§35 Placer claims; entry and proceedings for patent under provisions applicable to vein or lode claims; conforming entry to legal subdivisions and surveys; limitation of claims; homestead entry of segregated agricultural land

Summary

Placer mining claims (all types of mineral deposits except quartz veins or rock in place) must be filed and patented under the same rules and procedures as vein or lode claims. If the land was already surveyed by the United States, the claim’s outer lines must match the public-land legal subdivisions. If a placer claim on surveyed land already fits those subdivisions, no new survey or map is needed. Placer claims made after May 10, 1872 must, as closely as possible, follow the U.S. public-land survey system and its rectangular lots. No one may locate more than twenty acres per person. If a placer claim cannot be made to fit the subdivisions, it must be surveyed and mapped like unsurveyed land. If separating mineral land leaves under forty acres of farm land in a subdivision, that leftover may be taken by any person qualified for a homestead.