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TO TOMER AT AlflM
The coal lands of Alaska are now
open on a lease plan, under regula
tions promulgated by the Depart
ment of the Interior, and copies of
which have just reached Anchorage.
There are 13,930 acres in the Mata
nuska valley and 33,370 acres in the
Bering river field, which may be
leased for commercial purposes.
When mines are opened up the coal
from the Matanuska will be brought
to tidewater at Anchorage.
The pamphlet on the regulations
governing the coal land leases is a
very comprehensive document, in
which a form of the leases is set
forth with comments on the provi
sions thereof; it contains geological
information relating to the coal
fields; tables of the composition of
the coal; descriptions of the coal
fields, with details of the various
leas'ng units; the method of devel
oping coal mines; a plat of the leas
ing units and government reserva
tions, showing the land and railroad
surveys and possible transportation |
lines in the Matanuska and Bering
river cod fields.
The general regulations, approved
May 18, 1916, are as follows:
(1) By authority of the act of
Congress approved October 20, 1914
(38 Stat. 741), the unreserved coal
lands in the Bering river and the
Matanuska coal fields, Alaska, have I
been divided into leasing blocks, or
tracts of 4 0 acres, or multiples
thereof, and leases of such blocks
or tracts, with the privilege of min
ing and disposing of the coal, lig
nite and associated minerals therein
may be procured from the 1'nited
States in the following manner:
(2) On request addressed to the
Commissioner of the General Land
Office at Wash ngton, D. 0., a blank
application and lease will be fur
nished the applicant; also those who
desire may procure from the super
intendent of documents. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D. C„
a folio containing photolithographic
copies oi the approved plats of the
topographic and subdivisional town
ship surveys of the Matanuska field
(13 townships) for fl and of the
Bering river field (8 townships) for
75 cents
(3) From and after June 1,
1916, for a period of 30 days, appli
cations for coal mining leases will be
received at the General Land Office
from duly qualified applicants.
Under this act the qualifications!
for such lessees are defined as fol
lows:
(a) Any person above the age of;
21 who is a citizen of the United
States.
(b) Any association of such per
sons (that is, citizens of the United
States over 21 years of age);
(c) Any corporation or munici
pality organized under the laws of
the United States, or of any state or
territory thereof, "provided, that a
majority of the stock of such cor
poration shall at all times be owned
and held by citizens of the United
States.”
(4) The total area that may be
embraced in one lease is fixed at
2,360 acres, which may include one
or more contiguous leasing blocks, j
or tracts, as shown on the map; and |
r.o person, association or corporation |
is permitted to take or hold any in- !
tercet as a stockholder or otherwise j
in more than one lease under this '
act.
fr.) The application blank calls!
for nformation as to the name of'
the applicant, a description of the }
leasing block or blocks desired, 1
amount of capital proposed as an in
vestment under the lease, time when
actual development under the lease
will begin, experience in coal mining,
and reference as to financial stand-,
ing.
(6) The statute under which
these proceedings are authorized
provides that the Secretary of the
Interior may award leases "through
advertisement, competitive bidding,
or such other methods as he may in
general regulation adopt,” and the
purpose of the applications required
herein is to procure such information
as will best enable the Secretary to
award leases so as to procure the
best t&’ms on behalf of the United
States, and the most effective devel
opment of the coal deposits of the
territory.
(7) When the time fixed for filing!
such applications shall have expired, |
all applications then on file will be I
promptly listed and the proposed j
terms thereunder will be noted.
Thereafter due publication, at the i
expense of the government, for a
period 'if SO days will follow in at
least three of the leading trade jour,
nals, one each at New York, Pitts
burg and Chicago, and one for the
same period of time in three news
papers of general circulation, one
each at San Francisco, Seattle, and
Juneau, of the applications filed,
each to be designated by a number
and not by the name of the applic
ant, the blocks or block applied for,
with the announcement that at the
expiration of the period of publica
tion the said applications will be
taken up and the proposals therein
considered, subject to any better
terms that may be offered by any
other qualified applicant during the
period of publication, or by the first
applicant.
(8) All applications for a lease
or proposals in connection therewith,
pending at the expiration of the
period of publication '’ill be sub
mitted to the Secretary of the in
terior in one report, with specitlc
recommendations as to the awards
that should be made or denied under
the several applications or proposals,
and thereafter such action will be
taken by the Secretary on the report
as may in his discretion seem war
ranted on the showing made in each
case, by which he will obtain the
largest investment proportionate to
the acreage of the lease, and the
earliest actual development of the
coal mine on a cbmmercial basis, re
serving the right to modify proposed
leasing blocks, or tracts, if the econ
omical mining of the coal will better
be procured thereby, or finally to re
ject any or all applications if, in his
judgment, the interests of the Un.ted
States so require.
