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Show (Notice Of Oil & Gas Mining Lease Sale I UNDER SEALED BID - 2:00 P.M., APRIL 28, 1953 j Sealed bids will be received at the Uintah and Ouray Ag-ency Fort Duchesne, Utah, until 2:00 p.m., April 28, 1953, for Oil and Gas mining leases on the following described tribally owned Indian lands, 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 Base and Meridian Survey Sur-vey and contain 1,120 acres more or less, to wit: Township 3 South. Range 5 West Unit No. Description Sec Acreaaf 1 EV2 WVfe; SWV4 SW4 14 200 2 NWJ4 NEV4 . . 15 An 3 SW4 NWW; Wi2 SWV4; NE14 SW4 ' 21 160 4 SVfc SWV4; SW14 SE14 22 NV2 NWV4; NWVi NEVi ' ' 07 24fl 5 EV6 SWV4; WVi SE14 26 160 6 SEi4; SM SW4; NE14 SW14; SE14 NWi 28 320 Each unit if offered for 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 . will be required to pay in ad-; ad-; vance an annual rental of $1.25 per acre, the cost of advertising and a filing fee of $5.00 for each lease contract consumated. In addition to the filing fee of $5.00 for each lease, an additional addi-tional fee of 15c per. acre will be charged as a processing, cost of making the lease and clerical j service attendant thereto. Suc- cessful bidders will be required to deposit . such fees in proportion propor-tion to the acreages obtained on their bids and before leases are drawn. 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 cer-! tif ied check or bank draft drawn 1 on a solvent bank, payable to' the Treasurer of the United States. I Conditional or alternate bids1 will not be accepted and no drilling propositions will be considered con-sidered as a part of the bonus offer. " The sale will be conducted under regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior, 25 CFR 186, Act' of May 11, 1938 (52 Stat. 347, 25 U.S.C. 396 a-j). Lease Form 5-157 will be used. Bids received will be referred to the Uintah and Ouray Tribal Business Committee for their recommendation as to accep-' tance or rejection before such bids are referred to the Com- missioner of Indian Affairs for j final action. The right is re-I re-I served by the Commissioner to 1 reject any or all bids and to dis- approve any lease made on an I accepted bid. Should any bid i be rejected after a deposit is j made, through no fault of the bidder, all moneys deposited shall be returned. Failure of the successful bidder bid-der to comply with the terms I of the sale and regulations, will j render his deposit liable to 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, and ' sales may be cancelled and deposits forfeited unless for ' good and sufficient .reason an' extension of the filing period is granted, The superintendent1 reserves the right, as a condition ' precedent to the granting of ah exterided. period of time,' to require the deposit of - any remaining ' sums due and owing on the lease, including in-cluding the balance of the bonus bid and the first year's rental., The lessee must furnish, a sat- isf actory surety bond as .re; quired by the regulations. All bids must be marked ; on the outside of the envelope "Bid on Oil and Gas Lease(s), Tribal Indian Lands, hot "to" be. opened until 2:00 o'clock p.m., April 28, 1953." HARRY W. GILMORE, Supt. Uintah and Ouray Agency ' ' - Fort Duchesne, Utah First Publication, April 9, 1953 Last Publication, April 23, 1953 |