§37 Proceedings for patent where boundaries contain vein or lode; application; statement including vein or lode; issuance of patent: acreage payments for vein or lode and placer claim; costs of proceedings; knowledge affecting construction of application and scope of patent

Summary

If the same person or company holds a placer claim that also contains a vein or lode, they must apply for a patent for the placer claim and say it includes that vein or lode. The patent will be issued under the listed statutory rules (sections 21, 22–24, 26–28, 29, 30, 33–48, 50–52, 71–76 of this title and section 661 of title 43). The owner must pay $5.00 per acre for the vein or lode plus 25 feet of surface on each side, and $2.50 per acre for the rest of the placer claim, plus all costs of the proceeding. If a vein or lode is known to exist in the placer claim and the applicant leaves it out of the patent application, that omission is taken as a final statement that the placer claimant has no right to the vein or lode. If the vein or lode was not known when the patent is issued, the patent transfers all valuable mineral and other deposits inside the claim.