| Show ROYALTY FROM GOAL COAL LANS President Roosevelt Favors Prop Proposition of Government Leas LeasIng Ing 1119 Same HOW IT WORKS IN COLORADO I I Thu Tho Chief u to la In on I Is little It if runt l lie Ilo following up ht bl recent concern hi Inti the c coal 1110 janus lis has hns to 10 Congress a further outlining his polIcy and the th en of oC Inns lawa to ear carry It out ICe He advocates 5 says a and Mining Journal thy the lea oC at these thelle coal lands lallI unit reservatIon b hy the ot of time lite rIght to supervise their In support ot of hIs argument the president r rents to 10 the limo successful OJ et eta a tI or of this Iii foreign c countries Thu reference WM entirely Inasmuch much liS as In our own country ot of cacti il a mn may ho In Colorado where of oC acres of public lands have beep beell up by car cor which are arc at al present In Ing mInes the suat re IC lOins ot of S I section acres ot of land In every tOwn lown tOwnship ship In coat coal districts litis sQuare mIle ot of lend generally known If as a school schol section is Ie leased to lIn and developed b 1 thit operators who control th all ad adjoining joining urea rite ha state rr en n who examine the thc misting opel carrIed on under school lands timid and check UP by measurement time al ad 1 JI o of all cn entries and rooms Ih thus liS tim basis for lOI estimates of 01 the tho monthly tonnage rite 1110 prepared h by the are with tho e h by th tIme lS or of the corn com rout this It a absi for th time monthly settlement Is tic dt The Thu royalties to 10 time front from leases 01 on I lIch cool coal lends amount o 0 i The Tho president Iq In his mc Sog did nut not the ot at which th Ra coal coul lunda ought to be but sll that the tho same liberality be b ex ax ns as ha has d been shown by lime In II Its wIth the uI ell the tho mell tte house on 01 lands hRs has favorably upon a bIll eon con forming to the which the to t MI coal lands at 11 a royalty of not more 2 cents a 11 aion ion The Thc Idea ur of lIberality all on the thc eart or o time Iho government whit bo be cit cat neil out It if l cents per ton Is to 10 be the maxImum lI ot of ot of coal coI lands lunds throughout tIu States are being worked mu tile tho royalty baI a 1111 In no III Instance Is thu tho minImum royalty so low as that 10 0 tar fat as 01 wo we are In n most or of Vest time royalties range front S 8 to 10 10 Ii per ton tosi In OhIo from GG to i 2 cents or ton tOI lit III l Kentucky Illinois and Color the average royalty Is nl about out outS S cents l liar Ot ton toil In lug 1111 royalties Ue less s than 10 t ii ii pel er cent even Coven In the case of tb lowest west grade of oC err crl auci is as thui tho sine oro 10 tf ot the which Is on about per lel ton Thu Tho valise cIt at coal In the tho FielDs is 15 about hL 1 per toll ut the lito mimics This It will trill l 1 observed that 0 oven tile lito custom Is 11 decIdedly to time the l soo In coal millIng than III and as al cr is III aware Ih time Ic tea el under are In most molt profitable to th operators It If the coal mire to IQ ho bo why should the tho maxI royalty bo be so lowns low as i 11 tOn even that tout rote wIll produce an In that thill will simon In strong IronS wIth thu present 01 Icy ot of gIving away resources I If we that thu Iho average thickness u of tit the workable coal coul counts the Iho government haul jg Is feet Cool and that enl only tons Ion ot or coal cellI will ho be produced from each ench nero thu will ivill receive ISO S SIn In royalties for ascIi eRch acre ot of cord coal that thatIs Is III worked Under r lease INac ices les the tk cost oi 0 administration Up to date About acres ot of coal conI land bavo 1 Il ud private control There lher lit l no doubt that a 11 large pat part ot of holdings were acquIred by tho t lIt at a price not hot ce I lug Ing 2 1 var 11 acre and In man cases to C Cless less leAI titan H 1 per It I is conserva tb lImo government acres its to 10 Ih tIme ot of Ian to 10 which omit leuM Is acres In th hill UlA area I Is lU large Inre to justify the lion huh ut L j sub plant and such mitt 1111 area would 1 from to tons ol of coal the III life ot of tIme would extend a lalo l ot of front eight to 10 it 11 1111 ho chlof question to he be eons con Js Is Limo rat ol of rO royalty hillel mutt III thu value uC of the coal hulls Is largely their to existing or 01 project Oil or upon their In Ukly to be developed 11 hi In limit it Il that hit Ihl ot of royalty ought to la lallo this into i e |