(9} An actual beneficial expendi
ture on the ground for mining de
velopment and improvement pur
poses of SI00 for each acre included
within the lease for which applica
tion is made will be adopted as tho
minimum basis upon which the pro
posed investments of tho several ap
plicants will be considered and ad
judged, with the requirement that
not less than one-fifth of the pro
posed investment shall be expended
in the development of tho m no dur
ing the first year, and a like sum
each succeeding year, for the period
of four years following the execution
of the lease; excess investments in
any year over such proportionate
amount to he credited on tho ex
penditure called for in the year cn
ouuit,. w uc v>u.i;- j
in ten days after the signature of •
the lease, in the usm of one-half the
amount to bo expended each year I
will be required of each lor,see con- I
ditioned upon the expenditure of !
such sum w.thln said period.
(10) The procedure described in j
the foregoing is to procure the or- ]
derly considcrat'oa of ail applica- 1
tions or proposals that may be sub- |
mitted in accordance with the fore- (
going regulations and within the ,
period of time therein fixed; but
when final act;on shall have been
taken by the department upon the
applications or proposals thus sub
mitted any quniiiicd applicant may
thereafter a ip-lv , r a P i bloc!: ,
or tra and U'SNjippli : lion will be
received and disposed of in the same !
manner and after (i ■e publication as
herein provided.
(11) Lands found to contahi coal :
but not divided into lets’ "g blocks I
may be hereafter divided into such j
blocks, and the lands therein made i
the subject of a leasing offer, the
rights of adjacent lessees 10 be given !
due consideration in any « ard that !
may be made under such offer.
Prospecting.—The coal-leasing act
makes no provision for tile right of
an intending lessee to enter upon
and explore such coal fields em
braced within a lease offer prior to
submission of his application for a
lease.
Such a right, if existent, would
by implication carry with it some
protection from the interference of
others while engaged in such inspec
tion as well as the exclusive benefit
of any discoveries made thereby and
amount in effect to a preference
right based upon discovery; other
wise the right of exploration would
be an empty privilege.
The entire scheme of section 3 of
the act which governs the manner in
which leases shall be awarded goes
upon the theory that the government
is to offer “known” coal lands for
leasing without priority of right rec
ognized in either discovery, “open
ing a mine,” or application, and
“awarding leases thereof through
advertisement, competitive bidding,
or such other methods as he (the
Secretary of the Interior) may by '
general regulations adopt.”
All prospective applicants, how
ever, will be accorded every oppor
tunity to enter upon, inspect and ex
plore these coal fields at their plea
sure in so far as such action may be
necessary to acquire a thorough
knowledge of field conditions, but no
possessory or other right, either as
against other prospectors or appli
cants or the United States, shall be
acquired thereby.
Form of Application for l^ase
The undersigned..
a resident of ., , .
(native born or naturalized; if lat
ter, furnish certificate) citizen of
the United States, over 21 years ot
age, hereby applies, under the provi
sions of the act of October 20, 1914
(38 Stat. 741), for a mining lease
of the certain leasing blocks, or
tracts, of coal lands, to-wit: Block
., embracing the following speci
fied legal subdivisions..
aggregating .. acres. If 1 se
cure said lease, I propose to invest
not less than . dollars in act
ive, productive mining operations
conducted upon said lease; the act
ive development will begin not later
than . . ... My experience in
coal mining operations is as follows:
. . 1 neither own nor
hold any interest, either as a stock
solder or otherwise, in any lease
under this act, or in any application
for such a lease, save and except the
application now mado, and 1 hereby
refer to . as to my finan
cial standing.
If I am awarded a lease, I will
supply a satisfactory bond, as re
quired in section 9 of tha regula
tions.
My postolTico address is .
(Signed) .
Subscribed and sworn to befero
me, a ., on this .. day of
(Seal)
NEW THEATRE TO
OPEN JULY FIRST!
The new reinforced concrete Km- :
press theatre build ng, which Capt. j
A. E, Lathrop is cresting on Fourth i
street, is assuming shape, and when i
its doors are thrown open to tlta |
people on July 1 it will represent
investment of nearly $30,000 and fi I
one of the meet attractive and emu- j
found anyw'.icrc.
It has a frontago of 43 feet and
is 130 feet deep, with a coating ca- |
pacity for CGI people, nud will bo a i ;
nearly fireproof as it is possible to
build a theatre. The front exterior
will be finished in white Medusa cc
ment, with ornamental trimmings, !
enclosed with • plato glass and cir- I
cular glass windows on meszanine'l
floor: the lobby will be finished with j
ivory, white and gold, with erst?.- !
mental cornices. Tho auditorium'
will contain comfortable opera
inverted lighting system v.ill be;
use !. whiln a concave sounding ■
board v,* 11 be built over tho pro
scenium arch.
The interior i\ .-niching of the the I
atre, including the electrical fixtures,
scenery, chairs, picture machines,
draperies, decorations and chairs,
are now on the way here, having left
Seattle on the steamer Eavns. A
corps of men are also coming on this
steamer to personally superintend
the placing of these furnishings.
Next week Capt. Lathrop expects to
have a crew of one hundred men em
ployed on the interior of the building
in order to rush the work to com
pletion.
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