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Show URGES PATENTING OF MlNiNG CLAIMS New Surveyor General Says Conditions Now Favorable for That Work. Surveyor General Thoresen, in making an earnest plea for increased activity in th patenting of mining- olaims; begins by asking- the question, "Can mineral patents be secured?" Jn answering the question ha proceeds to say tliat for Eome years past nearly every miner and prospector would have answered the question ques-tion with an emphatic no. and a great many aro still of the same opinion. The , results are that applications for mineral i laud eurveya, preliminary to patent, in j th office of the United States surveyor general tor Utah, have decreased until 1 this division of the office does not fur-HiBh fur-HiBh employment for one man, while in the past several men were always busy In the mineral division of the office, and ! eoores of mining engineers were survey- , ing mining elsims, continuously, in varl- ous parts of the state. This division , ' of the office is maintained solely by funds j paid by applicants for mineral land sur- ; veys. The question is now before Hon. Clay TaJlman, commissioner of the general land office, whether or not A. G. Andrews, An-drews, the chief of the mineral division of the office, and the last and only man now employed In that division, shall bey f urioughed or suspended from the service serv-ice for the present, or until a demand for his services are required by applications appli-cations for mineral surveys. Letter From Commissioner. j On May 15, 1014, In a letter from the commissioner of the general land office to the surveyor general of Utah, regarding regard-ing this matter, the following statement was made: If the amount, of mineral business transacted is not sufficient to war-- war-- rant the continuous employment of a clerk, it will be necessary to furlough Mr. Andrews until there shall have been accumulated a sufficient amount of such work to warrant his employment employ-ment for the time necessary to dispose dis-pose of such amount and no longer. In answer thereto Surveyor General Thoresen made the following plea for the retention of the chief of the mineral division di-vision of the office: Utah, as vou are aware, is a mining min-ing state, and our mining industry and resources are quite as important as our agricultural, and for that reason rea-son the mineral branch of this office is a very important factor, and at least one efficient man ought to be maintained in that branch, at ail hazards. haz-ards. The business of that branch is very intricate and extensive and requires re-quires specific knowledge along the lines of miners 1 surveys in order to answer correspondence and verbal inquiries in-quiries relative to the same, asked almost continuously during office lours. Mr. Andrews, ha ving been in :1ns division of the office work fnr to many years, is thoroughly familiar ind competent, and. in my opinion. ! u'ght to be continued in his present j position, wilh the understanding mat h be furnished help whenever the work in the branch requires it. Pleads for Mining Industry. It appears to me that whether or ! not ;he individual applications and j deposits for survevs are sufficient, some means should be provided j whereby this branch of the office ' should be maintained, in Justice to the , mining fraternity and the vast amount of capita! invested in this in-lusiry in-lusiry in this state. The public is certainly entitled to competent sen- ie in this office relative t.j information informa-tion regarding mineral survevs, past, present and future. The reasons for the falling off of the mineral work are twofuld. In the first place, during recent years mining min-ing men have almost abandoned the Idea of ecuriii- approved survevs and Intents for mineral ian'J-. on account of the technical and adverse ruiirm, of the department agtiinst thc-m, and i he impression became prevalent here that the primary object of th department was to prevent mineral land from being patented. Recent decisions de-cisions and rulings ihvh b-n lrniii more liberal. w,;i.:h the miners that are posted dulv appreciate; but the majority are not aware of the chance, hence very few applications for surveys sur-veys and patents have been made. Second, the. sTrins-on-.