals, 95.

inclusive effect of, 572, 709.

invalidated by court proceedings only, 524.

issuance on false affidavit as to known vein, 571.

joint entry limited to 160 acres, 533.

jurisdiction of Land Department over, 523.
knowledge of vein or lode, 540.

known lodes not acquired by, 571, 708.

patentable after, 566.

veins not included in, 574.

or lodes carved out of, 571.

legal subdivisions of 40-acre tracts, 531.

lode application not received while outstanding, 567.
claim patented after, 574.

within placer limits, 410, 489, 572.

may embrace more than one, 324.
mineral deposits included in, 564.
not authorized for 5-acre tract, 535.
not granted if in shoestring form, 538.
number of contiguous claims, 674.

on conditions and proceedings as to lode claims, 672.
patentee not entitled to known vein, 571.

required to adverse lode application, 569.

placer locations in Alaska, 875.

subject to, 672.

valid without, 516.

presumptions, 575.

as to known veins, 575.

in favor of validity, 575.

prevails against town-site lot owner, 1361.

proceedings for lode claim within, 489.

purchased claims may be included, 534.
reservation as to known lodes, 709.

town-site rights, 524.

rights of patentees for placer and lode claims, 574.

single patent for several claims, 524.

subject to easements, 525.

ten-acre tracts, 531.

title to all ground except known lode, 572.

veins passes, 576.

known vein not acquired by, 564, 573.

unknown veins passes to patentee, 572.

unknown lodes included, 572, 708.

veins included, 565, 572.

unlimited number of claims included in, 409.
unnecessary, 516.

vacating part covering lode claim, 575.

vacation, 575.

because of known lodes, 575.

for false affidavit, 563.

void in absence of discovery, 529.

when lying in different districts, 711.

possession may ripen into title without, 186.

as basis of right to, 403.

of mining claim without, 654.

under, as basis of adverse claim, 442.

power of Land Department to reserve surface rights, 22.

practice in proceedings, 289.

presumption as to antecedent steps, 414.

relocation, 414.