Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-30
MINER AND HE SQUATTER WILL
 BE BENEFITED
Reduction in Cost of Surveying Mining Claims and Security of Title to Squatters-Hold- IngS Will Now be Possible.
tspeelal to the Review.l


 PHOENIX. June 29.-SurVeyor General Ingalls, on Saturday gave out a news item that will mean 8 great deal to the mining industry of Ari. zona and to those settlers who are squatting on government land and nave heretofore been unable to secure title to their holdings. The informa. ion has been made public in a gen aral letter to the territorial papers, this being the first publication of it. Comments upon it will be more clear ly understood after the reading of the letter, which is as follows:
 As news item I have decided to advise you that the charge made by. me for office work and stationary in connection with the survey of mining claims where they are surveyed iii a group. will be reduced from and after Julr l. 1908. the new schedule of charges being as follows:
 Fer office work to be performed in the surveyor generals office in Ari- zona. in connection with the survey of mining claims For a single lode claim, S3e.
 For group of lode clsims. S30 for the first claim snd s25 for each addi tional claim,
 For each millsite surveyed in con- nection with lode claim SIS.
 For a millsite surveyed independent of 2 lode claim s30.
 For a single placer cl?im. "l'j.
 For a group of placer claims. Sjo for the firs- claim and $25 for each additional cain.
 For 8 group of claims containing both lode and placer claims, so for the first lode and s25 for each addl- tional lode claim. and SG5 for the first placer claim, and s25 for each addi- tional placer claim
 All these estimates are subject 10 increase should the sUrveyor-general find that the first deposit is not sui ficieHt to cover the office work.
 I also nave to advise you that or the fund appropriated by congress. for The survey and resuTyey or pubic Bands of the United States for the fiscal year beginning July 1. 1908, and ending June 30, 1909, $c0,000 thereof has been appOrtiUned 10 the district of Arizona and will therefore be avail able for the survey of the agriculture! and grazing lands of the territory during that time. and settlers who are residing on unsurveyed land and would like to have the same surveyed so that they can obtain patent to their claims. can do SC, by making appllca- tion to the surveyor general upon proper blanks, which will be fur nished them by the surveyor-Seneral upon their request. The application of three bona fide settlers in town shin is suf5iCleL: to nave the tull tow nsilip @''rvey ed: the application oi tvu sett CTS U1thi:I township ls sufficient to have twentyfour sec tions surveyed. and the application oi one settler IS sufficient to have twelve sections surveyed, to include his claim The department. however prefers to survey a township m II, - entirety where the application ol three settlers in the township IS available. The esurveyor-general would therefore like to receive the apphca ton of as many bona fide settlers throughout the territory as possible and ne would like these applications filed as soon after the first day o July. 1908, as possible, as these ap pIicatiuns must be examined and re ported on as to their good faith D. the field division of the general lam office before contracts for the surFe, can be awarded. There are man, settlers throughout the territory nV jug on unsuryeyed land who Woui' like to have the same surveyed Du do not know now to proceed in tn matter By writing to the surveyor general they will be sent the prope blank applications and full instrut lions as to how to proceed in the ma te1.
 Narr resnectfully.