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Show LEASED MINES j PRODUCE COAL Government Reports Says 104 Prospecting Permits Heave Been Issued (Special Dispatch) WASHINGTON, Jail. 21 Four j mines nre now producing coal from leased government lands under the I leasing act of February 2&, 192f. ac- ! cording to the semi-annual report of Director Foster Bain of the bureau of mines by 11 I Smith, acting mining, supervisor. Two of these mine are 1 located in Wyoming and one each in, 'Utah ant Colorado. According t(l this report. 31 pros-pecttng pros-pecttng permits for coal have been I granted In Wyoming. 19 In Montana, i 1S In Colorado. 10 In Oregon and smaller numbers In r'alifornla, Idaho Nevada. New Mexico, North and South I Dakota, Utah and Washington A total of 101 coal prospecting permits have I i h granted, In addition to whloh there have Keen grahted nine leases' and flvi llcehSSS to individuals and as-i .social Ions of Individuals. One phosphate phos-phate prospecting lease has been granted In Idaho. The leasing act of February 2.". I92n, . tlesK'ii.il' s three dlvislolns of the gOV-' ernmcnt as agents In the development develop-ment of mineral claims on the public domain The Geological purvey classifies class-ifies 'he land and determines that, which Is subject to lease; the General Land Office grants the leases and then bureau of mines supervises the en- torcemeni of hie regulations governing the mining operations of eoril, oil i sJiale, phosphate and sodium The Miners" Safely and Health Al-imanac Al-imanac for 1922 has been Issued by the l'nlted Slates bureau of mines. In cooperation co-operation with the l'nlted States Rubin Rub-in Health Service. The almanac, which lias been compiled by R C. W illiams, past assistant surgeon, U. 8-1 Publle Health service, besides con-talnlng con-talnlng the usubl fund of information concerning sun. moon wind and weathei preaches crisply and snap-plly snap-plly the doctrine of safety first. The almanac is freely Illustrated and contains con-tains many articles by experts In safe-ty safe-ty h'-alth and sanitation problems It Is intended for circulation among the , million coal and metal miners and quarry workers in the United States Copies may be obtained from the bureau bu-reau of mines, Washington. 1. C. |