Show Urges Change in inTo Laws Laws' To Help Editor of or The Telegram t In your report of the Mercur J i neer outing at Liberty park Sun Sund August 23 I am quoted as saying tas tl tI as mining patents now In force pire prospecting would be e etc The thought I tried to convey Is t tour our mining patents under the p n nent ent laws never expire Utah j the west are covered with ghost t to tow Why Because nearly all aU our n property at the present time ha has hash b patented My contention L Is that mining pj pI erty that has been abandoned five years should revert to the t and then he subject to r eating Our federal laws should chan changed cd to meet present condition Under the present conditions W Is there encouraging for a to devote his time In the hills best he can get fiet is ig a lease on pro that rightfully has been forfeited d the owner and if it the should be fortunate enough to i 1 pay dirt the owner who wh should h ii forfeited all rights to the property abandoning the same wakes up becomes active and again takes o 0 the property leaving the one t spent his labor and money with anything If our mining laws changed the prospector will ac ag with grub stake and pick get bus busy realize that so called present OWl owr will object to the above Th They y wo we never spend one cent on the prope Help to change our present min laws and give the prospector a cha and minim minin will again come Into own o WILLIAM W |