Arizona silver belt., 1881-12-03
Agent Ti1 fany ,.ad the Coal
 Fielfs.

The coal fIS"c iu AtcT STetk canyon which are sl town by A. e. Pcndletou, Dep u,y U. 3. Mi |neral Surveyor, as being ou the San Carlos Indiar Reservation, has been the subject of mu,b newspaper com. ment. and lot lIttle acrimonious fault. finding wit la Co.,. Tiffany for not throwing them oneu to the public. As is now shown by his rec,Srd, tho strictures in relation to the matIer, were not we'll founded. As carly AS Ffbruary 2Slh, 1881, h,s first com. munjcntioh to the Department, in relation 10 the matter. shows him as advocating inc rid of the public 10 those coal fields. And s1 Fin. March 9th, be reiterated b,s views }n regard to the disposition of the coal for public use, and at the same time he tooA decided stand against alternating any pakt of the plant for the benefit of any raf afrona corporation or community of ,n,ei lest that would interfere with the puhlic'i, free use of the coal. March. 18th inc Col Jwriies the Department:
 II thI lGh. te be some indica. Etjs6Es G. - S1Sar :ea IIIe govt m regard to this coity II no doubt is of tincalculabls value othe community, and q very easy plan for having t tntilizcd by the commu. nifty conId be made"
 April Slh he again writes the Com. of Indian affairs:
 "lthink this coal is very desirable to the community, and hope some plan h. .l<,> D~l tr it ib1a tn them. would most re. spectfnlly urge that no railroad corpora. ton shcsh have lease, as that would be unsatisfac&ary to the business interests of the T,rritSry; and give them control which they would no doubt use to fili their treasury. and raise the price of coal"
 And furtaer, May Alb, he wrote the Commissioner.
 "I belicvel ms the land on the north and northeast is so sparscly settled, that if land could be addld there in lieu of that cut off ,o accomfnodatc coal fields and Me Millen mining camp that the Indians would be satIAfcd, as the coal fields are net agricultuFal or pasture lends, and those on the n(nrth and west are" And in same letter also says: "Any change which may be dccmesl advisable in the lines, both as to the coal hlid Mcblillen ought to be made, and the whole question settled for. ever"
 May 17ih hs,again urges the Depart. mcnt to make tie change, talking in land on inc western line north of Salt River in lieu of that cut of for coal fields and Me. Millen canip."
 There is nothing in Ihe views expressed by Col. Tiffany the, Department, that can in any way b4sr ou, the oft repeated chr,ges nisdu Ss9inst him of trying to steal the coal fie but his whole conduct shows detern, ,,, effort, on his part, to benefi, the puE md .r the same time preserve the righ,yor the U. s. govern. mcnt, and see justice done the Indian. It Is only just 10 Col Tiffany, who has suf. fcred so long and silently from tho unjust and libelous newspaper articles, which have been scat,eref broadcas, over the land, that these statements should be made and the public given, the benefit of fair and unbiased statement of the position takPn ny nm reiatiNe to this af1alr.
 Referring to the aenuaI report of secre- tary Kirkwood, we will only say that the views therein expressed relative to these coal fields, shows iba; the Secretary has adopted inc views expressed by Col. T,tfa. ny months ago. TheEery journals which have SO freely condemned Tiffany for months past, show an anxious desire to congratulate the Secretary upon his re- port. This is certainly an anomoly, lsnd ,Le Secretary's report nit conde2l Tiffany accuse him of irving t2 coal fields, and heap cilum
 nmny upon him. simplsa
 got know he expressed [,
 which are now adopted
 The Secretary in his ann'