| Show COAL LANDS WITHDRAWN WIT IL BY PRESIDENT TAFT several million acres in different states of the west are withdrawn utah has over five million acres BEVERLY masa july 1 15 president taft rodn today u withdrew tev t ev eral ral million acres of coal lands landi in different states of the west bring ing the total acreage aan of co coal it land withdraw a 9 made by him lim up to the enormous enor total of about half of tins this amount are new with ith derawan the work is now complete and is in antho the follow ing atter to the president nt f from rom ste detary ballinger Kal linKer the tile orders for the withdraw il it of coal lands which arc are transmit transmitted tl d here vill will compute the series which have been prepared in e c with dour our instructions theo thee or dars confirm and continue all exist ng coal and withdrawals ind adil add makria thereto the ajtai cov red are as follows follow s arizona dicres colorado aarts montana 20 acres new mexico acres north dikoon acres orgon on gon acres south dakota 2 tic acres res U taha acres washington acres u wyoming acres the total of coal lands new nw withdrawn in tho the united stales is therefore acrea acres all the land however is open to agricultural aRn cultural antry with a limited surface patented under tinder the terms of the ord order er of withdrawal I 1 mhd and I 1 in n accordance cor dance with the rf recent cent enactment Pro providing iding for agricultural ngn cultural surface on withdrawn ith drawn or classified classified coal lands already acres 0 of f coal land in part included in the carlier withdrawal withdraw alg hove hilie been classified and appi aisch by the geological survey prior to july 1 1910 and restored to appropriate mi the total appraised valuation on these coal lands is as corn com parul with ith which would be the tile minimum price that formerly obtained in the disposal of government coal landi the order for withdrawal for alaska approved by you on july ad la Is of necessity in general terms on account of the lak la k of lind land surveys sur veya in the explored portion of alaska which comprises nebout 0 O per cent of thu the hitrick hitri ct the supposed areas of coal fields aggregate approximately twelve melve thousand thou band square miles in these hese t coal fields believed beli eed to be by workable beds of coal are about trove hundred square inika indes a in more than three fourths of which only the lower grade coals occur thus the known coal lands of alaska which are believed to be affected by your order of withdrawal aggregate some acres |
