Show MORGAN ARGENTINE MINE journal ogden utah ip A jt it is announced that the department of interior gerior has handed hande d down a ruling in the fase X ase of the morgan argentine mining company vs the union pacific railroad company which case has been pending for f several everal years the action was brought by ahe be mining company to quiet title t to 0 its properties in morgan county and the decision casion is of wide importance to mining in ite crests interests in ge general as it establishes a pre ledent on which every owner of mineral aground round in utah situated on railroad grants ifray may stand and fight for his rights 1 this particular case is one where mining ing ground having been worked for years I 1 and having produced much mineral was finally selected by the railroad company as agricultural ground because it happened to N be in an odd numbered section awarded the company in the land grant from the government when the railroad company undertook to assert its ownership to the ground there was left one of two things for the morgan argentine company to do namely either to fight or buy the ground from the union pacific the mining company chose the former it has taken several years time and cost a great deal of money i but the mining company has won out finally and for keeps it can now proceed and secure patent to its claims from the government the morgan argentine adjoins the properties of the carbonate hill and carbonate gem companies both of which are well known mines and the company will now proceed with its development secure in the knowledge that neither the railroad company nor anyone else can deprive it of the buried wealth within the limit of its claims while the entire district will take on new life now that its status has been officially declared by the government 0 |