Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-08-06
REVISION OF MINING Law.

REVISION federal mining mperatively demanded
The prospector being slowly bansed from the public do
main by the exacons and conflicts of the regulations If
industry be pepetuaed incumbent the business men
of Nevada write their representatives to insist ON the
passage bill designed remedy the evils that afct the primary
stages mining taken this matter with vigo
decision Nevada should hold back 1t probably of
Importance the people of Nevada that the mining law
should be revised than to the people other western state
Originally the public domain of the United States aggregated 1000
100000 OF which onerd unappropnated IN the
hands This nearly 7000000 in
round figures for the generation or its successors to improve
fling of this Incorporated lies
in the mineraed regions Nevada comprises the greatest
The choicest locations have been taken through selections of
the ouoppngs readily observed by passing
prospector and it evident that the future OF inning VIII nave
to deal with locations ground suspected harbomg blind
bodies of mineral with only enuous surface indications
The prospecor and he should be asked to
sacrifice his experience time and labor without guarantee of alb
the of actual discovery The govern
should lend possible to win the confidence
prospecto and stimulate the search for mineral wealth Two
bills are congress for the purpose resolving the mining
plain practical working basis where the rights OF the loea
viii be saeguarded from the encoachments OF reassers
order of court which likely to deprive HIM OF his
just rights
introduced known Senate Bill
4373 ground thoroughly and Representative Tay
o of Colorado has before the house bill to provide for com
mission odfy and suggest amendments to the general INNING
laws The the former provides for the
onmen of commission consisting Of two lawyers OF large expert
practice of mining law and mining engineer who shall
provided shall hold public hearings the prn
cpa mining report is be submitted in the course Of
year the date Of the and is provided that each
shall salary $500 month and that %25O
appropriated The Taylor bill provides for the
pontment of consisting of five without
pay exemps from the code TO be recommended lands
containing deposits of coal OIL phosphates soluble potassium
salts proposed deal with these leasing basis The
objection the incorporation of this clause that there incen
prospector look for of these deposits since they
would note hold possessory rights to the ground
Well advised mining state their objections to the Taylor
place responsibility of revision class OF
mining time is far valuable than to be
government for nothing Should the bill would
the would fall clerk
of the members could afford to devote himself to the
task travelling expenses and the honor accrung
The would naturally have appoint
could expected concentrate their talents
and thoughts undertaking Consequently the real work OF
would fall upon the secretary and the report would
and that of mediocre talent
Revision important TO be left to careless methods and it
will repay country thousand fold to have but the best
talent that and patriotism induce the prod
duty