The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1910-09-08
Alaska coal Lands

The Investigation % The geological sur
Nry show that the coal properties ga
Alaska cover about l2c square miles.
and that there are known 60 be available
ah1gt 'ss" ,aE9 tons Thls O.. however.
lu underestimate ~ the coal In Alaska.
because further developments viii prob
ably increase this lwgu-. many times
bot We can Say with considerable GER
tt.aty that there are two fields on the
Pacific slope uat.E can bu reached By
a.IWIys 40 "a reasonable cost from Ieyr
0atrrHIn one ease STOUT nifty miles ana
lE thU other case 90 about 81 mIlrs-
which vI aTarl certainly Cunro.'u
toms og g1sl. more than half % which IS
of "a Verg Pig grade ~ hltgmluous and
~ anthracite It Be- estimated Go De worth.
in the ground. Cne-hllf n cent o. ton.
which makes Sc value per a.rv from s.
90 go The r1Elng-coaI lands OF Penn
sylyau.a arv worth from $50 Go ysH ar
acre, while other Appalachian fields are
worth from SO 90 S@ an acre. and the
rylGs Boz the central states from $50 90
@'n m acre. and in the Rocky noun
fa.ns $40 On $40 an acre. TIE demand Tor
coal on the rau.ac coast re- FOR about
At'tun tons "a year. % would encounter
the competition % cheap fuel go. %
which the equivalent ~ tGoH1 o tons 81
coal O. year Is used there % 10 estimated
that fhe coal could De ll'd down az Sc
attic nr san FraEuiyHn. "a hirhagratr lf.
luminous. at 81 "a ton and anthracite az
g or D. a ton The price o. coal on the
Pacific slope varies greatly from time 20
time in Che wear aud from year 90 year
FROM 50 o. 81. a ton with a regular coal
supply established. tfr expert 81 the
geological survey NJ Brooks who has
made Ca report On thr subject docs not
think there would be an eKryfglv, prlFt
bon tho Alaska coal mirinr because ths
price at which thv Csal could De sofa
would Pc considerably lowered bY c1nspg-
uuor from these Hrl4s ans by the pr,r
gnyr of crude fuel ol The history az ths
laws affecting enc deposition 90 Alaska
coal lauis shows them 90 necd amend.
mcnt badly
on Naygfubrr 49, 1905 President Rrars
ye.t isHuei Eu executive order with.
drawing an coal lands nom location and
entry Boa Alaska GA May re- iU7 Do
mo1lur1 thc order % as Go Permit valid
locations made prior TO thr withdrawal
op November o. 1sv Co proceed Co prty
and patent Ir.nv 90 that date some -,
claims haas been Ulel. most 81 them said
Co br illegal because either made fla4lu-
lrutlN uy dummy oHtrymvn hoo thr inter-
cas- % oao Individual or corporation. gr
DO sese ~ agreements made prior 60 boz
cation hrtWrHutHe applicants 60 cooperate
tu avvgloplug tho lands There a7U g
claims Tor Cd" acres each, known as tht
IluEIuElam claims which are claimed
Co o. valid on the ground tha they were
made hy an attorney Tor U Uatrtut
and bona Eide claimants who. 49,
alleged paid their money % t0ak tht
proper steps 20 locate their entries arI
protect them. The representatives ur tEg
government in thc hearings before the
lam office hny attacked tho validity uf
these Cunningham claims on tue ground
th1t prior a. thCir location therr was am
understanding tetwtt1 tho claimants Go
ponI their claims ausr thry had brsn
ugrtt.taH and urito them On one come
pHny Tho urud 90 decision seems to
show that such ON agreement uuui u.
yalidatc thr claims although under tbg
subsequent law Of MAy ~ IaN thc ran-
HaiidaIiou uf such clalma was permitted
after location aud entry. On traEts uT
eHa aCrrs ~ would Do of coursr ,u-
proper Cor Wc t1 Intimate what tHr ~.
suit 90 the ipsae az 90 the Cunningham
ana other Alaska claims vs. ttrly 60 Un
but d; Ought ta De- distinctly Understood
that no private ciaLnH Tor Alaska rral
bands have as Yvt bosom allowed or per-
factvi and also that whatever thr wsult
~ o. ptutlnF claims the existing cahi.
land laws 10 Alaska are most -uusauffac-
tory amt should Do rsdiValiY amended
To hfgiu with. Che purchase pFicr 81 iho
lane BE- a uat raie 81 to fer ACRE al-
ttaaeh 30 ~ NaNe seen, the estimate az
tht agent 81 uhe sociological survey wosla