An Act to amend the mining laws of the United States to provide for the inclusion of certain nonmineral lands in patents to placer claims.
PL 86-390 (S.2033), enacted 03/18/1960

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PUBLIC LAW 86-391-MAR. 18, 1960 
SEC. 2. Section 101(e) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 
1949 (63 Stat. 1051; 7 U.S.C. 1441(6)) and section 2 of the Act of 
July 28,1945, as amended (59 Stat. 506; 7 U.S.C. 1312 note) are hereby 
deleted. 
Approved February 20, 1960. 
Public Law 86-390 
AN ACT 
March 18, 1960 
To amend the mining laws of the United States to provide for tlie inclusion of 
—[s. 2033]— 
certain nonmineral lands in patents to placer claims. 
N o n m i n e r a l 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 2337 of 
the Revised Statutes of the United States (30 U.S.C. 42) is amended ^°pltents to placer 
(1) by adding " ( a ) " after "SEC. 2337.", and (2) by adding at the claims. 
end thereof a new subsection as follows: 
"(b) Where nonmineral land is needed by the proprietor of a placer 
claim for mining, milling, processing, beneficiation, or other operations 
in connection with such claim, and is used or occupied by the proprietor 
for such purposes, such land may be included in an application for 
a patent for such claim, and may be patented therewith subject to the 
same requirements as to survey and notice as are applicable to placers. 
No location made of such nonmineral land shall exceed five acres and 
payment for the same shall be made at the rate applicable to placer 
claims which do not include a vein or lode."' 
Approved March 18, 1960. 
Public Law 86-391 
AN ACT 
March 18. 1960 
To authorize tlie issuance of prospecting permits for phosphate in lauds 
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belonging to the United States. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Ainerica in Congress assembled, That (a) section 9 
Phosph^e. 
of the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437, 440), ^^f^^P«<=""« P**^ 
as amended (30 U.S.C. 211), is further amended by the insertion of 
an (a) at the beginning of the section and by the addition of the two 
following subsections: 
"(b) Where prospecting or exploratory work is necessary to deter-
mine the existence or workability of phosphate deposits in any 
unclaimed, undeveloped area, the Secretary of the Interior is author-
ized to issue, to any applicant qualified under this Act, a prospecting 
permit which shall give the exclusive right to prospect for phosphate 
deposits, including associated minerals, for a period of two years, 
for not more than two thousand five hundred and sixty acres; and if 
prior to the expiration of the permit the permittee shows to the Secre-
tary that valuable deposits of phosphate have been discovered within 
the area covered by his permit, the permittee shall be entitled to a 
lease for any or all of the land embraced in the prospecting permit. 
"(c) Any phosphate permit issued under this section may be 
extended by the Secretary for such an additional period, not in excess 
of four years, as he deems advisable, if he finds that the permittee has 
been unable, with reasonable diligence, to determine the existence or 
workability of phosphate deposits in the area covered by the permit 
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and desires to prosecute further prospecting or exploration, or for 
other reasons warranting such an extension in the opinion of the 
Secretary." 
(b) Section 12 of the Mineral Leasing Act (41 Stat. 437, 441), as 
amended (30 U.S.C, sec. 214), is further amended by the insertion of 
the words "or permit" immediately after the word "lease" wherever 
it appears. 
(c) The ninth sentence of section 27 of the Mineral Leasing Act 
(41 Stat. 437, 448), as amended (30 U.S.C, sec. 184), is further 
amended by the insertion of the words "or permits" immediately after 
the words "phosphate leases". 
Approved March 18, 1960. 
March 18, 1960 
[S. 2268] 
Public Law 86-392 
AN ACT 
To declare.that the United States holds title to certain laud in trust for the 
White Mountain Apache Tribe, Arizona. 
Ap 
Ariz. 
25 use 277. 
Be it enacted hf the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
White Mountain JJknifed Stutes of Amsrica in Congress assembled. That all right, title, 
pac e Tr be, ^^^^ interest of the United States in and to the lands, together with the 
improvements thereon, included in the former Fort Apache Military 
Reservation, created by Executive order of February 1, 1877, and 
subsequently set aside by the Act of January 24,1923 (42 Stat. 1187), 
as a site for the Theodore Roosevelt School, located within the bound-
aries of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona, are hereby 
declared to be held by the United States in trust for the White Moun-
tain Apache Tribe, subject to the right of the Secretary of the Interior 
to use any part of the land and improvements for administrative or 
school purposes for as long as they are needed for that purpose. 
Approved March 18, 1960. 
March 18, 1960 
[S. 2431] 
Public Law 86-393 
AN ACT 
To provide for the striking of medals in comnienioration of the one hundredth 
anniversary of st^ateho<Kl of the State of Kansas. 
Kansas 
nial. 
Medals. 
Centen-
31 use 368. 
Be it enacted lyy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That in commemo-
ration of the one hundredth anniversary of statehood of Kansas, the 
Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to strike and 
furnish to tlie Kansas Centennial Commission not more than twenty 
thousand medals of eitlier silver or bronze or both, of a suitable size 
and with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined 
solely by the Secretar}^ of the Treasury. 
The medals shall be made 
and delivered at such times as may be requested by the commission in 
quantities of not less than twenty-five hundred, but no medals shall be 
made after December 31, 1961. The medals shall be considered to be 
national medals within the meaning of section 3551 of the Revised 
Statutes. 
SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause such medals to 
be struck and furnished at no less than the estimated cost of manu-
facture, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, nnd over-
head expenses; and security satisfactory to the Director of tlie Mint 
shall be furnished to indemnify the United States for the full payment 
of such cost.