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Show AN IMPORTANT RULING By Commissioner Carter lo Regard lo Clay Land Entries. whit rum it's ua is .not. Aii I ttiAiMllfo OplnU.il. ulUr latirnt In; Tulottt ,.? i Till Itu.lc.T irthr(ie. CumQ.luIonrr Unrtt-r, of tlio Laud lirtmtht at Wimliliituii. Iim nt to thu IUltrr of tlie l,n I OHlcw In thUttlxhti optnlouon Iho Unit ioit tt it Ulfuto lu rrgtht lo ttu entries bit kwctluii It), towmblp 1 wuLb, range 1 ewt claiming tho tracta (1 ted on to t mineral IimUtjocauio of clay UfpoMti thtrroa Tbo dvcliion l ajTeno to thocUliiiitit, and It a follow: l)Ei'HTMKNr o--aiir. Inn iuou. ihs tvi.AL Land Otriotc WABllINOio.-, 1. Cm Ore. 17, 1S9I. Contttt .No. im, United Htatva and UUli Ttrrttnry vg. John C. ICeunelly, inliivral applicant, Invultlns nllca tlon for atrnt far Ilia Cecelia, Annri aud Helen plnpef cUlma, coniirliln tlie .Ni and rihl ot -fUloD IU, lovru-hln lovru-hln 1 aouth, run ce 1 rut, Halt Ik meridian. ItegMer and ItecoUir, Bait I.Uo City, Utah: (lutitlenien. On May ", 1330, John C. Kennedy oflerrd to Hie a mineral aj plication fur i Aleut for ttionboe named t lai-erclaIii.itolfllinlnfthe ramr. to l al jablefairtiielrdex-yiluof brick and prtur'cla. On Juno 1?, 1H3. your rflloo reject odtho opilkaUyn for tbo remcti that tbolat.dli not nilotMl lurhamcler. and not iukjirt to entry under tbo (iliccr raining law, , 1ioiu tliUaclljii the mlncrnl cUlm ant appealed to thtsofllct.. Uhii tons I dor at ton of fld appeal, tble onice, by Utttrof Oo'ober 27 It 'J J, dlrectei th&ljou ciutua bearliiflf to bo held ,to di(erniln whether och leal ulMTtniouof tho ton aoret of thn c latin id lanl lou U!n men valuaUa dejulUof mlnerat ai to bring II wlih. In tho cIim of and vubject to mineral i ntr," dlnctliu at ttiw umti tlmo that oil iartle- IncluJIu tho Territorial authorltlcti (the laud tx,lii on m ithool Kvtlouj bt notified Ibirwl. Tbo I marl Hi? wai irl for April S, 1331, and continued for aoTtral dae, tho mlnoral rlalmnut UIuk repreiented by Miexri. lllrd A, louvre, the Territory by J. H. Uorouiau. Huperlntenleni of HcbooN, auiited by Mrurr.. Parka A. Thorn pton. lloforo the trttltnony wa takon, the couimlforthu Ttrrltdrlal aulhorltiei moved to Ultnilm tho one on tho grouul and firlboreaton that tbero wat lu rrtrrvallou ormm tlou of mln era) land lu the aectlon of the ortfanlo act which rtrervodmlfoua It) and 3d for '.boul purpoieieln Utah Territory, nor hai there, In any of tho Htatee of tho United KUtes with riiect to tho reservation of tuch aeitloue to tho Territory Ter-ritory of Utah, been ny excej ttom or rout rvntiom or any mtueral Uudi or mineral j which mlfiht bo tontalnel (herein. In fact, that tbU reservation amoMiitato a fiut, and TebU title lu tho Territory, tuiJ that uch b-ln tbe raioauapptlttattou to puteiit any par tlon of tild taction m mineral lands thould buUlimIMd. You overruled thlf motion; whereupon where-upon vxcoptlon Wki noted, in their argumtint oppotlns tbo appeal of the mineral claimant, tho counsel fur tho Territory rciuet a decision by this oil. co as to the correctness of your aald ruling, refining to dlsmlai tbecjiie, ItMnalleiCtd lu the ar;u ment that It appear cf record that other planr lotatlous wero made by other p riwn tluutbu mineral olalm ant In this ca.e. couiernmir tho itmo lanl In dlspite.ani that lilt a well, known fact that nearly cry ach wi ntcllouiu Malt hake county, as well an In other parli of tho Turrilur). are covured with .