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Show Important Decision. New York, 12. The Commission-i Commission-i r of the General Land Otliee, to-day, decided the case of the Mammoth Blue Gravel Mining Company, California, Cali-fornia, i-s. the Central Pacific Kail- road Company, in favor of the former, for-mer, holding that l,5St acres of land in controversy, eituatcd in Nevada county, is mineral in character. char-acter. It is also held, however, that when the patent issues to the mining min-ing company it will be necessary to exclude from the patent all timber growing upon odd numbered sections within the railroad grant, except such as is necessary to support the improvements of mining operations upon the latter. The ruling will be applied to all similar cases. |