Graham guardian., 1908-07-10
new SCHEDULE OF CHARGES
For Mining Claim Surveys by Sur
vsyor Generals Office
townships Are Surveyed

The foil owing communication
from Frank S. Ingalls,, Surveyor
General, Phoenix, Arizona, will be
found of general interest:
Editor of THE GUARDIAN:
S,r:-As n news item l have to
advise you that the charge made
by me for office work and station
ery in connection with the survey
of mining claims whore they are
surveyed in group, will be re-
duced from and after July |, 1908,
the new schedule of charges being
as follows:
For office work to be performed
in the SurveyorGencral's Office in
Arizona, in connection with the
survey Of mining claims:
For single lode CLAIM, S9O.o0
FOR a group OF lode claims, $50 O0
for the first claim and $4,000 for
each additional claim.
For each mill site surveyed in
connection with a lode claim, Slo.OO
For a mill site surveyed indepen
dent of lode claim, $4,000.
For single placer claim, $50 90
For group of placer claims,
$500 for the first claim and S25.oO
each additional claim.
For group of claims contain
ing both lode and placer claims,
s30 90 for the first lode and s25.o0
for each additional lode claim, and
$500 for the first placer claim,
aud s25.O0 for each additional
placer claim. :.
All these estimates are subject
tn increase should the Surveyor
General find that the first deposit
is not sufficient to cover the once
work.
| also have to advise you that OF
of the fund appropriated by Con-
gress for the survey aud resurvey
of public lands of the United States
for the fiscal year beginning July
4, 1908, and ending June 30, 1909,
$4,000 thereof have been appor'
toned to the District of Arizona
aud will therefore be available for
the survey Of the agricultural and
grazing lands Of the territory
during t.sat time, and settlers who
are residing on unsurveyed land
..nd ,yo,ld I;ce to have the same
surveyed so that they can obtain
pateut to their claims, can do so
by making application to the Sur
veyor. General upon proper blanks'
which will be furnished them by
the Surveyor-General npon their
request. The application OF three
bona fide settlers in township IS
sufficient to have the full township
surveyed; the application OF two
I settlers within township Is sui
ficient to have twenty-four sections
surveyed. and the application OF
one settler is sufficient to have
twelve sections surveyed, to in
clude bis claim. The department,
however, prefers to survey town
ship IN its entirety where the APP
plications of three settlers in the
township are available. The Sur
veyor. G eneral would therefore
like to receive the application ct
as many bona 6de settlers through,
out the Territory as possible, and
he would like these applications
filed as soon after the first day OF
July, 1908, as possible, as these
applications must be examined and
reported on as to their good faith
by the Field Division of the Genert
al Land Office before contracts Tor
the survey can be awarded, There
are many settlers throughout the
territory living on unsurveyed
land who would like to have the
same surveyed but do not know
how to proceed in the matter. By
writing to the Surveyor-General
they will be sent the proper blank
applications and full instructions
us to how to proceed in the matter.
Very respectfully,
FRANK s. INGALLS,,
u. Surv veyor-General.