The Northern Pacific Land Grants: Hearings Before the Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Northern Pacific Railroad Land Grants, Parts 4-5U.S. Government Printing Office, 1925 |
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... claim in 36 , 5 south , 4 east , in 1921 ? Mr. WOODWARD . The asbestos claim I examined on this trip in connection with this work . Mr. KERR . And the examination in the other piece ? Mr. WOODWARD . The examination in 1921 was an ...
... claim in 36 , 5 south , 4 east , in 1921 ? Mr. WOODWARD . The asbestos claim I examined on this trip in connection with this work . Mr. KERR . And the examination in the other piece ? Mr. WOODWARD . The examination in 1921 was an ...
Page 1774
... claim which is doubtful , a lode claim which is doubtful ? Mr. WOODWARD . There is no set rule on it . It is necessary to take sufficient time to see everything that can be found and see what the effect of all objects are . I sometimes ...
... claim which is doubtful , a lode claim which is doubtful ? Mr. WOODWARD . There is no set rule on it . It is necessary to take sufficient time to see everything that can be found and see what the effect of all objects are . I sometimes ...
Page 1775
... claims adjoining the Yellowstone National Park that you spoke of ? Mr. WOODWARD . I have never had any connection with those claims , and do not know any of the details in regard to them . I have heard that there was asbestos down there ...
... claims adjoining the Yellowstone National Park that you spoke of ? Mr. WOODWARD . I have never had any connection with those claims , and do not know any of the details in regard to them . I have heard that there was asbestos down there ...
Page 1790
... Claim " and was located November 18 , 1895 , by William H. Hiltz and J. H. McKay . J. H. McKay has resided at Eddy , about a half a mile west of the west side line of section 19 of this township . He is an old man now and he said he had ...
... Claim " and was located November 18 , 1895 , by William H. Hiltz and J. H. McKay . J. H. McKay has resided at Eddy , about a half a mile west of the west side line of section 19 of this township . He is an old man now and he said he had ...
Page 1797
... claim 1,500 feet long by 600 feet wide , how much time do you put in on an examination of such a claim ? Mr. MCELROY . You take an invalid claim , it usually only has a discovery hole on it , and that is all the work that we pay any ...
... claim 1,500 feet long by 600 feet wide , how much time do you put in on an examination of such a claim ? Mr. MCELROY . You take an invalid claim , it usually only has a discovery hole on it , and that is all the work that we pay any ...
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acreage act of July amendment approved bonds branch lines CHAIRMAN classified as mineral Coeur d'Alene Columbia River Commissioner committee Congress construction containing six hundred Crow definite location DOREN Ellensburg examined fact February 26 filed foreclosure forty acres Government homestead hundred and forty Indian Interior Department Jay Cooke joint resolution Judge KERR Lake Superior land grant Land Office lieu selections main line map of definite MCELROY McGowan MEEKHAM MERITT miles mineral classification mineral lands mineral losses Minnesota Montana mortgage national forest nonmineral Northern Pacific grant Northern Pacific Railroad Northern Pacific Railway odd sections parties patent PATTERSON Pend d'Oreille Portland President primary limits public lands Puget Sound question RAKER record reference reorganization road route second indemnity limits Secretary Senate southeast quarter Supreme Court surveyed Tacoma territory timber tion township treaty of 1851 tribes United Villard Wallula withdrawals WOODWARD
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Page 2010 - ... and whenever, prior to said time, any of said sections or parts of sections shall have been granted, sold, reserved, occupied by homestead settlers or preempted, or otherwise disposed of, other lands shall be selected by said company in lieu thereof, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in alternate sections, and designated by odd numbers, not more than ten miles beyond the limits of said alternate sections: ProOpinion of the Court.
Page 2250 - Wisconsin, thence westerly, by the most eligible railroad route, as shall be determined by said company, within the territory of the United States...
Page 2364 - In testimony, whereof I, Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States of America, have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed.
Page 1929 - State on lands or property therein belonging to or which may hereafter be purchased by the United States or reserved for its use.
Page 2355 - ... every alternate section of public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile, on each side of said railroad line...
Page 1891 - ... it may well be doubted whether those tribes which reside within the acknowledged boundaries of the United States can, with strict accuracy, be denominated foreign nations. They may, more correctly, perhaps, be denominated domestic dependent nations.
Page 1887 - States, to admit amongst them; and the United States now solemnly agrees that no persons except those herein designated and authorized so to do, and except such officers, agents, and employees of the Government as may be authorized to enter upon Indian reservations in discharge of duties enjoined by law, shall ever be permitted to pass over, settle upon, or reside...
Page 1929 - That the people inhabiting this state do agree and declare that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands...
Page 2080 - That the president of the United States shall cause the lands to be surveyed for forty miles in width on both sides of the entire line of said road, after the general route shall be fixed, and as fast as may be required by the construction of said railroad...
Page 2540 - ... on payment of ten dollars, he or she shall thereupon be permitted to enter the quantity of land specified: Provided, however, That no certificate shall be given or patent issued therefor until the expiration of five years from the date of such entry; and if, at the expiration of such time, or at any time within two years thereafter, the person making such entry; or, if he be dead, his widow; or in case of her death, his heirs or devisee; or in case of a widow making such entry, her heirs or devisee...