Show GIVEN TO USE OWN JUDGMENT HELENA Mont May la 20 The O.-The The rr reg- reg i liter inter ter and recci er receiver of ot tho United States land o office ro hero here to today a rendered a decision deci sion Bion i mineral claim claims in national national na forests which s if affirmed by hv the department at Wn Washington will wi do much to remove causes causel of complaint which have o been lod lodged fd against the tho administration adminis of those forests in western states The case is entitled United States StateR a against and prospectors prospectors tors in the tho Helena forest who had located lo 10 lo- lo rat several ah c Cr I quartz Charges were brought a against each N location ill ala l Ip leing in ing no uno discovery of o minerals The opinion says Bays U The Tho Tho only question to be bo considered on queston I here is as a to whether a discovery has been hlen made am and amid the tho forest service mining mining mi nin ning expert contends that there has not IJ been tn because the values alues obtained by him lid did ld not meet his idea of values alues that should be disclosed in a discovery According to this t his idea the th expert would woul have e the tIme discovery of mineral in a paying paying payin quantities at the tho very outset of Cf the location Such Suph a contention could not be bo sustained for a moment be because ause if such were the tho east ease a prospector would be absolutely precluded from making ma ma- king Icing a location of a mining claim in tho the thoI I first instance an as al pa paying in mines generally gener eler al ally are not disclosed on the tho surface and ore are only made b by exploration and development dc It is of the I the policy government to encourage o the development of the mineral resources of the country nod and where a prospector is proceeding in good food faith to locate mining claims he should be bt allowed the tho fullest latitude to 10 demonstrate demon strate the value of his hil discoveries hence e the decision in favor of the theS S prospectors or From it i the government will wi appeal to tho the general gen land office |