The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-11-23
MORE LAND DECISIONS ANNOUNCED.
They Were Filed Yesterday in the
Land Office.
Fruit and Grain Land in Placer county
That One Man Claimed
as Mineral.

There is lots of grist now going INTO
the mill of the Federal Land Office IN
this city, and decisions are pelhe
ground out in profusion. Yesterday
Receiver Gardner and Register fraser
announced the results of their 1nVestl-
cation into a number of Placer county
contested cases as follows:
lanes Adams. J. w. Young, l. L.
Young. Mrs. n. S. Brow ana d "a
Mendes. mineral constants, VS.. -
y r Co.-Northeast quarter OF soutH-
east o1arter: so much of the southetlst
o,,arter of southeast quarter as is elll-
braced within the quartz mining claim
OF ! w. Young; so much of the north
west quarter of the northeast quarter
a.. is embraced within the placer nllh-
ing claim of James Adams; so much oI
the southeast quarter of northwest
quarter embraced within the placer MIN
ing location of T. F. Young, all OF sec
ton %, township y north, range 5
east. is excepted from the operation Oh
the land to the c. P. r. r. Co. But the
railroad company's claim is good to 50
much of the southeast quarter OF south
east quarter as is not embraced within
the quartz mining claim OF j. W-1ouhS'
the west half of the southeast quarter;
so much of northwest quarter OF north
east quarter as is not embraced WlIhlh
the placer mining claim or James
Adams: the northeast quarter OF north
east quarter, the south half or north-
east quarter, so much of the southeast
quarter Of northwest quarter as Is not
embraced within the placer mining
claim of T. +. Young; the west half OF
northwest quarter, and southwest
quarter of section %, township ~
north, range ; east.
J. L. Gould VS. c. P. r. r. Co.-Lot u
of northeast quarter, and lots 4, D. III
II and u of northwest quarter of sec
ton ,, township - north, range III east
Against the railroad company.
Same VS. Same-LOts l, 3 and Of
northeast quarter lots f. q, Z, and .
Of southeast quarter, and southwest
quarter of southeast quarter section >
township 10 north, range 10 eaSt.
Against the railroad company
c. p. r. r. Co. vs. Mineral Return-
West half of lots ) and of section 8,
township - north, range 10 east. In
favor of the company.
Same VS.. Same-Northwes quarter of
northwest quarter lot , of northwest
quarter and south half of southwest
quarter of section 9. township 10 north,
company.
James Oliver Stephen Judson, J. w.
White, Charles w Robinson, J. L. Sal
mons. Nicholas Maring and Otto 7. Wal
ter VS.. c. 2. r. r. CO.-So much of lot 8
of northwest quarter of section II town
ship II north, range s east,as lies within
the exterior limits of the Morning Star
Quartz Mining Claim" claimed by Otto
T Walter, is excepted from the land
grant to the G. P r. r. Co; that so
much of lot of the northwest quarter
OF section II township u north. range
: east, as lies outside of the Morning
Star Quartz Mining Claim inures to the
c. p. r. r. Co. under its land grant.
John Oliver, Stephen Johnson, ]. w
White Charles W. Robinson,>J. L. Sal
mons. Nicholas Maring and Ford S.
Hawkins VS.. c. ?. r. r. CO-NOrth half
OF southeast quarter of section II, town
ship II north, range : east, Injured to
the c. P. r. r. Co. under its land grant.
Some very interesting, as well as con-
ficting. testimony was taken in the lat
ter case F S Hawkins, who lives on
fifteen acres of the eighty-acre tract in
dispute and who wants to do some min
ing, admitted that he had several acres
OF fruit trees growing and that he
raised hay and grain on the land.
George S. Betterley testified that the
greater part of the land in controversy
was cultivated and yielded good average
crops of fruit and grain. The quartz
rock found on the land didn't pay to
work.
Theodore S. Nash testified that he
would not take 500 per acre for the
land. It was valuable only for agrl-
culture