PROSPECTORS
ARE SEEKING
FEDERAL AID
The following memorial was passed
by the recent legislature and will be
presente dto congress, seeking aid for
prospectors in the development of
Alaska:
“An act to promote and develop the
mining industry, stimulate the pro
duction of gold and other precious
minerals in the territory of Alaska,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the senate and
house of representatives of the United
States in congress assembled:
Section 1. That for the purpose of
stimulating the production of gold and
other minerals in the territory of
Alaska, and for the development of
said territory and the creation of ton
nage for the railroad now being con
structed by the government of the
United States from tidewater to the
interior of said territory, and for other
purposes, a fund is hereby created
to be known as the “Alaska Prospect
ing and Development Fund,” and
there is hereby appropriated from any
moneys in the treasury of the United
States, not otherwise expended, the
sum of four hundred thousand dollars,
to be available until expended by the
bureau of mines under the direction
of the secretary of the interior for the
promotion and development of the
mining industry and the stimulation
of the production of gold and other
minerals and metals in the territory
of Alaska, as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. The secretary of the inter
ior shall designate, appoint and main
tain in each of the four judicial divi
sions of the territory of Alaska, a
competent mining engineer, and such
technical, clerical and other assistants
as may be required, under the bureau
of mines, having headquarters in said
division and who shall gather and col
lect accurate and reliable data, not in
conflict with the work of the United
States geological survey, relative to
the mineral resources and possible
productivity of gold and other pre
cious metals and minerals in each of
the respective divisions, and who shall
therein, under the bureau of mines,
direct, supervise, control, encourage
and assist reliable and experieneced
miners and prospectors to explore,
prospect for,,, and discover valuable
deposits of gold or other precious min
erals, and valuable ores or metals
upon the public domain in the terri
tory of Alaska.
Sec. 3. To carry out the purposes
of this act the bureau of mines shall
be, and it is hereby alloted from the
funds appropriated by this act, for the
Alaska Prospecting and Development
Fund, the sum of one hundred thou
sand dollars for each of the four
judicial divisions of Alaska, to be
available until expended, and may ex
pend the same in the respective divi
sions for salaries, traveling expenses,
equipment, supplies, and other admin
istrative expenses, and for outfitting
supplying and furnishing to reliable
prospectors, desiring the benefits of
this act, the necessary provisions,
tools and equipment, and where neces
sary transportation, required for pro
posed prospecting and exploring and
expeditions, and for other purposes as
may be necessary to carry out the
nrnviflinns nf this
Sec. 4. All mining claims, whether
placer or quartz, or oil discovered by
any person or persons, or association
of persons, who shall have received
the benefits of this act, and all gold
and gold dust or other valuables or
minerals produced therefrom, shall
be charged with a lien in favor of the
government of the United States to
the extent of five per cent of the gross
value of the output therefrom until
the amount thereof equals in value the
amount of value furnished or ad
vanced to the locator, or locators,
thereof under the provisions of this
act, or until the same shall be other
wise be paid, and thereafter to the
extent of one per cent of the gross
value of the ouput therefrom; pro
vided, however, that all sums due from
said person, or persons, or association
of persons receiving the benefit of thiB
act, as in this paragraph provided,
shall be due and payable Immediately
after any cleanup held upon said min
ing claim if the same be placer, or
immediately after the value has' been
ascertained of any such metal or min
eral, extracted from any claim other
than a placer claim; provided, further,
that the person or persons receiving
aid under this act may at any time
pay the full amount so advanced.
Sec. 5. All placer claims located
by any person or persons, or associa
tion of persons, wholly or in part
within a radius of five miles from the
discovery of any mining claims dis
covered and located by any prospec- i
tor, or person, or persons, or associa
tion of persons, while receiving bene- i
fits under the provisions of this act
shall be charged with a lien in favor
of the government of the United
States to the extent of one per cent
of the value of the gross output of the
minerals produced therefrom, payable
at the time and in the manner pro
vided in Section 4 of this act, and any
quartz or other claims other than
placer, discovered and located by any
prospector or person, or persons, or
association of persons, receiving bene
fits under the provisions of this act,
shall likewise be charged with a lien
in favor of the government of the
United States, to the extent of one
per cent of the value of the gross
output of mineral or metal produced
therefrom, payable at the time and
in the manner provided in section
4, hereof;
Provided, however, that the pro
visions of this section shall not apply
to any person or persons, or associa
tion of persons, who shall have, or
may have made a valid location or
quartz or placer or both mining claims
within the prescribed radius, as above
set forth, prior to the date of execu
tion of the undertaking made by the
person or persons, or association oi
persons, receiving benefits under the
provisions of this act prescribed ir
section 6 hereof.
