Regulations to govern prospecting for and mining of metalliferous minerals on unallotted lands of Indian reservations.

  • United States. Department of the Interior.
Date:
[1924]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Regulations to govern prospecting for and mining of metalliferous minerals on unallotted lands of Indian reservations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    — = ascertained by deducting from the gross value of the ores, concentrates, or bullion the cost of transportation and treatment necessary for the sale of Such ores, concentrates, or bullion. — 0. The lessee agrees to file with the officer in charge of the reservation within 20 days after the end of the month within which the minerals were extracted, a Sworn statement showing the amount of ore mined during the preceding month, the amount of ore shipped or sold, and the amount received therefor, together with an itemized. statement of deductions, if any deductions are claimed. He also agrees to file with the officer in charge within 20 days after the reduction of the ores a duplicate of mill and smelter returns, and of re- ceipted bill for freight or transportation charges when the sale of mineral is not made at the mine, and to pay all royalties under this lease monthly to the officer in charge, of the reservation, or such officer or agent as may be designated by the Secretary of Interior, payments to be made in cash or by certified check or other suitable form of exchange. The royalties on all prod- ucts mined under this lease shail be based on sworn reports and shall be paid within 10 days after the close of each month. 6. There shall be expended annually in development.work on or for each location the sum of not less than $5. per acre, the total amount to be, not less than $100 for each location, which expenditures, if benefiting or develop- ing a group of contiguous claims included in. a lease, may be made upon any one or more of such claims. | 7. The lessee shall immediately upon notification of the signing of this lease by the lessor proceed to develop and work said mineral deposits, and during the entire term of this lease he shall prosecute, such mining operations on said lands to the fullest practicable extent, the state of the market being considered ; and his neglect or refusal to conduct actual mining operations for a period of six months at any one time (unless exempted by the lessor) shall operate as a forfeiture of all his rights under this lease, and subject it to cancellation by an appropriate proceeding in the United States district court for the district in which the land or a part of it is situated. _Within 20 days after the close of each calendar year he shall file with the officer in charge his verified annual report showing the character and value of the development work performed and the gross output of his mining operations for that year, and within 20 days after demand by the lessor he shall file with the officer in charge of the reservation a sworn report, giving such information relative to his. mining operations as may be demanded. 8. The lessee shall at all times conduct operations in a workmanlike manner protect all mines and deposits, and not commit nor suffer any waste upon the reservation; and if it be necessary to use any wood, stone, or other material thereon, he shall first obtain written permission from. the officer in charge and shall pay to‘him for the Indians the current prices for all such material taken. He shall take good care of the land herein described, and not permit any nuisance to be maintained nor any intoxicating liquors to be sold or given away thereon for use as a beverage; he shall not use or permit the use of said lands and premises for any other purpose than as herein authorized, and at the expiration of this lease he shall return the same to the owners in good con- dition. 9. The lessee shall keep an accurate account of said operations, showing the whole amount of mineral mined or extracted and all mineral shipped, smelted, used, or disposed of, the cost of such. operations, and the net value of the out-