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Show I HUNDREDS HUNDRCDS OF PLACER , CLAIMS CLAIMSARE CLAIMSt . ARE RECORDED IN SAN JUAN | County Clerk Frank Halls Ha11s reports reportsthat reportsthat reports1 that almost dally daily he continues to receive re- re receive re-E re E - - ceive for recording placer pIncer mining fil- fil filIngs filings fil-E fil E - - Ings on land In the vicinity of BIand-ing BIand ing Bland- Bland Blanding Blanding - - ing More thin th'tn thtn than ' 200 filings fIlmgs ha\e ha e have \ al- al alrc alreedy al-rendy al rendy - - rc reedy tdy < been made , , Mr & Halls &lls lls said , , each eachchlmant eachclaimant eachcl chlmant cl iimant asking asb.mg asbmg . for 160 acresIt acres acresIt It is 15 believed , that not a little con- con confusion con confusion - fusion will w111 occur in the spring when whenwork whenwork whenwork work is start started d on some sonic of the chims claims chimsstaked claimsstaked claimsstaked staked and filed flIed upon in m view of mlS- mlS mis- mis mlSund misund mis-und mis und - - und standings lstandmgs istandings i las IaS us to the mmelal mineral mmelalrlghts mineralrights mineialrights rlghts rights of homesteaders The land of- of offIce offace of office - - fice face , it is now said , has ruled that thathomesteaders thathomesteaders homesteaders who ,110 110 , have patented theirclaims theirclaims theIr theIrctums ctums claims hive h'l.ve hl.ve hlve ' . full right to all minerals mineralson on theii thel1 their prooerty pronerty e excepting .ceptmg ceptmg : > . coal and andoU andoil andoil oU oil \ which hlCh are specifically speclflcaUy reserved to tothe tothe tothe the government govermnent under tmder the patentsQuite patentsQuite patents patentsQuit Quit Quite ? a few would-be would be "ould-be "ould ould " - - gold seekershave seekers seekershave seekershave have filed flied claims on homesteadedp-itcnted homesteadedp itcnted homesteaded homesteadedp'ttented p'ttented pttented p ' - itented land held eld both by residentsand residents residentsJ residentsand residentsand and non-residents non residents non-rc.ldents nonrc.ldents rc.ldents rcldents - : . of the distllct distiict distllctwhere distiictwhere J where operations poratlOns opQratlons { ) will be started stIrted : in the thespnng thespring thespring thespringWhile spnng spring spnngWhile springWWhile While WWhile owners of land and filers fliers of ofclaims ofclaims claims have been approached latelyby lately latelyby latelyby by outside interests seeking to tryout tryoutthe try out outthe outthe the placer filings flJings on strictly royalty royaltyauangements royaltyanangemcnts I tryoutI auangements no actual l leases es or otherI otherof othertiansfers other I tiansfers -tiansfers . - of lights ilghts hive h'l.ve hl.ve hlve li2ve ' . been rep01ted repoited repoitedthough , though increasing increasmg interest in the pos- pos possibillUes possibilities pos possibilities - - sibilities sibillUes Is 1s being bemg manjfe manifested t d by SaltLake Salt SaltLake SaltLake Lake newspapers and mining mming interestsB'ln interestsSin interests -B'ln B'ln Bln -Sin Sin - - Sin ' Juan Record |