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Show THOUSANDS OF ACRES RESTORED TO ENTRY Geological Survey Classifies Much Territory During the Year Washington, Oct. 7.. Three quarters quar-ters of a million acres of public lands were restored to entry last month. Theso restorations wero based upon recommendations made by tho United States geological survey as a result of Its classification work In tho western wes-tern states. The only area withdrawn with-drawn wns one of 235 acres In California, Cali-fornia, temporarily reserved from entry en-try because o.f Its possibilities for d?-veloplng d?-veloplng water power. Tho lnrgest restoration was In Montana, where 525,747 acres .woro restored to public entry as .the result of coal classinca tlons completed. In addition to this 214,742 acres wero mnde In Colorado, restorations of coal land Involving New Moxlco, North Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. In California, Idaho, Ore- gon and Washington 7824 acres heretofore here-tofore reserved for wnter power were restored, examination having Indicated Indicat-ed that they are not valuable lor ' tho purpose for which they wero with drawn. j About S3.C00.000 acres of land have now been clnssltled ns to their coa. j content! 61.4S4.032 acres have been classified ns noncoal land and less than 20,000.000 acres havo been clns-slfled clns-slfled ns coal land nnd values of nve-$7GO,000,000 nve-$7GO,000,000 ' placed upon them m ac cordnnce with tho provisions ot Die coal land law nnd the department regulations. reg-ulations. Tho remainder has been ie Btored without classification. The survey has also classified ar non Irrigable and designated for en try under the enlarged homestead acU more than 200,000,000 acres of lands in those western states to which tho 320 aero homestead principle bns been extended by congress. |
