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Show M'MICIIAEL WINS j Land Involved More Suitable Fcr Coal Mining than Agriculture. Suit I.nke. Keh 4 1r mIk filed by Hubert McMlchnel nxnlnit the Stale of Utnh, Iniolvlnir llt No. I, Solimil of Mine (rrniil teerwl by the Mule a agricultural html, In which the prtiteetnut liiHlntHlned that the land mure miltnble for coal mining thmi the purpose for whleh II wa net anlde, hate been iitnlued by the local Unit ultlce. The Ktate will hae thirty day to appeal it eno. A considerable amount of xhIiihIiIp hind, near ConUIIIe. I involvetl. The ntnte llled onlhegrnnt Juiiitnry M, 1SW. n nKrlcultiiral laud, and proceed from the mile nt illtfirent time were to be devoted to n State School of Mluei. MoMlchael llled hi proleal hept. Ji, 1007, clnlmlng Hint alter ln tl-Kntlou tl-Kntlou he had found the laud morn ultnhle for coal mining than for agricultural purptMe. In hi letl-iiiony letl-iiiony he tnted that during AugiiMt, IPOT, he had gone to the laud mid made several opening. In which he hud tllteot eled coal or miiiiu ub-Rtnnce ub-Rtnnce rei mbllng oonl, which wa cnuibuiillhle. He furlhtr stated that In n'tutniel, which he had folluweil fur eighteen feet limb rgrotind, he dlneovcrcd n fnco of coal eight tet thick. Tho land I located near Coalville nnd Grn Creek, nnd In clone proximity prox-imity to conbprniluclng Inud. Prof. J. K Tulmage, geologlit nnd mining expert, tetitllled that In hi opinion the land wa mora unliable for coal mining llinn f.ir nKrlcultiiral purpoio. llyrum Hals, n cunl miner, min-er, inld that In hi Judgment, baaed on experlnuc In thntdUtrlct, coal oould be prodncwl from Hint lnTiUurtuhTIArfMulVMilo., TTT Win. I). Koblnion nnd Charlo It. Hancock, coal miner, testified In the uuuiu thing. 'I ho land ulllce gave lUdeclilou Saturday. |