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Show i Oldroyd Requests Opinion on Ore V Btats Land Commissioner John - T. Oldroyd hss requeoted sn opinion from Attorney Uenersl ; Hsrvey H. Cluff regerdlng the "'right of the state lo depoeits of , Iron ore that may exlet In certain echool aectiona. application having been made for the lande by the Utah Iron Mlnea corporation to the federal land office. " i - One of the appilcatlona of the corporation Is to lands in section j 13. township th south, rsngo 12 . i west, on ths range known aa thej ' Iron mountalna It la atated that -thle township wss survsyed In Unices It waa known therefore, there-fore, at the time of etatehood. that the lend contained Iron ore tn ct -nmerclally -valuable quantltlea. " the title to the land passed to ths schools of t)iS stats of Utah, under un-der th enabling act of July 1. UM. . Another application by tho same corporation covers section as, township M south, range IJ weet. known as -tho Wileon iron placer .claim, and the asms persons msks " .sffidavlt aa to the known mineral , -character of the land at tha timei of etatehood. A oomewhat different set of clr- cumstsnoss Is presented In a third; . esse. In which It le staled that a 1 "renresentstlve of tho general land! office" ehargee that certain legal j aubdivieione In section II, town-1 , ship I south, range II wsst sre I "mineral In character, containing valuable deposits of Iron ore. and were known to be of euch charac-l ter prior lo tho date the rlghta of the state would have attached" In another ease land which may 'have oil content Is Involved. J. N. . Wright and A. L. Rap lee are aak- - ing for title to G'tevelead No. t placer mining claim In section I. townehli, 41 south, range it eaet. In Saa Juan county. This case . Inrohrss tho unset ton raleed In previous eases, where the land waa - Included In a temporary oil wlth-. wlth-. draws! In !. and waa nor aur-.. aur-.. vsyed until 1111. In which latter year the state s rlrht would at- - taoh It the lend waa not known at that time to contain oil ba oom- . merclal quantltlee. |