-. illi-d 1 larer Jocutlonf, midoby ltudaiiecuhtdra lu tbe bojo of anmirhu till, to valuable lands to wblob there Is no other way, at ;ro-ent. ;ro-ent. of upiulrlng title. Whllo It 1 not m?coary for tbo i tir pofteofruachlnga declslwn Inthlscato lopasBUpontlieiiueitlouthusprrsenttd, I will. nevertheleks.tmote the followlus from tbe declnlon of this ntllco In the cane of coal entry No fiSof Henry Wood (Uopp'a J..O. Vol. t p.J5J, which Is (.till adhertd to,Tlz; "rilnce then It appears tettled that It was never tlie. lutentlou of CoUKrei to Kraut to a Htnto or territory any mineral lands fornchoolpurpohtii, JtfjlloHi a porn, that It caunot l-o presumed to hvu len IU Intention to rtterxe any ior tlou of them tu l- ap lied lu future to KiicU inirOiu." In the. same declilou fiiuotlmr from tho decision in oaitoit .)iisolldated MloliKOonipany,10J U. H , IG7, lurelatlon to publlu lands to the Hlaloof California by tho act ol March J, lo5s forhool purposes) It wan atld that It "watt not Intended to cover mineral lands, but such binds woro oscluded from thu i;raut, as they wero from all nrtlons, by the Nettled policy of tho Kovtrnment. HeeaUotlL, D, p. 71, Thu in llcbitsou, rw elver. Vour rutlun denylnie tbo motion to dUitiUt tlio can Is therefore approved, J lie testimony taken at thoheirlui; Is very eiliauktlvo aud touches on, ou tho art of the miner claimants very leu ui to touUllvhsluu of the entire trait nMSDact'-t. It It In evidence Uiat a butt or cxcavatlou, or uevt rat of them, have btei sunk ou each of saUeub-divisions, saUeub-divisions, aud that a suUtaiue claimed to l pottery tlay.and val utile. as audi, was dUdoked In fcatli, it Is i uJtMored lo Ui hlionii that this mati rial t r sut tance sublects the land tu mineral aj plication (or patent and entry, and to suntalu tbli view tbo mineral rlulmint produces Ileilsmln and lllbim UUKeaud Isalih I aulk-uor, aulk-uor, pro'tt'kbiual potterv, nbo, as wit ursMt, fctibmlt fv Iniensftf ware made lO lb. in from this c!i) , an 1 who stats I that tlio clay bu li lulhebsnklsucirth ..'Menl tr lund, nriiuMoyniU. It Is tlal lei, au' rJtul, that at this Vrtl,jtloii i liu iUv Wl havtutc an I uverjv .vi IU, ui MroftU, tbo Uud li I worth .'ili -vracruf; mineral iur ' poes. Iim lay bed li further clalme J tr be valuabl lor Ibe pro Jurtlon of the I infill aluminum, It having been howu by dllTerent analytsa, by c heinldU aud assayen, to oontulo from 0 to 28 per cent, aluminum, being ifiulvalent to from V to 19 or 20ptr cent, of the metal aluminum. Ills also tcatlfled that active work was commenced by tho mineral claimants ou November 1, 18S9, and has oontiuuid over since, and that thu mineral claimants have Improved tbo sarao by putting; on it a lumber home, stable, well thirty feet deep and timbered, two clay mill, an Iron-fore pump, a rod, 7.1,000 brick, tool, etc, Tbo testimony on tbe art of tbo mineral claimants dots uot show, however, that much bas been froduced for market or Kensraltiie lu livwnyof pottery from tbectalm, tior that any attempt has been inado tu extract ex-tract abimluuui, for marketable or commercial purpoooi, nor that any of tbe clay ha heoii fold at M Cents per cubic ard or Many other prlco. Inomvosttlon totho mineral claim ants' olio win?, tbe Territory put upon the xtaud a number of witnfcs, ln clu Iliitc James aud Ueneon Uardlty, frufvejnal pstlers, who like tbe tlakesloarned thehuslnert In Dsrby hire, Kngland, and who apparently possessed tbe Mm advantages for ftcfpilrlini a knowledge of Tt, aud wboio Information on the subject sub-ject must be considered equally trustworthy. trust-worthy. Their lAtilmony Is to the eCecttUatthetels no epecul value In the clays lu tbe tract In controversy; that tho ware made from It Is Inferior In mjallly aud practically unmarketable, unmarket-able, aul that In revtral places In the vicinity much better clay may I-o founJ. Keveral of tho wltneMta tertl fy that I bey haw farmed portion of the land, to wlU D&vld I. Andervou, 2 aire In the in w. 1; Loreno H. ( hrkSU acres lu tbe n. w. James JlrlitKsIn then. w. J; ItoUrt Thompson, Thomp-son, IS acres In then, e. , and Amie-lo Amie-lo llertluoll, 17 acies In the u. e. 1, Henry Utaudhh Ian I In the outtnuit oneiuartcr, J K. KlwarJslS acres In tbe nortbiwM onouarter, Charlea (iDniXFon with