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Show WESTERN COAL LANDS. Value Increased More Than Four Millions Mil-lions Because of Recent Investigation. In-vestigation. Washington, Jnn, 8. Activities of the' geological survery In tho classification classi-fication nnd valuation of tho government's govern-ment's western coal' lands, bpgun In 1908, havo re'sulted In an increase of tho prlco set upon the lands of mora than $4,000,000, according to a statement state-ment Issued by thnt bureau today. Tho survey has appraised 14,682,839 acres with values in some tracts ranging rang-ing upward of $400 an acre. The work haa been done on the basis of tho actual ac-tual tonnago under each forty-acro tract. Tho total price sot upon tho land Is $025,944,849. "Undor tho former system of sell- The two bandits are only nineteen years old. Ing ut the minimum price fixed by the coal law," says the statement, "these tends would havo been priced nt $212,-020,014. $212,-020,014. or a difference of over $400,-00O.OUO." $400,-00O.OUO." Tho survey also has recommended for restoration to entry within this period 33,908,199 acres as non-coal land. |