Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-15
COMPANY's LAND.
Instances of Land Worked for Gears by
PrOspectOrs, Who Have Been Notified
by the Railroad That the Land is

l Instances of Land Worked for ears by
ProspectOrs, Who Have Been Notified
by the Railroad That the Land is
u, Theirs.
Irvine j ysste reporter &c ea .ens on ,, NJ + II;
on the recent action OF the Northern Pac,g.
WIN regard TO mineral lands, which was
kindly supplied by Nj. Irvine as follows:
Inc Lomax lode claim was located in
1904 In Orc Fine Gulch, - miles south
east OF Deer Lodge. 1t is a large iron lead,
carrying gold and silver, but as it did not
pay 10 work 1t IN the early days, it was
abandoned. About five years ago it was
relocated by Messrs. Kohrs, B~ieIenbe,n
and Lancey, who have since exnendad
$4,000 or $4,000 in developing it, and nave
LAD assays from the ore going as high as
LOU ounces OF silver per ton. They re-
Gently applied for patent, and have been
notified by Mr.. Lamborn. General Land |
agent OF the Northern Pacific, that the
claim IS on the company's land, and
THE COMPANY VIII CONTEST
their application for patent, ard that #
they want to get title to the ground thew
must apply to the Northern Pacific land
department., and not to the Government
/ he claim is situated in Township 6 north
u Range 3 west. The township ia Of q
"ost pronounced mineral character, con-.
aiming about 200 lode claims. and m.,r
placer claims On which much work has been
uohe. hr Irvine showed the reporter q
pa.ent issued to himself and two other
gentlemen in 1876, two years after snrIGi
cation, for Ill acres OF placer cronndd H.
that township. Notwithstanding all th;s I
ohe deputy land surveyors REPORTED tbe
anu az agricultural, and it was thus cert. |
leo 1or patent. Anyther instance ocrnrred 4
IN Nold creek. AbDnt seventeen OF eiohtesn !
years ago the miners Of Pioneer amn.w were q
Very lndlsnant over the action of one Ni,b a
'ias C"nley, VINO took up a ranch al tho A
nouon o, the creek, and boasted that he
would sell it for "' ne
A GREAT E OF MONEY q
u the gold in it, o" for a dump ground -
lie applied for a patent on the land .s a :"
re'emption, so Mr.. Irvine and Geo. Foot. >
and prospected it, and indins \
ooo prospects all through, reported if to ea
le 0oVernment as mineral land, and ,ro- pl
7sted against the Issuance of Il patent To 10
49, -" patent was refused and tine vi
ihers located claims on it, and did a oroat o,
OF profitable wcrk there. Itbas &c. Sc
'"eVei, been reported to the Gnver,mant tn
agricultural land, aud i is reported that it,
Noftne1n Pacific people have a%ctuaIIy su
!" some OF 1t as s,!ch. Mr.. Il. T,,ynt pa
20 ena' one reason Why mineral lands tic
re frequently reported as Agricultural Lie
because IN many cases the contracts an
re maze ior the survey Of agricultural
Us VIZ the surveyors reported them bei
mineral iants, they would get M nav
Their work. For this reason some lands op
Madlson County, On which req
NuNrpo,rs the
'1N' CLAIMS bit
We oeen held for over 20 years, have Mic
N returned as agricultural. Mr.. Irvine Ser
rs the fnancial and executive com,n;t. is a
8 nave great need OF assistance from all W..
lefs and others Interested in the preser- In
ION OF the mineral lands for the Deonle. att
former In the shape OF subscrjutions ri Hi,
ney TO carry out the work: and tba lat. Tn;
IN afldavits as to the mineral haractar and
.ne iahds IN question. 1t is d sired at ON
"a ctsr to.u.e aiioaVlts OF a general Hea
3, ae.er. cover ng as much as possible Of spe,
mountain country. These will ha 81 +ha,
e forwarded to Washington With a'r
?, IN preparation by the committee euh,
viii define all the mineral lands with MIA
ne % mile limit. These will be followed arc
nlorlnatlon in detail. backed by affida. give
respecting every section OF which if is hon.
, ~ TO OBTAIN suct Information, II
! y. ausisapie Tor every person inter. ,
- ~ posi- niinseif as to the sections and
nships which contain minerals. 40 that
e VIII be no vagueness about thu am' Tss,,
rs they may furnish. Mr. Irvine ex.
> 10 nave a supply Of affidavit blanks
me purpose, this evening, and will w
slore be prepared to receive the desired W.
beginning with next Nonday' conn
executive committee consists Of r. H Read
Der. IL - II. 80