Show HI GETS BACK BAC FINEST HIST GOAL COAt LANDS IN IM TI VESI ST Horse Thief Canyon Vein at Evanston Valued at Over Eight Millions WASHINGTON July 21 Announce Announce Announcement ment meat was tade today toda- that the department department depart depart- ment of the interior has Just jurt classified as coal land and antI restored to he public domain certain lands ands Inthe Inthe in inthe the Evanston land district fIxIng fixIng fix- fix Ing lag the price for fol disposal of ot the tJ tracts there in some ases cases as high as an acre This land contains one of the finest coal veins In the west The tract trat was Included In the lands In Involved Involved Involved In- In in what was waa known as the Horse Thief canyon canon case Investigation some mon months ago by special ape ape- cial dat ag agents of ot the department disclosed that the title to much of the most valuable valuable val val- coal land in that part of Wyoming had been secured from the government go through a system of alleged fraudulent operations and suit cult was Instituted against the patentees to recover the lands Finally the time defendants the lands to the government paying about for coal eoal extracted This Is a striking instant Instance of results obtained through investigations made mad by the special service force of ot the general land office It Is declared In the statement statement state state- ment meat toda today and the poll policy C of disposing of the public lands containing coal at prices pricE's based upon their intrinsic value for tor coal Under the tho former method of disposIng ing of coal lands these lands were subJect subject subject sub sub- to sale at 10 and 20 an nn acre or total price for the time township about If sold d at the maximum price At Atthe Atthe g Ja JaI ul the prices rl n now fixed the I lands In tI this township are worth or an In Increase increase In- In crease creaso of over above e t Oe e former price During DurIn June last cral coal lands Whirl which had been withdrawn were wem-e classified classifier and re restored restored restored re- re stored to entry the total valuation of which amounted to to At the theold theold theold old prices these lands were worth an n Increase r re e of approximately XI 11 iii- l goo goon ot r at over t the o old price Since about i 60 per cent of these lands are subject to disposal by the government at the prices prIcE's fixed the revenue derived there there- from wI will be about In excess of ot what It would have b ben been en under tho the folmer former for for- mer iner policy |