Sec. 6. That in the event of a de
fault in the payment of the sum tc
the government of the United States
as hereinbefore provided, the saic
bureau of mines shall be authorized
to immediately make application to i
court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a receiver who shal
be authorized to collect sufficient o
the minerals or metals produced fron
said mining claims, from time to time
or the moneys due and payable there
for, as may be necessary to cover the
amount due to the government, ai
herein provided, together with all ex
penses of said court proceeelings ane
receivership.
Sec. 7. That tne amounts uue num
the locator, or locators, of said mining
claim or claims, as provided in sec
tions four and five of this act shall
likewise be due from the successois in
interest of the original locator or lo
cators of said claim and payment, as
herein provided, shall be made from
all minerals or metals extracted ft orn
said ground, or moneys due and pay
able therefor, until the same shall
have been fully worked out, and the
liens hereinbefore provided for shall
be superior to, and take precedence
over, all transfers or contracts or sta
tutory liens upon said property.
Sec. 8. That before any disburse
ment shall be made under the provi
sions of this act for the benefit of any
person, or persons, or association of
persons, the said person or persons,
or association of persons, shall be re
quired to execute an undertaking, in
the form to be prescribed by the sec
retary of the interior, with one or
more sureties having the qualifica
tions of bail in the territory of Alaska,
and to be approved by the engineer in
charge for the faithful compliance by
the said person, or persons, or asso
ciation of persons receiving the bene
fit of this act with the provisions here
of and with such rules and regulations
as may be promulgated by the secre
tary of the interior relative to the
administration of said fund.
Sec. 9. That all payments received
by the bureau of mines from the lo
cator, or locators of mining claims in
Alaska, as provided under this act,
shall be covered into the Alaska
Prospecting and Development Fund
for the particular judicial division of
the territory of Alaska from which
said payments may have been receiv
ed except that fifty per cent of the
amount of all payments so received
from the locator or locators of said
claim or claims, or their successors in
interest, shall be repaid to the treas
urer of the United States, at such
time as may be designated by the sec
retary of the interior, until the
amount appropriated by congress for
said found and set aside for the use of
the judicial division of said territory
from which said payments are re
ceived. The said Alaska Prospecting
and Development Fund shall be avail
able until expended by said bureau
of mines under the direction of the
secretary of the interior within the
judicial division from which said pay
ments were received for the encour
agement of prospectors and miners
and for the development of the min
eral resources of said judicial division
and otherwise for carrying out the
purposes of thiB act, as hereinbefore
provided.
Sec. 10. The secretary of the in
terior is hereby authorized to make
all necessary rules and regulations
tor the administration of the said
Alaska Prospecting and Development
Fund hereby created not inconsistent
with this act and necessary to give
;he same immediate effect, and may
!rom time to time alter or amend said
rules as the exigencies of the oc
casion may require. Claims lying in
;wo judicial divisions of the territory
ihall be governed by the division from
which aid is first received under this
tct.
DELAY FUNERAL
TO BUY GIFTS
FOR TRIBE
DOUGLAS, Ariz., May 26 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Johnny Mine, medi
cine man of the Kickapoos, friend of
numerous officials at Washington and
canny negotiator at Washington for
his tribe is dead, but his funeral will
not be held till six months, perhaps
six years hence when the money from
his estate is available to buy presents
for all the tribe. Then a dance
will be held all night and the pres
ents will be distributed at day break.
M. J. Bentiy business agent for the
tribe says Johnny Mine’s real name
was Mah-Me-Qua,-Che, which means
“Leaning Tree.” He represented the
Kickapoos in all negotiations with the
government. Mine had often proved
more than a match for crafty white
who had designs on the Kickapoos.
He had been to Washington a number
of times and on such trips always
wore a Prince Albert coat and a high
silk hat.
A peck of corn will be buried at his
head to sustain him until he reaches
the happy hunting grounds. There,
say the Indians, will be much food
awaiting Johnny, for during his long
life he has killed a dog each spring
, and sent him ahead to forage for
game against the day his master ar
rived.
Mine was unmarried and leaves no
immediate relatives. He had an 80
( acre tract of alfalfa in Oklahoma said
to be worth $10,000.
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K. G. ROBINSON,
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