Show FEDERAL GRAND JURY IS LIKELY TO GET BUSY it is not unlikely that when tho the federal grand jury meets in april somo some steps will be taken to determine to what extent tho thel government has been wen a loser 1 through the tho alleged II 11 legal conversion of publio public lauds jandeon on the tb uintah reservation particularly those la in discoveries ot of gilsonite glisan aad and asphalt have been made charles 8 solomon of e new york rho haa bean investigating abo matter la Is now in washington and has submitted his evidence to the department ot of the interior and the prospect is that the subject matter ho be has in hann avill acure in the future con duct of the cases now under consid by the go eminent officials salomon Solo ibon Js Is pouted as saying 1 I will how the concern which is appealing to the govern government anent to in bervene la in the venezuela affair to protect its alleged rights la the development of tho the asphalt beds of that countr country ri la in seeking to defraud the of its own country ho he also charges that la in june 1900 the gilsonite properties prop oittes in utah owned by adolphus Adol buich dusch rif st 81 bouts louts were taken over by the alisea aspdal Aap baliu tv company cem a branch of the asphalt trust which was organized la new jereny forthal fer that purpose an effort has been majo made tho the alist two months maths by the promo tern flot of tho the te teas to dispose of the properties to a syndicate of german capital lets built ie net belies eatn ln view of public publicity ty thus fur far given the project that it will be successful foreign capitalists ca as a rule being skeptical of any american lo vestment over which there may a be a cloud the asphaltum company line la 13 1 sued 70 COO in common ats eack C k and baa has a funded daba of in five per cent gold leonds lo tho the officials official 9 ot of the tile department of the interior are now making a careful investigation of the records of the company submitted by solomon and t Is baidin said in washington that it will be lye sible for the company to obtain full and final control of the mineral lands without legal payment to tho the govern ment meat thero there are two companies 1 which i were legally entitled to enter upon the reservation and develop the mineral deposits these are the florence I 1 mining company and the raven mining company each of which Is protected by the appropriation bill passed march ad it la Is stipulated in that act that within sixty day of its passage or by muy ad next the ruven raven mining company must eliecer ille of its mining locations w with ith the recorder ot of the county in which the mineral lands lauds are located with the department of the interior each certificate must be accompanied with a map and an accurate description of the land claimed it must also state specifically what mineral is found on the property the secretary of the interior will then make an invests investigation to ascertain if the minera designated Is found cn the claim and after taking proper precautions must issue patents for the claims on each claim when developed a royalty must be paid the indians on an any mineral taken out und and sold the florence florenze mining company la empowered by tho the same bill hill to select one square mile of mineral land acres acre within sixty days and to pursue tho same course us as that prescribed for forthe tho haven Raven miming company the florence mining cem coin pany obtained a prospecting license early in 1903 1002 good for berten ten yeara years alth ith tho the privilege of locating one square mile of land this area has never neller awn increased the royalties to to be paid the uintah indians through the tho secretary ot of the tha interior un on all minerals taken anjer ler the leases of the florence and baan mining companies range from eight per cent oa an ores om a netting 30 a ton or less to 15 per centen cent on ores netting over i ton |