The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-07-07
DISPOSAL OF THE RESEf-
TA7IOV LANDS

the minds OF many people as to the
manner in which the lands now en-
braced in the Ute reservation are to
be disposed Of after the Indian title is
extingdished-an idea that spectators
can purchase unlimited quantities of
of the land at private sale and thereby
defeat Che claims Of those who expect
or intend to make homes on these
lands and to acquire title to farms
and mining claims.
The act of Congress approved June
IS, 1885, ratifying the Ute agreemen.
and providing for the sale Of the res.
ervations and for other purposes, dis
tinctly states that the lands not allot-
TED I" shall be held and deemed to be
public lands of the United States and
subject to disposal under the laws pro-
viding for the sale and disposal Of the
public lands, at the same price and on
the same terms as other lands Of like
character, except as provided in this
act: Providedj That none of said
lands, whether mineral or otherwise.
shall be liable to entry and settlement
under the provisions of the homestead
law /; but shall be subject to cash Ell:
try only in accordance with existing
law" etc.
Official letters from the general
land Office to the local land Offices
here distinctly state that presumption
and mineral entries will be pcrmis.
sible.
By the term casEfentry" is meant
purchase at Stag per acre Of agrioul-
t,,ral lands, by pre-emptors, and at s.
per acre Of mineral lands, by mining
locators. Homesteads are not per-
mitted under this act, the object be-
ing to provide a cash fund to reim-
burse the government for all Sims paid
out or set apart under this act by the
government for the benefit Of the In
dians, the remainder, if any. to be de-.
posted in the national treasury and
the interest thereon to be distributed
annually among the Indians.
Bills have been introduced by our
Senators and Congressmen to SO
amend the original act as to permit Of
homesteads being taken up, and they
will, we are assured, be energetcally
pressed by the delegation and, we
trust, eventually passed, as they
should bc.-Lakc CITY WoyM.
HINTS TO PROSPECZ'ORS..
A practical miner hands us the fol-
lowing hints to prospectors, which are
worth careful attention a:
I. If you have a number Of good
claims select the best and open it up.
so as to put pay mineral and plenty Of
it on the dump. and have ore bodies
exposed in your workings.
Suppose your lead crops out and
runs up and over the apex of the
mountain, and that by dropping down
say IS feet you can run tunnel
through your lead. from one side of
the mountain to the other assume the
tunne! to be 800 feet long, and that
your 75-foot shaft represents the dis
tance from the apex to the top Of the
tunnel.
You then have two right ansled
triangles as basis for measurement Of
ore bodies this can be further shown
by cutting number of adits across the
face Of the lead, say every IS feet.
Assume your tunnel work to be 4ox7.
and your shaft SKI, and your lead to
be 46 Of gold bearing quartz that will
average $50 per ton.
:. To ascertain the amount Of ore.
on dump and in sight you must first
obtain the cubical contents IN cords.
Tuunel 30 n 6x7
Shaft 75x5X7 2,G25 cubic feet
Dead work 1928
Zach right single triangle Less 1876 papendeulaf
equals to SIT cubic fest
or both
22,es7-5 cub #. xl2s nj % corde
vHiue Of aa1e at SO per ton S162S
Conmsrriaf value Of claim in cash 5000
To this commercial value may be
added say, $4,000 for the expectancy
of the mine, below the workings A.