Show british mineral mural lands nelson B C miner the congress gress of the united states g gave alethe the northern pacific railway coin company ahe odd sections in a strip of land miles wide through montana for building its railway under the terms of the grant mineral lands were excluded the railroad company now claims it is entitled to all the odd numbered sections in which minerals were not known to exist at the time the grant was made the people le of montana contend that the title to all land on which mineral is discovered even if the title to the land has passed from the united states to the railroad company and from tho the railroad company to other purchasers must revert to the united states and the land be alone subject to location under the mining laws two years ago a case somewhat similar was decad decided ell by the privy privy council of great britain to aid in building the canadian pacific raila railway a Y the province of british columbia granted the dominion of canada a belt of land forty miles wide along the line ot of the railway in the province for a wonder this belt of land was not turned over to the syndicate who took the road off the dominion governments hands and the th e land atilt belongs to the dominion much of it is is mineral land for a time prospectors pros to ac acquire camj qu re title to claims had to make 1 locations one under both the provincial and dominion laws which were at wide variance I 1 the p provincial rovin government all the time contending that the province c in in granting the land to the domin dominion i ton had not parted with ownership in the minerals or precious metals and finally carried a case to the privy council as the court of last res resort ort the privy council sustained the province deciding that ownership of or the precious metals does not pass pm with a aale sale of land and that such ownership can on only I 1 Y be acquired by discovery there is the whole question in a nutshell T the he northern pacific is entitled to the surface rights of the odd numbered sections within 48 its grant but it is mt nt entitled to the minerals or precious metals that may afterwards be di discovered on nn the land oae of 0 the streetcars estreet cars ran into a farmers lar mera wason wagon yesterday and cent sent it spinning from rom the track A peculiar condition ot of affairs exists Is to at pendleton w where here suits have bavo been brought against the ore oregon gon A washington terr territory tory railroad to coi sei onto payment ot of some old claim 4 for some reason con connected necked with their ownership the engines are not liable to attachment bat but the coal in the tha en gine is lie and shippers who do not wish their shipments delayed purchase and provide the gi us with ith sufficient coal to run them out of umatilla county I 1 01 |