| Show r 0 X w v 4 17 i 1 t i j t ato t f O 0 S LEASE ff A ft PL tay PLAN PLA A A N Eine Eggin cring cering and aaning journal discusser discusses the proposition at considerable length I 1 the colorado 0 system toe the 0 president Tol following lowing up his recent ent recommendation concerning the public coal landa lands recently cent td congress W n special Ine message further put outlining lining hm policy polley and urging the enactment or laws to carr it owa ou he advocates the leasing of these aul leads and reservation by br the govern of or the right to aei their bays the Ecel and smi bt journal in support of his argument the refers to the alj operation of thia this policy la in certain foreign cod atries this thi reference was entirely aa in cw owa own countr country example examples ot of such i u system amay may bo be readi readily lyl observed in colorado where here thousands nitia Ads of acres of b coal lands 1 havern have en cn taken up up by corporations arat ai ecat prepa oat ont and developing menes the state reta lail bf SL a certain section en 1 acao oc of lanil land in ma u township la in coal districts this alle of laud generally gone rally known as a school section Is leased to and developed by the operators who control 1 the adjoining area the thi state en noera who examine the mining carrieo 1 on ubi ud der school lands and chack up by measurement the thoa advanced dYance of pil all en tries and rooms thus forming tho the basis tor for estimates of thay tonnage extracted the estimates prepared bf bk the state engineers ae aie with thase made by he the engine engineers erh of lua ime cx coia apana pany and from this comparison a baals basis for the monthly ly settlement Is 1 determined the royalties led to the state from leases on such coal lands amodt to a considerable figure th the president oMs ident in fn his message raes did dl not specify the rate at which these coal lands ought to be leased but sut su ko ted that the same liberality be extended ay af haa has already wen b shown by ohp in its deall dealto pg gei with tha in the meanwhile house douse committee wi od public landa lands reported ja A bill con hirm fon bonnin nin ins roam egut 16 tho the dento which auth authorize orfie the pres president to lease leat coal landa lards at r r royalty of not more thin two enla a ton 1 beldea Tel dea of f on the art IQ pt tho the 11 ha aw mt nit it if two cenea per ton to in bp ahn rova ltv thousand 14 of pf cont linTo abr A 4 alq botner bam adov on nn ate mtv tv ats jin tn in nr no i aft to taft jovey q I 1 ow at wit ro to fr 0 aji ar WP o 0 mot of test west th royalties leO range from eight to on bent per ton in ohio trout rom 6 66 to 12 S cents per ton in pennsylvania kentucky 11 and a nd colorado the average rage la Is about eight cenia cents per ton in mining roy aleles are rarely less than 10 to tty 16 1 pe pet cent even iri IA tho the we luge of uw the low es beet rade grade of ore such aa its tho the oie ote 0 of ho tho poplin district buchl d worth oaly aly about per tobi ton tha average value of coal in tho the storn Wt orn abut per ton at he the mines thua thus it will bo be that vint eien Q en tho pil piloting sting custom la Is decidedly more favorable to the h leas in coal than la ia mining anti as everyone eve la Is aware the col exploited andr current royal alea tie are in most 1 Ift taa tanco to t the e opera operators if it ther wl lant aro are fo to be leased should the 11 royalty bo be ed sd jowas awas two centa cents pe bev toni tonj 1 r t however howe er ayea that lov lair rate mil produce an income that will show in strong contrast with the present pol icy of giving away these resources I 1 we consider that the average averige thick thic ness of the workable coal beams seams un the government land Is five feet and that only four thousand tons of at coal wll will he e produced fron each acre mhd goi government will receive eighty dollars in royalties lea tor for each ace acle of coal that la Is under lease lesa less the cost of up to dale flate nebout of 0 11 iacre of public balla poal poil land d W azal arl private ate control ol 01 f here Is iq no doubt thit that a large parc of these them hold lags were by the preset it at a price not exceeding two per acre awl anti in cases forles forI esl than one dollar doll ar per acre it ie Is con geriat ively estimated that the government meat still controls con trola twenty million it acres As to the amoun amount of land id to afo one lease lallia ted 2560 in aitio bill beffre cong this rea 14 large to justify the ithe tn iq Stall stal atlon lation et a plant ant 4 A since rince baich rite on area wound pro produs ditol from six million to tea ten million tans 0 cn alth life of the thet operation would e A tand overa over a period ot from eight tn to ft teen years abo chief question o 0 qu estton to be bli wondered con dered IA ohp rate of nt rpyal tv aar ae the value of fajr ine col coil co il lands la to croly 0 their thelt proximity to exi existing stin protected 4 their 04 J in dikov to bo be fl 00 tv by railways in tha th near at fn turp tur it abst abo rutn rat fa r covalt rov flit ta tri ta tae Q this abi into enns |
