Weekly journal-miner., 1916-05-10


 for the purpose contemplated by the law under which they are held. Ii is bad faith, for instance. to hold min ing or agricultural claim primarily fo- the timber thereon or to acquire T site valuable for water power devel opment. Where the land is held fo: the timber. for hotel site, saloon site, or other foreign use. and there has been no compliance with the re- quirements of the law under which the claim was initiated, it may be con sidered prejudicial to national forest interests.
 Examination of Mineral Claims.
 Prospecting will not be interferrcd with and mineral locations will not be examined prior to application for mineral patent, except where report is requested by the department of the interior or where locations interfere with the administration of the nation al forest. No adverse report will be submitted to the department of the interior which has not been made by mineral examiner. Prospecting mag be carried on without a permit from the forest officers.
 Free Use of Timber. |. "The locator. or subsequent owner. of mining claim has right to the use of sufficient timber from his claim for development purposes. This in cludes the construction of such build ings as may be necessary as an ad- junct to such development, and the timber for shafts and tu1nels, as well as for fuel in connection with such development. Timber, however. may not be cut from one claim to be used on another claim. even If 1t be of the same group, unless its use tends tn develop the claim from which it $ cut, as well as the one on which it is used, except under free use permit.
 "A mining claimant has no right whatever to cut or remove timber from his claim for sale or for par poses other than the development o; the claim, and such removal consti tutes trespass, except where the re- moval of the timber reasonably in ad vance of the mining work is neccs- sary to the development of the claim"
 The law regarding the use of tim; Der for mining purposes on any pub | lie lands states that it may be cui 1 only from the included surface, al. { though this is something which re- ceived very little attention from the mining public and frequently is q | matter of surprise when this restric- ! tion IS made on forest reserves. The l quotation above, however, shows now very easy this question can be arranged when the claim is taken up where timber is unsuitable or scarce I and all that is necessary is to consult | the local ranger who will advise thai | timber may be cut. Service regula- tions S27 and S29 quoted herewith. will show how well this matter is taken care of.
 Regulation S27.
 Free use may be granted QJ | To bona fide settlers, miners, resi- dents, and prospectors for minerals, for frewood. fencing, building mir ing, prospecting, and other domestic @ to school and road dis tricts, churches, or non-commerciai cooperative organizations of settlers for improvements of mutual or public benefit; C3) for the construction of lines when necessary for the protection of national forests from fire; (4) to certain branches of the Federal government"
 Regulation S29.
 Permits will be granted for green  Free-Use Areas: .r Supervisors may, with the approv { al of the district forester, designate as free-use areas any or all of any nation al forest and settlers, miners. resi- dents, and prospectors for minerals . may cut and remove from such areas, free of charge and without permit, under such rules as may be dead tim [ Der needed for their own use for fire { wood, fencing, buildings, mining. ' and other domestic pur- I poses. No timber may be taken ul- der this regulation for sale to other persons or for commercial use.' Emergency Use: Material may be cut outside of Il z ree-use area without permit in cases f of emergency or of immediate need. S The person taking such material shall c promptly notify the forest officer ir ;harge of the district" Transient Use: Il