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Show as a result millions of acres were re- turned to the public domain A resume of the work shows that : 1.24-1.501 acres were classified as coal 1 lend while 1,300,055 neres wore determined de-termined as not coal lands. Tho latter were restored to settlement. The sale price of the coal land wan fixed at 5S0,605,CCG. The minimum rrlce fixed by law for the same land is $14,300,923. In Louisiana. 106,600 acres, which had been withdrawn as oil lands, were restored because thev contained i do oil. Withdrawals were made during the month covering T.350.85G of coal lands and 3, Coo acres of oil land. The survey recommended In June that 2.571,953 acres of land located In Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico, Col-roado. Col-roado. Washington, Oregon and Utah, be designated for settlement under the enlarged homestead act. hi the Musselshell group of placer claim In the Clearwater national , forest, Idaho, 800 acres were classl-lled classl-lled as mineral lands and 1,430 acres ox non-mineral lands. I TEMPORARILY VITHDRAWN ' LAND IS THROWN OPEN Washington, July 15. The geological geolog-ical survey spent, a busy month In June classifying supposed mineral and nil lands, which bad been temporal tempor-al Hy withdrawn from settlemtnt and |