The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-05-10

particular tract; second, showing
lands known to contain workable
deposits of coal, whereon prices
will be fixed upon information
from field examinations made or
which hereafter shall be made by
the geological survey; and, third
showing lands containing coal of
such character as may, in accord
ance with their situation with
respect to the nearest transporta-
ton lines, be sold at the minimum
price fixed by the statute, namely,
500 per acre for lands lying at
greater distance from a completed
railroad.
The local land Offices will allow
coal entries for lands in the first
class at the minimum prices fixed
by the statute; entries of the third
class will be accepted at the
minium, and those in the second
class at the prices stated in the
schedules and maps to be furnished
them. Lands in classes two and
three will be subject to entry und-
er the coal land laws only, unless
shown by the applicant to be
subject to entry under some other
law.
The regulations of the commiss-
ioner, which are superseded by
those now promulgated, permitted
the duly authorized agent of the
claimant to make the required afi-
davit as to the character of the
land. The new regulations require
this affidavit to be made by the
claimant alone, except in the case
of lands situated in Alaska. Fur
thermore, the former regulations
authorized assignments of the
right to purchase under declara-
tory statement and the affidavit
required at the times of purchase
are, under the new regulations.
required to be verified before the
register and receive of the local
land district when the lands are not
in Alaska. It is now specifically
set forth that coal mine cannot
be operated for the purpose Of
securing coal therefrom for sale
and profit prior to entry. The
operations are to be limited merely
to development work.
Under the new regulations and
:classifications by the geological
survey, as will be shown upon the
maps furnished registers and re-
ceivers bv the general land Office,
land in coal areas henseforth are to
be treated, so far as entry is con-
cerned. as prima facie coal lands.
They will be opened for coal entry,
from time to time, according to
notification given to registers by
the general land Office, as fast as
maps and data be furnished to the
general land Office by the geolog-
ical survey. Lands in coal areas
now are open for mineral entry
under the general mining laws for
claims alleged to contain gold,
silver or copper, whether they are
coal lands or not, as this kind of a
mineral entry takes precedence
under the law over coal entry.
Lands in coal areas may be
entered as timber and stone, agri-
cultural or desert lands, but such
entries will not be allowed to pro-
ceed to patent without a examina-
tion in the field, and the lands
within such areas, Notwithstanding
such entry, will be treated as
prima facie coal lands, thereby
placing upon the entryman the
burden of showing that they do not
contain workable deposits Of coal.
The rules and regulations relat-
ing to coal lands in Alaska have
been but slightly modified, the
most important change being that
they construe the right of entry to
cover the same area by individual
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