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Show I COAL MINES. H . As tho scope of the several H coal land sections of the revised H statutes covers the entire field of assertion of claims to and dis-H dis-H Iosal of coal lands, all tho pro- visions must bo read together H and so construed as to give bar-H bar-H monious operation if possible. H A person or association duly H qualified may becomo invested Hj with a substantial claim or right under the coal land laws which ' is short of a right to make pros-' ent entry. A company which has opened and improved its mine, accom-l panied by actual possession, ' thereby becomes possessed of the right to assort its exclusive claim to 640 acres of public coal lands, by filing its declaratory statement therefor, and thereafter thereaf-ter such association, having seasonably expended $5,000.00 in working and improving its mine, becomes invested with tho right to apply, pay for, and enter such lands. |