-y of the inone-v inarket has M mi red investments in .nines and mineral developments to a ureat pxtent. Results ar'-. capltul-.'s capltul-.'s refuse to aMvaiK-e monev for development de-velopment of mm-- ocnt-, on unpatented unpat-ented minora j Is ndt. a nd the poor miner, fearful of not li&inu able to secure surveys and pntents of his mineral locations, all ihpe preliminary prelimi-nary mining operations have practical! practi-cal! v .ceased. The lirst 4f faulty can he reaJ!lv remedied by the miners iir -:ilitrht-ened concern! t":e v.-.ra i-V- .hnsre In the dpar::n-r". ina'jsruratd h- th r.onoraole f-e-Teta r-.- ,jn, yon;-slf. y,t. 'ip? practia hr, wesf.-rn iik-h. tiior-rj'jghly tiior-rj'jghly and favorably acrjnaiptd with the mining industry". S-,)IKj;- . I r.c-H'-"e that the p-esenf miaii'.ial Iz'f-latlon Iz'f-latlon by the admi?;irtrat,on niM -oon relieve the monev stringer.-,- 8nd that the preliminary mining wlU vz.in hf-'ome hf-'ome an arrive and Important factor in this e'ate. Where Trouble Began. In 6ctlnn -W'- Vnit.J Stales mlnlr-tr latrs. it is pr-ovidrd ti-at "no lo'at:o ,.f a mining H;.!m shall he made until th-' discovery of the vein or lohe within th hml'y or the clnim located." 'nnforml nt: TO ItllB provision til K'-Uf-rx lnd nff1'c. j -warch Z' HM.'i, h, it rrula i I'm thre- I under, paragraph 11. r'iutr-.s that H--'umpanying ti.e lieM notes of tiie s-irvfy of any rnlnlrig claim, a fcwnrn f tn i-m'-nt R-ifcll be pubmittfrj cord.-.lnlng i-ornpl-te description of the mining .-Mm, in.-iud- ' ii"K ttuj follov.'intc; j The vein or v miiM h". fullv "- j T-rred. the description to luHiHf a j R:aernent as to the kind and r'.nr- ! a'-f er o' mineral, t.ho tx tout th--; .-of, whether ore has br-en fxtratl mvi of whut amount and mine, and e'u-'h ' other factp nn --(il npprt th- np-pl np-pl h-a rit's all'-KH tion t :,n t the r-i,-, ; ,n ".ontains a valunble mineral nVpo.-it. '.'nder thin reifuly tion th phrafp "Hi-vtent "Hi-vtent thereof" v. n u i,.-.u-)r-i l,y i tJ-Kpectorn tJ-Kpectorn u nd of hers to im-n i, t ha t h- el n or lo le in u t ,c prrf. -n t i r-nd through thn v. hoi" l-ngt h of th '-lit 1 in. Ti:i con&t rurtion, howf.r-r. lnvr y. ahle by tlv; con :n.h -'loner uf the K'-nf-ra! lan'l office. However, otlir par's of pararrraph 41, rr-jcardln thr, kind. fimoMiit nr.d value of miiif-rai i?'-'vrr- M mlnlny lonatlon. wer n rionsl nii-r'rit'i nii-r'rit'i i) r, r II it b"-a:ne pr-- va I -n t that, b--for patents "oijh he obtained. "tnln-ral 1 ri dennlt vpirm or Ufr- In -omni'-ri -ia I riuanMty or vain" had to he d'-veii-pr!. ' This Rentimnt Kovrn--d t -,,. rMiinic; of 1 rfflera of the d-pa r t rr:"n t un'll tli- id' . tt ffcurln a patent for mining flalm.-. . fort "minora! w an d f: i-rot tn ' oni -mfrr'.t'. VftlMfy," v.oi n ' I r 1 v nlu n'hni-'1 by mlnlnpr nin arid to 'db r.vrv of ich depoflitw of inlriTd I. on fir ii'.ar the ft'jrfri of mineral lan-N b vi-rv rare. h P pH fa tn for iui it nd j u i-ntn i t.it a od the r-f'iit u ,ove wtn I d a r 1 '.e cone'pient. -on'lirioo. Conditions Hclter Now. pi.irvcyor r',en'-r: 'V : o 1 in:: r- i-- -j t Konie I'-iii-iti to. h!-tor-.- an-l tlo;M -h-! l-ioni In t i . r, IVr ' inld Mlhh.r - ,.nv" t'": In th" l;.-tj.,!t n.hiin:.; oM-.h1''. JnnS eouiil". 1 Ifli. ;nd thr ramou K.it Tlulle tine I .J'-'-is!"ti In wlili li was rea'ii"l bnl a few months H2o. I'.olli of th-: decif-lotiK w ( fa v ma bl to the mining i-orii ;j ni'-t:. K'-vernl .,iir-r- dc,-Uifnis uf ?-reni ?-reni r:iW- li:iv. fnUowc t:;e ."Jinie lni ;inl the -nr-eyi,r Kepi:ral dr.iv.s flie eoii-i-l.isioii lii-ir It can no longer he hh Id lliat tl)' "priniiiry o:d"et r,f fne dep rt in'lll i'1 to prevent, patents iieln Keeirred for miller. mill-er. 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