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Show Notice Of Gas And Oil Mining Lease Sale UNDER SEALED BID. 10:00 O'CLOCK A.M., DECEMBER 24, 1946 Sealed bids will be received at the Uintah and Ouray Agency, Fort Duchesne, Utah, until 10;00 o'clock A. M December 24, 1946, for oil and gas leases on the following described Indian lands, located lo-cated in the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation, in Duchcsn and Uintah Counties, State of Utah, to-wit: TRIBAL LANDS Unit No. 1 All of Section 4 Lot 1 and SEV4NEV4; WV4, Section 5. All of Section 6 All of Section 7 SEV4 NWW; Wi, Section 8 All of Section 9 Located in Township 1 North, Range 1 East, Uintah special Meridian in Utah and containing 3,022.56 acres more or less as surveyed. , ALLOTTED LANDS Unit Allot. No. Name of Allottee Description Sec. No.' Acres n Lot 2 ?' ?T.Srnith (NWVi NEV4) 5 424 U&W 40.07 3. Nellie Manning Lot 3 5 555 U&W 40 05 4. Ben Montes SEV4 NWU 5 545 U&W 40 ' ac,k CornPeach NEV4 SWVi 5 77 U&W 40. :e uch SEV SW1 5 40 U&W 40 7. Willis Cornpeach SEV4 SEV4 5 74 U&W 40 8. Shawtionchachicut EVz SW4 8 203 U&W 80 9. Belle ShawtoinchachicutNWU NEV4 8 204 U&W 40 10. Carry Yumbutz SW14 SE'4 8 258 U&W 40 11. Jasper Cuch SWV4 NWV4 8 41 U&W 40 12. Andrew Cuch NWV4 NEV4 8 42 U&W 40 13. Joseph Cornpeach NEV4 NEV4 8 72 U&W 40 14. Nina Cuch NEV4 NWV4 8 43 U&W 40 lit ap CoPeach SEV NEV4 8 71 U&W 40 All the above described land in Township 1-N. Range 1-E, 600.12 acres more or less as surveyed. 1 1LEa 1Sase is offered separately for a cash bonus in addition to the stipulated royalties and rental of $1.25 per acre per annum The successful and responsible bidder for any lease will be required to pay in advance an annual rental of $1.25 per acre, his proportionate propor-tionate share of the cost of advertising, and a filing fee of $5.00 for each lease obtained and approved. A deposit of 20 per cent of the bonus bid and 20 per cent of the advance rental for the first year must accompany the bid and be in the form of a certified check or bank draft drawn on a solvent bank payable to the Treasurer of the United States. ACREAGE LIMITATION No individual, corporation, part-l nersnip, company, or association shall be permitted to hold under ! leases for oil andjor gas mining purposes, restricted allotted or unallotted un-allotted Indian lands in any one State in excess of 10,240 acres in the aggregate: Provided, that the acreage leased by any officer or director of a company shall be charged against the company, and vice versa, and the acreage shall also be charged in the case of stockholders owning 40 or more per cent of the stock. The acreage of companies having common stockholders owning a majority of the stock of each company shall be charged against each other, or in the case of such companies have one or more common officers or directors. In all other cases each corporation will be considered a separate and distinct entity. The Sale will be held and the leases executed in accordance with the Ac of May 11, 1938, (52 Stat. 347) and the regulations approved May 31, 1938 (25 C.F.R., Part 186) as to tribal lands, and the Act of March 3, 1909 (35 Stat. 781, 783) and the regulations approved October 8, 1937 (25 C.F.R , Part 189) as to allotted lands. Lease Form 5-157 (June 1939) will be used for tribal land leases and Lease Form 5-154h for allotted land leases. Failure of the successful bidder to. comply with the terms of sale and the regulations will render his deposit liable to forfeiture in the discretion of the Secretary of Interior. Leases filed after 20 days from date of mailing to lessee for execution will be subject to revaluation of bonus if permission is granted for an extension of time. Sales will be cancelled and deposits forfeited at the expiration of the 20 day filing period unless for good and sufficient reason an extension of the filing period is granted. The right is reserved by the Secretary of the Interior to reject any or all bids and to disapprove any lease made on an accepted bid. Should any bid be rejected after deposit is made through no fault of the bidder, all moneys deposited will be returned. The -term of the leases will be10'years from the date of approval by the Secretary of the Interior and as much longer thereafter as the substances specified in the leases are produced in paying quantities. The lessee must furnish a satisfactory surety bond for each lease as required by the regulations, or a lessee may file one bond (Form 5-154F, August, 1940) in the sum of $15,000 covering up to 10,240 acres. Bids received will be referred to the Ute Business Committer on tribal lands for the recommendation of that committee as tc acceptance or rejection before such bids are referred to the Secretary Secre-tary of the Interior for final action. Bids received on Allotted Indiar lands will be referred to the owners of such allotments before further action by this office is taken. Only as such bids are aD-proved aD-proved by such owners under the regulations can a lease be drawn This advertisement is further conditioned on the requirement that a well shall be drilled upon the leased acreage within a ne.riod of two years from date of approval of the lease to a depth certified to and approved by the U S.G.S. in testing for the presence of oi' and gas on the particular location where such a well is drilled. All bids must be marked on the outside of the envelope. "Bid on Oil and Gas Lease, Indian Lands, not to be opened until 10:0C A. M., December 24, 1946." Forrest R. Stone, Superintendent Uintah & Ouray Agency Fort Duchesne, Utah |
