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Show UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OP TUB INTERIOR, BUREAU OP LAND MANAGEMENT. Notice Is hereby given that at the hour and date and subject to the terms specified below, the land hereinafter described, known to contain coal tn commercial quantities, will be offered tor coal lease by publtc auction In the Land and Survey Office named below to qualified bidders of tho highest cash amount as a bonus for the privilege ot leasing under section 2 ,of the Act ot February 26, 1920 (41 Stat. 438; 20 U.S.C. see. 201). Sealed bids may be submitted. Such bids will be opened and read at the auction before bidding Is commenced by those present. The envelope used by the bidder must be plainly marked that It Is not to be opened before the hour and date of the auction, and should show that the bid Is for coal lease. Certified check, cashier's check, or money order, made payable to the Treasurer of the United fitatee, or cash, for one-fifth ot the amount of the bid, and a showing by tho bidder of his qualifications as prescribed In 43 CPR 193.11(a) (2) and (3) must accompany each sealed bid, or be deposited on the date of the sale by any successful oral bidder with the Manager of the land and Survey Office or other Officer conducting the sale. No sealed bid received after the hour and date ot the sale will be considered. Prior to the Issuance of a lease on the standard coal lease Form 4-696, the successful bidder 'must pay the remainder of his bid and the rental on each acre at the rate of 25 cents for the first lease year, and execute and file lease forms and satisfactory bond tn the amount specified herein (43 CFR 193.14). Deposits of other bidders will be returned upon acceptance of the successful bid. Didders are warned against committing any act of Intimidation, combination or unfair management to hinder or prevent bidding at the satw In violation ot section 1860, Title 18, United States Code. The right Is reserved to reject any and all bids. Hour and date of auction: 10:00 a.m.. September 29, 1953. Terms: a Minimum bid of $1 an acre: a royalty of 16 cents a tou pf 2,000 pounds, mine run; h minimum Investment ot $1,000 on or for the benefit ot the land listed, of which sum not less than one-third shall be expended during each of the first three years of the lease, pntess sooner expended; a minimum production to royalty value ot $80 a year beginning with the fourth lease year; a bond In the sum of $1,000 and otherwise the terms set out In standard -coal lease Form 4-696 (March 1951). Land to be leased: 8EUSEK Sec. 12, NE NEU Sec. 13, T. 31 S., R. 8 B., S.L.M., Utah, containing 80 acres. Manager, Land & Survey Office. Salt Lake Clly, Utah. Ernest E. House.. pub. 27, Sept! 3, 10, 17. |