| Show HOLDS BASIN Asni SHALE L. LEASED UNLAWFULLY Because i the government holds that hat approximately IY acres of oil oH jl shale land laid landin in Uintah basin were were secured by dummy claims th tho commissioners commissioners' of or the general land and office gilice at D D. C C. has r 1 ordered d pla placer er mining minin claims claims' r q-r or qt Reuben S. S Collett ollett Earl rl J J. J ali Glade te Harden Harden- Bennion Flora E. E Collett Colle Jo Joseph eph R R. R Murdock Joseph Josephj W. W V Mus- Mus Muser i s- s ser er and J Joseph D c l. l This decision was rc received hed hedl Mori- Mori Monlay Mon Mon- l day lay a at the le Salt Lake land lan office by br Eli lill I P. P Taylor registrar i. i The Tile defendants de- de t ar ara given l n thirty ir tl flays yS to to app appeal al c nt agents recen recently recently cons I com completed plated an investigation inv info cl claims h sor s. s or of off the tIlt Keeler e r C ll t f H Utah Con Con- im ted Oil tomp ny iy 1 e covering eling oil shale hale lands In iii v the b baste basin According According c l v Q their evidence evidence the decision e says ys tys he this locations were niad made by dump nies mies as the r result sult of arrangements ar- ar with with R. R ft S. S Collett and oth others rs I Prior to 10 the passage pass passage of Df th the leasing act of bf 1920 it was lawful to file on oti oil shale land laid under the placer mi min min- it- it ng law If an appeal is made In inthe he the present case and the decision upheld the l land nd win will 1 be be be- subject to the he oil and gas leasing law of or 19 1920 0 Declaring that an appeal would he be taken from Crom the governments government's de- de Mr 11 Collett emphatically 1 1 stated that he and the other defendants de de- were not guilty of r rl fraud aud and and that there had been been n n no dum dune dumm dummy m my locations All of us Mr 11 Collett CoHort said feel that the governments government's lits lit's deci decision decisions lon lonis is s most unfair There h hive have l peen een cen no dummy locations and we have ae Il spent pent a great deal of oC uney in acquiring acquiring ac- ac quiring and trying to level YenIp p the claims While we have not l received ed notification of oC the decision we e certainly will will- appeal what we wo believe elleve to be a very ery unjust d cis- cis Ion on 0 |
