Show NOTICE TO LOCATOR OF MINING CLAIM OVER OIL AND GAS LEASE senate bill 1397 was enacted as public law and signed by the president on august 12 1953 the act deals with the problem of validating mining claims filed on public lands which were not available for entry due to various mineral leasing actions for your information a copy of the law is attached the responsibility of the bureau of land management for handling matters arising from the united states mining laws and mineral leasing act will U ul I 1 ti cause many of the claims involved to come before us s for consideration while there is s no official recording of min mining claims with the recent cc nt investigations of one area where conflicts of mining claims and mineral leases are known to exist indicate that you are concerned with one or more such claims both the atomic energy commission and the bureau of land management feel that every effort should be made to see that each person who is entitled to precede under the public law is notified of his opportunity we suggest you study the copy of the bill and act as may be required there may be claims other than those which led to passage of public law that are equally affected by this act every mining claimant should satish satisfy himself on that point within the days |