General Leasing BillU.S. Government Printing Office, 1917 - 144 pages |
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... acreage of 30,117 in No. 2 , 3,526 acres only is held in private ownership by un- assailable title . Representative FERRIS . What is the acreage of No. 1 ? Assistant Secretary ROOSEVELT . Thirty - eight thousand one hun- dred and twenty ...
... acreage of 30,117 in No. 2 , 3,526 acres only is held in private ownership by un- assailable title . Representative FERRIS . What is the acreage of No. 1 ? Assistant Secretary ROOSEVELT . Thirty - eight thousand one hun- dred and twenty ...
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... acres , and after stating the reasons that make it even more hazardous than usual to attempt an estimate of the ... acres . Senator CLARK . Whatever that may be . Assistant Secretary ROOSEVELT . Four thousand acres total . The CHAIRMAN ...
... acres , and after stating the reasons that make it even more hazardous than usual to attempt an estimate of the ... acres . Senator CLARK . Whatever that may be . Assistant Secretary ROOSEVELT . Four thousand acres total . The CHAIRMAN ...
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... acres would that probably be ? Assistant Secretary ROOSEVELT . About 2,470 acres . The CHAIRMAN . Out of the 38,124 in the naval reserve ? Assistant Secretary ROOSEVELT . Yes . Senator PHELAN . The question was asked , how many dry ...
... acres would that probably be ? Assistant Secretary ROOSEVELT . About 2,470 acres . The CHAIRMAN . Out of the 38,124 in the naval reserve ? Assistant Secretary ROOSEVELT . Yes . Senator PHELAN . The question was asked , how many dry ...
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... acreage in those ? Mr. FINNEY . There were 45,000 acres in Colorado and 86,000 in Utah , with an estimated content of a billion barrels . Assistant Secretary ROOSEVELT . The shale lands , up to the present time , are not a commercial ...
... acreage in those ? Mr. FINNEY . There were 45,000 acres in Colorado and 86,000 in Utah , with an estimated content of a billion barrels . Assistant Secretary ROOSEVELT . The shale lands , up to the present time , are not a commercial ...
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... acres in Colorado and more in Utah , because if not so specifically reserved I fear that agricultural entries may not be allowed upon them , although they ought to be . Mr. FINNEY . I think the act of July 17 , 1914 , saves these lands ...
... acres in Colorado and more in Utah , because if not so specifically reserved I fear that agricultural entries may not be allowed upon them , although they ought to be . Mr. FINNEY . I think the act of July 17 , 1914 , saves these lands ...
Common terms and phrases
acres application for patent Assistant Secretary ROOSEVELT Associated Oil barrels California CHAIRMAN claimants clear listed coal Commander RICHARDSON Commissioner TALLMAN conference Congress contract court of appeals Department of Justice drilled dummy entry estimate FINNEY Government Honolulu interest Interior Department involved J. M. McLeod KEARFUL Land Department land in naval Land Office leasing bill legislation litigation McMurtry ment mineral applications naval petroleum reserve naval reserve Navy Department north half oil fields oil lands oil or gas operated order of withdrawal patented lands pending placer claim placer-mining claims power of attorney President probably producing proposal proposition question range 23 east record Representative FERRIS Representative LENROOT Representative TAYLOR royalty section 32 Senator CLARK Senator PHELAN September 27 shale Southern Pacific Southern Pacific Railroad suits temporary petroleum withdrawal tion township 31 south United unpatented lands W. A. WILLIAMS withdrawal order Wyoming
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Page 53 - placers," including all forms of deposit, excepting veins of quartz, or other rock in place, shall be subject to entry and patent, under like circumstances and conditions, and upon similar proceedings, as are provided for vein or lode claims ; but where the lands have been previously surveyed by the Conformity of placer claims to surveys, limit of.
Page 55 - That all lands withdrawn under the provisions of this Act shall at all times be open to exploration, discovery, occupation, and purchase, under the mining laws of the United States, so far as the same apply to minerals other than coal, oil, gas, and phosphate : Provided.
Page 55 - ... all lands which are, on the date of such withdrawal, embraced in any lawful homestead or desert-land entry theretofore made, or upon which any valid settlement has been made and is at said date being maintained and perfected pursuant to law; but the terms of this proviso shall not continue to apply to any particular tract of land unless the entryman or settler shall continue to comply with the law under which the entry or settlement was made: And...
Page 137 - An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to protect the locators in good faith of oil and gas lands who shall have effected an actual discovery of oil or gas on the public lands of the United States, or their successors in interest...
Page 59 - An act to authorize the President of the United States to make withdrawals of public lands in certain cases (3G Stat..
Page 54 - ... an application for a patent for such placer claim which does not include an application for the vein or lode claim shall be construed as a conclusive declaration that the claimant of the placer claim has no right of possession of the vein or lode claim ; but where the existence of a vein or lode in a placer claim is not known, a patent for the placer claim shall convey all valuable mineral and other deposits within the boundaries thereof.
Page 55 - That in no case shall patent be denied to or for any lands heretofore located or claimed under the mining laws of the United States containing petroleum, mineral oil, or gas solely because of any transfer or assignment thereof or of any interest or interests therein by the original locator or locators, or any of them...
Page 55 - May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and until a patent has been issued therefor, not less than one hundred dollars' worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made during each year. On all claims located prior to the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, ten dollars...
Page 57 - In aid of proposed legislation affecting the use and disposition of the petroleum deposits on the public domain, all public lands in the accompanying lists are hereby temporarily withdrawn from all forms of location, settlement, selection, filing, entry, or disposal under the mineral or nonmineral public-land laws. All locations or claims existing and valid on this date may proceed to . entry in the usual manner after field investigation and examination.
Page 56 - That the rights of any person who, at the date of any order of withdrawal heretofore or hereafter made, is a bona fide occupant or claimant of oil or gas bearing lands, and who, at such date, is in diligent prosecution of work leading to discovery of oil or gas, shall not be affected or impaired by such order, so long as such occupant or claimant shall continue in diligent prosecution of said work...