Show NOTICE Sale of Oil and Gas Mining Leases Tribal and Allotted Indian Lands OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS Uintah and Ouray Agency FORT UTAH October 1958 SEALED will be received until P.M. Mountain Standard November and opened at that time in the office of the Superintendent of the Uintah and Ouray Fort for the leasing of 27 units of Tribal land comprising acres and 22 tracts of allotted lands comprising acres of individually owned trust or restricted Indian herein located in Duchesne for oil and gas The sale will be conducted under regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the 25 of May 52 Stat 25 U.S.C. as to tribal and 25 of March 35 25 U.S.C. as to individually owned The right is reserved to reject any and all bids and to disapprove any lease submitted on an accepted The tribal of land are being offered subject to the acceptance the duly authorized tribal and the allotted units are being offered subject to the acceptance by the individual Indian A separate lease will be drawn on the applicable forms for each unit of Subject to the leases will be sold to the bidder who offers highest money bonus on a Each lease will contain the following special No adjustment will be made of the bonus or annual rental because of a difference that may be found in the acreage stated In this Conditional or alternate bids will not be No drilling propositions will be considered as a part of the bonus Each bid must be accompanied by a deposit of at least 25 per cent of the bonus All deposits are to be made by certified bank draft on a solvent or a postal money made payable to the Bureau of Indian The successful bidder or bidders will be required to pay their proportionate share of the advertising Deposits received from unsuccessful bidders will be In event that no bid is the cost of advertising will be assessed against the applicant who requested that the lands be In the event two or more bids are In the same amount and such bids are the high the bidders submitting the tie high bids may be required either to draw lots or submit sealed on the day of the sale to determine the successful Within 30 days notification of being the successful the bidder must remit the balance of the first year's and his share of the advertising together with a filing fee of for each and file with the Superintendent the lease in completed The Superintendent for good and sufficient reasons extend the period for completing and filing the but no extension shall be granted for remitting the balance of the monies Lessees shall furnish with each lease a surety with surety acceptable to the United j amount as For less than 80 for 80 acres and less than for acres and not more than and for each additional 40 acres or part thereof above that a lessee may file one bond in the sum of for all leases of minerals in any one and which may also include leases on that part of an Indian Reservation extending into States thereto to which the lessee may become a up to In lieu or the Foregoing a lessee may furnish a Nationwide Oil and Gas Lease Bond for full nationwide coverage with an acceptable company authorized to act as sole to cover all oil and gas leases or permits to which the lessee may become a IMPORTANT All successful bidders will be required to prepare their own leases and obtain the signatures of all Indian lessors of allotted Leases will be drawn on the standard government forms for tribal land and for allotted which may be obtained from the Superintendent of the Uintah and Ouray The leases will be drawn for a term of ten years from the date of approval by the Commissioner of Indian affairs or his authorized and as long thereafter as oil andor gas is produced in paying The rate of royalty will be on all The rental of per acre paid for any one year will credited on the royalty for that A charge of will be made for each set of The responsibility of complying with any requirement of the Federal Documentary Stamp Statutes is that of the successful In addition to all other remedies provided by failure of the successful bidder to comply with the terms of the sale will render all deposits theretofore made by or due from him subject to forfeiture without further action on the part of this Each of the allotted units and each of the Tribal units are offered separately to qualified If so required by the Commissioner or his authorized the lessee shall condition under the direction of the Supervisor of the U. S. Geological any wells which do not produce oil or gas in paying quantities as determined by said but which are capable of producing water satisfactory for or livestock use by the Adjustment of cost for conditioning of the well will be made in said cases where it is determined that the well will produce water satisfactorily as Lessee shall employ Indian labor in all positions for which qualified and including truck and shall protect the Indian grazing rights other Indian rights to the surface of the All bids should be addressed to the Uintah and Ouray Indian Ft a envelope Hid for Oil and Gas Mining i Not to be Opened until P.M. Standard November DARRELL Superintendent |