The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-11-15
LEASES FOR MINERALS
DEPARTMENTS Rule in Indian
Territory Allows
ONLY COAL AND ASPHALT
KioWa Allotment Should be
Ended December 10,

Guthrie, o. T., Nov. 1.-THE following
are extracts from ire annual report Of
The Indian commissioner w a. Jones:
A great deal Of work, in the way Of
making alotments has been accomplish
Cd during the past year The agreement
concluded with the Comanehe, KiOwa
and Apache tribes Of Indians october p.
1892 was ratified by congress June g.
100. tn eorglaal agreement as incorpor-
ated in the act being materially chang
Cd and amended AS ratified, the agree
nent provides for the allotment Of $50
acres Of lanl 10 each member Of said
tribes. The euotments TO be selected with
in ninety days from the ratification Of
the agreement.
INSPECTOR L. r. Uesler and Special
Agents E. 3. Reynolds and a. C. Haw-
lev were designated to make the anot-
ments Instructions for their guidance
woe approved by til department July T.
1900 no appropriation for this work
was made by congress. The expenses
VIII. therefore. have to be paid out Of
the regular appropriation for surveying
and anoting Indian reservations. No eff
fort VIII be spared to complete this work
by the 6th Of December next
The leasing Of lands for mineral pur-
poses must be treated in two parts, one
relating to leasing under the ChovtaW
and Chickasaw agreement AMI the other
% leasing under section IS Of the Curtis
act.
The department October z. 1895. pre-
scri5ed regulations governing the leasing
Of mineral lands in the Choctaw and
Chickasaw nations in accordance with
the provisions Of the agreement.
BY the agreement the leasing Of min
eral lands i'm the Cboctaw and Ch!cka-
saw nations is under the supervision and
control Of two trustees appointed by the
president. one. a Choctaw by blood ap-
pointed on the recommendation of the
principal chief Of the Choctaw nation,
and The other. a Chiccasaw by blood, ap-
pointed on the recommendation Of the
governor Of the -hickasaw nation The
principal chief Of the Choctaw nation
nominated Napoleon 3. Ainswortr. and
the governor Of the Chickssaw nation
nominated Temuel C. Burris- These gen
tlenen were appointed by the president
and their commissions were issued Oc-
tober s, 1898 but they did not enter reg
ularly on their duties until about the 1st
Of December, 1893 All official acts OF
these mining trustees are subject TO the
approval Of the department
BY the regulations prescribed October
Z. 1898, the royalty on coal was fixed ct
Is cents per ton for each ton of coal
produced, weighing 1000 pounds. and at
50 cents per ton for each ton Of asphalt
produced weighing 1000 pounds IN No
vember Of 1898 the coal producers in the
Indian territory pettioned the govern
ment to give them a hearing relative to
reducing the rate Of royalty on coal pro
dpced The department Dy letter Of
January 6. 1899. reduced the rate Of roy
atty to 10 cents per ton on each ton Of
coal produced weighing 1900 pounds after
It had been passed over a screen the
meshes Of which were one inch square.
Considerable difficulty was experienced
IN having the coal properly screened. and
much OF the coal was shipped mine run
and the coal operators. in February Of
1900, petiuoned the department to reduce
the rate Of ROYALTY to G % cents per ton.
mine run, and the rate was fixed by the
department at s cents per ton, mine run
10 take effect March J. 1900
The regulations prescribed October 2
1898 having been modified I'm many par
tieulars, the department May r. 1870
caused them to be reprinted. embodving
The notifications subsequent to the date
Of their original PRONUNCIATION. The re-
vised regulations provide for royalties for
the different classes OF minerals as fol-
lows
ETAshrd hrd rdlo hrdlordlouolou uouiis
.oa coal. cents per ton OF 2.00o pounds
On mine run; or coal as il Is taken from
the mines including that which Is COM
monty called slack" which rate went
Into force and effect on and after March
L 1900
"on asphalt 60 cents per ton for each
and every ton produced Weighing 900