The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-11-30

cIude or exclude the s. w. Z 3. r. Y OF
Sec. 2. T. . s.. r. ~ f.. you viii Issue
similar notice thereon: that unless such
amendment II promptly made. the ap-
piication will be rejected by you, and
that II It be 50 amended as to include
said 4o-acre tract. proper exception
therefrom must be made of any MILL
site claims within OF touching the f. y
of said forty.
IN case the Judge should choose to
make but N entry for all said lands.
he should file n new application describ-
ing the townsite under the single name
of Goldheld. consolidating the recitnls
of facts now presented by separate APP
plications. and conforming the COM
plete description to the findings herein
made.
IL may be stated that the records Of
this Office disclose no patented mineral
claim for land within the subdivisions
h~ereinabove described: that entry No.
1011 for the Anaconda mill site was
made at Carson City on January 25,
1907. but that no patent will be issued
on said entry by this Office pending the
submission of the proposed townsite
proof.
Your attention Is called to the cir
cular OF Instructions issued January s.
1904. t3s L. D., 4s1f. n your strict
compliance Herewith Is specially en-
joined"
Very respectfully.
r. A. BALLINGER.
Commissioner.
1t win be seen from the foregoing de-
cision that the Goldheld townsite was
regular In every respect. but that under
the rules of the land department forty
acres was the least subdivision that
could be entered under the foregoing
provisions of the federal statutes; and
TO comply with the suggestion OF the
commissioner of the general land once.
Judge Langan. through his attorney
James Donovan, amended the applica-
ton of the South Goldfeld townsite to
include 40 acres instead OF 100 acres.
The first application divided a forty in
two, and this was amended so as to
comply with the rules of the depart
ment. The South Goldheid townsite now
includes 40 acres instead of loo.
1t will be seen from the foregoing de-
cision of the commissioner OF the gen.
eral land office and the order OF publica-
ton for such application. that the town
sites of Goldneld and South Goldneld
are In a fair way of being settled soon.
SO that titles can be issued to each and
every lot within the area covered by
these W TOWNSHIP applications. 1t will
also be noted that on the same day that
this order was issued for the townsite
OF Goldheld that the commissioner OF
the general land Office held for ~canceIla-
ton the application for patent to the
Vera claim. on the ground that there was
no mineral showing. This practically ends
any claim that the Vera might have to
either the surface ground. or to any
mineral. because they attempted to Sc
cure title to this ground, as the govern
ment holds. without having sufficient
claim upon which to base a right to
patent. On this claim is situated such
buildings as The News building. Gold
field hotel. the wingield building, and
the Nevada Trust building.
II is fair to assume this all the other
mineral locations within the boundaries
of the townsite Will be null and void, as
the government has not only investi-
gated the matters by special agents. but
they are thoroughly familiar with the
character OF the ground covered by
these quartz and placer locations. The
government fully understands that the
only purpose that the locators have
shown under these placer and quartz
locations is to acquire the sur
face ground for townsite pur-
poses out of which to make large
sums of money. With the watch
full attention that Is being given to en-
tries under the land laws OF the United
States. II is impossible to escape a COM
pliance with the law as 1t is now being
enforced. There is no p~retense that any
mineral has been found OF any percepti-
Bile value on any of these quartz loca-
ions within the townsite of Goldfeld.
The government at Washington knows
this. as well as the people In Goldfeld.
1t Is important to every person in
Goldfeid who has a building or lot that
title should be acquired to the townsite
as soon as possible. and the best title 1t
is possible to get ought to be thu title
that the people shouid assist in pro-
curing. AS soon as the townsite title
issues, 1t will be the best title that the
government can possibly give.
1t never was contemplated that the
government lands could be taken up
under mineral locations for the sole
purpose of selling the surface ground
for townsite purposes, and permitting
persons to speculate On the surface
ground for townsite purposes when
there was no known mineral of any
value within the ground covered by the
mineral locations. The government of
the United States will not permit the
location of mineral claims for townsite
purposes directly. neither will 1t permit
persons to do Indirectly what the law
forbids them doing directly. 1t is a
speculation in government land to at
tempt to make mineral locations for the
sole purpose of townsite. and will sub
ject the locators to the same procedure
as though the and were timber lands
The only way to secure title to the
town of Goldfeld for business and resi-
dence purposes is through the method
proceeded with by application to the
Judge of the district court to enter said
lands as townsite lands under the 9
eral statute. and every one who Is in
terested in securing his or her title to
lots on which they have improvements.
ought to give their moral support to the
efforts that are being made in behalf of
the people for the townsite application.
BY securing title to the business and
residence portion of the town. II will add
in permanent value to his city from
ten to twenty millions of dollars. Every
lot upon which improvements are situ-
ated will be available as an asset and as
a security to aid the owner in borrowing
money. If necessary. to carry on legiti-