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Show Notice Of Oil & Gas ftlining Lease Sale UNDER SEALED BID, 2:00 P. M., JULY 25, 1952 Sealed bids will be received at the Uintah and Ouray Agency, Ag-ency, Fort Duchesne, Utah, until 2:00 P. M., July 25, 1952, for Oil and Gas mining leases on the following described Indian lands owned by the Ute Tribe, located on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation, in Duchesne County, State of Utah, all of which lands as hereafter described are within the Uintah Special Spe-cial Base and Meridian Survey, and contain 8,309.99 acres, more or less, to-wit: TRIBAL Unit No. Sec. Acreage Township 4 South, Range 5 West 1. Lots 3 and 4; EVSWV4; SEV4 (in SV4) 19 sy2 20 SV2 21 sy2 22 N'a 27 NE'4; SEUNW14 28 NWi4;W'2NEi4; NE14NE14 29 Lots 1 and 2; EI2NW14; NEV4 (in NVz). 30 2,401.48 Township 4 South, Range 6 West 2. SEV4SEI4 10 SV2 11 SV2 , 12 All 13 Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (exclusive of Mining Survey 6592); SV2SW14; EV2 14 WVzNEVi; Wl2; SEV4; ENEV4 (exclusive of Mining Survey 6592) , 15 All 16 3,188.51 3. NV2 ' 21 NV2; SEW 22 All 23 All 24 NVfc 25 NV ' 26 2,720.00 Each unit is offered for separate sep-arate lease, for a cash bonus in addition to the stipulated royalties royal-ties and rental of $1.25 per acre per annum. The successful and responsible bidders for any lease wil be required to pay in advance ad-vance an annual rental of $1.25 per acre, the cost of advertising-and advertising-and a filing fee of $5.00 for each lease contract consummated. In addition to the filing fee of $5 for each lease contract, an additional ad-ditional fee of 15c per acre will be charged as a processing cost of making the lease and clerical cler-ical service attendant thereto. Successful bidders will be required re-quired to deposit such fees in proportion to the acreages obtained ob-tained on their bids before leases leas-es are drawn. A deposit of 20 per cent of the bonus bid and 1 20 per cent of the advance rental rent-al for the first year must accompany ac-company 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. Conditional or alternate bids will not be accepted and nc drilling propositions will be considered con-sidered as a part of the bonus offer. The sale will be held and the executed in accordance with the Act of May 11, 1938 (52 Stat. 347) and Title 25, C.F.R., Part 186, as amended or supplemented. supplement-ed. Lease form 5-157 will be used. Failure of the successful bidder bid-der to comply with the terms of sale and the regulations, will render his deposit liable to forfeiture for-feiture in the discretion of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. 'Leases filed after 20 days from date of mailing to lessee for execution ex-ecution will be subject to revaluation re-valuation of bonus, if permission permis-sion is not granted for an extension ex-tension of time. Sales will be canceled 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 Superintendent reserves the right, as a condition precedent to the granting of any extended period of time for filing a lease, to require the deposit of any remaining re-maining sums due and owing on the lease, including the balance of the bonus bid and the first year's rental. Bids received will be referred to the Uintah and Ouray Tribal Business Committee for their recommendation as to acceptance accept-ance or rejection before such bids are referred to the Commissioner Com-missioner of Indian Affairs for final action. The rig'ht is reserved re-served by the Commissioner to reject any or all bids and to disapprove any lease made on an accepted bid Should any bid be rejected after a deposit is made, through no fault of th bidder, all moneys deposited shall be returned. The lessee must furnish a satisfactory sat-isfactory surety bond as required re-quired by the regulations. All bids must be marked on the outside of the envelops. "Bid on Oil and Gas Leass. Tribal Indian lands, not to bp opened until 2:00 o'clock P. M.. Julv ?5. 1952." HARRY W. GILMOPE. Sunt. Uintah and Ouray Agency Fort Duchesne, Utah First Publication. July 3. 1952 Last Publication July 17, 1952 |