The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-02-24
B. a. GREENE, Surveyor General.

Contract No. 81, entered into by the ther
Surveyor General, Roswell H. Mason, will
James NJ. Page, U. S. Dep. Sur, August 81
1878, contained . number Of exteriors, boun
darles, boundaries of townships, and als<
The subdivisions Of the following Townships
Twps. 3, 4, 5 and 6 n, r. 8 W.
The following were . part Of the Specia
Instructions under which these surveys wer,
made. They were totally different from al
previous ones given, and we're made accord
ing to the instructions of the Hon. Commits.
sioner of the General Land Office, and thu
act of Congress making the appropriations
from which the surveys were paid by The
Treasury.
IS. According to the provisions of the acl
of Congress approved June 20, 1878, the fol
lowing classes of lands are declared IS sur
veyable under the appropriation for the
present fiscal year, and your contract, viz:
First. Those adapted to agriculture with
out artificial irrigation.
redeemed, aud for which there is suficien,
accessible water for the reclamation and cul.
tivation Of the same, not otherwise utilized
or claimed.
Third. Timber lands bearing timber OF
commercial value, either foreign or domestic.
Fourth. Coal lands containing coal of com.
mercial value. ..m
Fifth. Exterior boundaries of town sites.
Sixth. Private land claims.
q. In the execution of work under your
contract, You will be guided by the above
classification of surveyable lands, and not
include in your surveys any land that cannot
be classified IS surveyable under the six
heads heretofore mentioned, excluding all
barren wastes, bad lands; etc., etc., unfit for
classification in the above category. Lands
which merely subserve pastoral interests are
not Of the character authorized by law TO be
subdivided.
Z. A, confidence is placed in your judg-
ment, 1t is expected that you will not violate
the same by any act contrary to law and in
structions.
:. In this you vii, be held strictly count.
able, and unless your work under the pres
ent contract is executed in strict accordance
with the terms of your contract, and the
laws and instructions governing you in your
work in the field, payment therefor will not
be made, and you will be debarred from any
future contracts"
w." Very respectfully,
ROSWELL II. MASON, Sur. Gen.
In addition to this, the Hon. Commis-
sioner, G. L. O., ia. Williamson, says in
his Instructions to the Sur. General:
SIN regard to tie survey of Timber lands
bearing timber of commercial value, either
foreign or domestic as provided under the
third class of lands allowed to be- surveyed.
you will confie your field operations to non
mineral timber lands, and those lands where
depredations have been practised or are
likely to be carried on by unlawful parties,
IS under the provisions Of IAN act authori-
zing the citizens of Colorado, Nevada and
the Territories to fell and remove timber ia
the public domain for mining and domestic
purposes approved June 8, 1873" :
Very respectfully,
ia. WILLIAMSON, Commissioner.
REMARKS.
From 1867 to 1868 the regulations in force
prescribed:
"That no mountain lands should be sur i
veyed except mineral lands, and those only
At the expense of the claimants"
"That when mineral lands were thus sur
veyed they should be marked on Township |
plats in %colors," as for instance: "Yellow
for gold, blue for silver, red for cinnabar,
green for copper, and purple for coal" The
two classes of lands were also marked "Min-
eral Lands" and agricultural Lands" IN
The plat.
Under these regulations very little noun
Tain land was surveyed, IS the Deputies then
had the power, if . Township assigned them
IN their contract was found to be mountain
ous, to substitute another in the same region
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