Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-08-08
MINERAL, OR AGRICULTURAL,
Contest Over a Large Area of FL Dorad

, Mountain Land.
A contest has been inaugurated covering
portions of FIVE townships in the vicinity
of Georgetown, Ell Dorado county, embrac-
ing valuable sugar pine timber sections.
If the land is decided to be more valuable
for farming purposes, it will go to claim
ants under the Central Pacific Railroad
Company's grant The following notice to
"all whom it may concern" has been issued
from the Federal Land Office in this city
By its Selection List No. 5, filed in this
office the 18th of April, 1884 the Central
Pacific Railroad Company made applica.
ton for patent to 1t, in virtue of its land
grants from Congress. of all the hereinafter
described lands.
By letter IN" of the 9th of April, 1886,
the Commissioner of the General Land
Office suspended ali the lands selected by
said list from patentipg until satisfactory
proof of non mineral character of the said
lands was made.
By letter M of 2lst of June, 1889 the
General Land Office required that the said
railroad company institute proceedings,
within sixty days after notice, for a hear
ing TO determine the character of all the
lands described in said list and Commits
sioner's letter IN" of oath July, 1889, d.
rected that the hearing be had at this
Land Office, before the Register and Re-
ceiver thereof, if, in their judgment, Justice
would be promoted by the taking of testi-
mony at this Office and in their presence.
The Central Pacific Railroad Company.
by William Singer, Jr, its duly authorized
attorney, having made and filed in this
office application for hearing, in pursu-
ance OF the letters and orders hereinbefore
mentioned, praying an order appointing
time and place for taking of testimony as
to the character of all the lands described
IN said list No. 5; and IS, in the opinion of
the Register and Receiver, the ends of lust
ice will be best subseryed if the testimony
is taken at this office, in their presence.
1t is ordered that the Central Pacific
Railroad Company, its witnesses, and all
persons concerned or desiring to be heard.
be and appear at this Land Office before
the Register and Receiver thereof, on
Tuesday, the 24h September, 1889, at 10
O'Clock A. NJ then and there to introduce
evidence of the character, as mineral land.
of all the following described tracts:
South halt of lot 5 of southwest quarter
OF section Z, township 10 north, range II
east, Mount Diablo base and meridian.
South half of section 5; lots 8, 5, G, 7, s,
and 10 OF northeast quarter, southeast
quarter and fractional southwest quarter of
section I; all of fractionaseection 10; north
half of northeast quarter, north half of
northwest quarter and southwest quarter of
section q; north half of northeast quarter
and northeast quarter of northwest quarter
of section 49, township IL north, range IL
east, Mount Diablo base and meridian.
All OF fractional section l; all of frac-
tional section g. east half and fractional
northwest quarter of section Z; all of Sec
ton 8; all of section IL; all of fractional
section IL; all of section Is; all of section
81; all of section %; all of section 25; all of
section q; north half, southeast quarter,
north half of southwest quarter and SOUTH
east half of sou Invest quarter of section
%; all of section 80, in township u north,
range Ii east, Mount Diablo base and me-
ridian.
ALI of fractional section /; all of frac-
tlonal section 3; lot of northeast quarter,
southeast quarter of northeast quarter,
fractional northwest quarter, southeast
quarter and fractional southwest quarter of
section 8; east half. east half of northwest
quarter, lots l and 2 of northwest quarter,
east half of southwest quarter and lots
and of southwest quarter of sec
ton Z; all OF section 8; all of Sec
ton IL; fractional northeast quarter, lots
3, and 6 of northwest quarter of Sec
ton 15i all of section u; all of fractional
section 10; all of section 81; north half and
southwest quarter of section 25; all of
fractional section q; north half and south
east quarter of section 20, township 13
north, range IL east, Mount Diablo base
and meridian.
All of fractional section 1; all of section
ii; lots /, 2, 3 and of northeast quarter,
northwest quarter and south half of section
IL, township IL north, range II east, Mount
Diablo base and meridian.