Source: Statistical Appendix to Annual Report of the Director, Bureau of Land Management, 1961. Figures are as of June 30, 1960. 2 This portion o ftotal withdrawn trom public domain, and not included in grant total. Mrs. ProST. Thank you very much, Mr. Boyd. Mr. ASPINALL. Madam Chairman, I wish to welcome Mr. Boyd before the committee. His service to education, government, and to industry is well known to the people of the Nation generally, and very favorably known. I wish to commend you for the presentation, Jim, which you prepared for us, and the manner in which you have given it. In my opinion, it is most inclusive and states very well the position of those whom you represent. Also I am very appreciative myself, personally, of the recommendation you make as to any changes thought by you to be necessary in order to protect the mining industry. If I understood the first map that you showed, the map you had where you had the 1,000-square-mile area set out in the rectangle, that is supposed to include all of the active mining operations of the Nation on public lands; is that right? Mr. BOYD. Yes, Mr. Aspinall. It was calculated about 10 years ago. The change is not much different. It was done by a prominent geologist. He put together all of the areas covered by the active mines at that time, and they come to approximately a thousand square miles. Mr. ASPINALL. Would the inclusion of some of the ghost-town areas and ghost-operation areas of yesterday make the area very much larger? Mr. BOYD. Not a great deal larger; no, sir. Mr. ASPINALL. Some of the best wilderness areas, you know, in my district at the present time happen to be those ghost-town areas of years ago, as far as that is concerned. Mr. BOYD. I agree with you. Mr. ASPINALL. I think we ought to bring this amount of land into a proper perspective. It would be approximately 33 miles square, is that correct? Mr. BOYD. Yes, it would be 33 by 35. I think that is correct. |