other pattlen, 120 acres lu thu smitheat one-quarter, and James Watson five acre lu thu soutbLaat onu - quarter; and that they have been successful In raising luceru thereon sutllclent to ay each well, tho crops averaging from 1 toS) tout ptr acre, selllnc from $7 to $i Per ton, the smaller small-er crop of 1 1 tons to the acre being produced pro-duced without artlllclal Irrigation, the other with It. Then pcrvtji,ff course, hold tho lands by no other title than tbat of occupancy, err, eclli.fc'.t.oftovor, preference rights of pun liana when tbe Territory shall have become a Htate andtberenrvstlouagrant. Ilertlgnoll alMtcstHJee that on tbe land buhas cultivated In tbo northeast quarter he lias a gardeu hi which be grows cherries, applet, pean, plums, apricots, stran berries aud grapts, from which burcallied upwards of $1,500 Uurlug tbe prrcedlugycsr. Tin ro li no doubt In my mind whatever on the quisllon of the compilative value of the land, from the testimony adduced. As mineral Uud even auiuming land valuable fr potter clays coul t be considered mlmral It has meritty a thfortthnl or nruspectlve value, necessarily neces-sarily dependent uj-ou two thlt k first, that It contalus a superior dettoslt, aud this has not been proven: and second, sec-ond, tbat It could aud would boused In such nua nt Ulos to Justify extraction of ltausllQlcnttomtk) It valuable to work exclusively for pottery (urporev. It Is hardly within tbe bounds of reason to claim that every cubla yard of clay In this HJacros bssau Ascertained, prao-tlc-J aud present value of . rents, aud urn be disposed of at such a price, as a laying business; aud yet It Is on Just such phoning tbtt th mineral claim ante hold that thu land Is worth S.'OIU fmraere. It bas teen held, moreover (J Ij. I)., p. 7tH, Demlunlaur), that a deposit of brick cUy will not warrant the class I flea tlou of land as nil tier at, or entry thereof as a placer claim. Tbe potter's clay In this tract, I am court-dent, court-dent, does nut dltter very essentially from brick clay, and therefore I am Inclined to sustain tbe Utter of my freducessnr to your olllce of Starch 1 J, SOI, In which heexprsated blsoplnlon tbst lauds containing adeinsltofordt-uary adeinsltofordt-uary j -otter' clay Is uoteuhjscl tu entry en-try under tbe mineral land law. The value of tbe clay for tbe metal aluminum ought not to be considered at all. I his metal exists In all forms of clay and It percentage In ordinary clays, found everywhere, is nearly If not quite equal to what 14 shown by the analysis mode of tbe specimens submitted from this tra. t, (riee Itlcliards Aluminum.) Iticiuseof Its abundance generally In all land containing con-taining clay or ot a clayiy nature, sucb lunds cannot te held to he subject tu disposal under the United HUUa mining law, It would work cou fusion fu-sion U so hold, fur "It U istliuated that In lu various cumpouuds aluminum forms about oue-tn elllli of the crust of the earth.' (tWiwy IJtctlonary.) 1 ho truu key to the controversy. It 1 reasonable to later, Is tbe proximity uf the land to tbe i Ity of Halt I.ake, anl lta conequent valuofor building and town purpo-.es. This section 10, as well as ottur sections In the nelghnir-hood, nelghnir-hood, appear to hava been surveyed and subdivided Into building lots, aud the testlraouy of severs! real estate agent gout to show that, with leusl title, the lauds In the soctlon would be worth from fOOOtn $1000 per acre. 1 decide, therefore, from all the evidence, evi-dence, that the Uud In controversy Is non mineral In character, and subject to thefteneral reservation lu the organic act of Ulab,forthe benefit of echools, thus approving your Uet.li Ion and your action lu rejecting tho mineral application. applica-tion. Olvu due nollu hereof to all iarUe In Interest and make prompt return. Very ifjctfutly, Tit tid. II. Uaiuih, CoumliHlouer. |