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Show MINERS MUST KtEP BEYOND DEAD 11 Prominent Mining Man Sounds Warning About Land in Humboldt County. A prominent mining man, well vcrsnd in conditions prevailing in the county of Humboldt, Nev., Gtntod Thursday that a matter that should bo taken into careful consideration b' all prospectors going into Humboldt county tins, summer sum-mer is tho condition of much mineral land on both sides of tho Southern Pacific Pa-cific railroad trucks. It should be woM known thnt this company was granted by the. government each alternate sec- ; tion of land within twenty miles ot the railroad line, and the prospector who takes up mineral land within tho tabooed extent, is liable to find trouble with the railroad company in store for him, and at best some very cxpensn c and extensive litigation. There nrc some organizations in which Snlt Lako capital is interested that aro attempting to dotermine their rights as against the railroad company, and some vnluablo precedents for future guidance should be tho outcome of this , litigation. There has been doubt cr-prosscd cr-prosscd over the proper manner of proceeding pro-ceeding in the premises, and the gentleman gen-tleman in question advises all who hu9 . not long pocketbooks to confine their ! activities well out of the twenty-mile i limit. , . ! Fortunatelv, however, the county pt numboldt is' as large as it is rich m minerals, and there is no reason for the prospector to range within the prohibited pro-hibited limits. Some splendid discoveries discov-eries aro being made beyond tho twenty-mile point, and it is safe to predict I that even better results than thoso here- ( toforo achieved will be the result oi : the unprecedented activity of the pres cut season. I |