Show Revoke Land Withdrawals For Mining The Grand Junction operations office of the U U. S. S Atomic Energy commission today called attention to Public Land Order 1223 issued Sept 13 1955 by the U U. S. S Department Department Depart Depart- ment of the Interior which revokes revokes revokes re re- vokes the withdrawal of several parcels of ot public lands and reserved reserved ed minerals in patented lands In southwestern C Colorado lorado and eastern east ern em Utah and restores such lands to the public domain for possible public entry The lands had been beer withdrawn in 1948 and 1951 and reserved for the use of the In n its search for uranium deposits The revocations had been requested request request- ed by the in accordance with the he commissions commission's policy of releasing Ing ng promptly those lands in which no substantial uranium deposits were uncovered The total acreage of public lands I Involved is which includes includes in in- acres In the Thompsons Thompson's district of Grand county acres in the Slick Rock district of San Miguel county Colorado and 2720 acres in the Gateway district of Mesa county Colorado Under the terms of the Interior Departments Department's Public Land Order 1223 which appeared in the Federal Fedral Fed Fed- eral ral Register of Saturday Sept 17 7 1955 the public lands and reserved re- re served minerals in patented lands described in the order will not be open pen to claim location under the mining laws until 10 am a.m. on Jan 18 J 1956 The order states that Mining locations made prior to that hat date are invalid Issuance of the land order does not ot necessarily mean that all of the ic described lands will be open to o the location of mining claims because some of the lands are privately privately owned having been patented patent- patent ed d without reservation of minerals min min- rals others may be embraced within valid existing mining claims chris located prior to the withdrawals In n 1948 and 1951 some of the lands ands in Grand county are owned by y the State of Utah and others may be subject to the provisions of f other withdrawals Persons contemplating prospect- prospect Ing ng and locating mining claims Inthe in inthe the le areas are urged to check the records of the Land Offices Burau Bureau Bur Bur- eau au of Land Management in Dener Denver Denver Den- Den ver er for the Colorado lands and Salt alt Lake City for the Utah lands to o ascertain whether the lands are otherwise open to the location of mining claims and are urged to check heck on the existence of prior mining claims in the areas reas The Grand county areas ed d in the order including both public and nonpublic lands are as follows The areas consist of acres cres of public lands and of patented lands the NW NEB NE NE' NE NE S NW sec 19 and the SE SE i NW 4 sec 31 T T. 22 S. S R 23 E. E having been patented without reservation res- res of minerals |