The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1886-06-10
Gov. Hauser 10 Secretary Lamar.

Commissioner Sparks late ruling re-
garding cutting timber on mineral
land has brought forth a reply from
our governor that may make that little
spark Of humanity hunt his hole
Governor Hauser has resided a quar-.
ter Of centary in the country most
affected by the ruling, and knows
whereof he speaks. His letter is SC
thorough in treatment Of the subject
that Its publication, without comment,
is all-sufficient:
TERRITORY OF MONTANA,
EXECUTIVE DEPT,
HELENA. NJ. T.,
Hon. l.. q. G. LAMAR, Secretary of the In
terror, Washington, ID. C.:
SIR: ] would respectfully request your
personal attention to the accompanying
letter in reference to Commissioner Sparks
recent circular. The signers are individual
owners of small mills in this vicinity-the
respective location of each am familiar
from which the timber is cut il mineral in
character is true, as evidenced by the fact
that every stream in this region contains
placer gold; most ofthem are being worked,
or have been worked out. Also in the fact
that there are more or less gold and silver
quartz leads staked on every square mile.
Yet, as they truly state, rigid enforce
ment OF the circular, would compel them
and nine-tenths Of all the small mills in the
territory to shut down" As it would be
very expensive, II not impossible to prove
that each particular acre Of land from
which the timber is being cut was more val
liable for mineral at the time than for tim
ber, though perfectly evident that the dis
trict tsay of ten or twenty miles square)
was IA thousand times more valuable for
mineral than for timber, or any other pur-
pose.
This is the fact as to twO-thirds of this
territory. You can prove, or il il self-evi-
dent that any district as "a whole is many
times more valuable for mineral than for
any other purpose. Nevertheless it might
be impossible to prove that some particular r.
acre or even square mile was more valuable
for mineral than other PURPOSES; yet it
would be entirely possible or even probable
that that particular acre or square mile
was the most valuable for mineral owing to
the hidden or "blindn leads or lodes therein
contained and undiscovered and undcvel-
oped. Bear in mind that daily discoveries
OF new lodes and new mining districts de-
monstrate this fact.
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