Application for coal-mining permit... Description of the Nenana field... Transportation for Nenana coal. 38 ILLUSTRATIONS. Leasing units and Government reservations showing public-land and rail- In pocket. Leasing units and Government reservations showing public-land surveys In pocket. REGULATIONS GOVERNING COAL-LAND LEASES IN THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA. LEASING OFFER. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, In pursuance of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Inte‐ rior by the act of Congress approved October 20, 1914 (38 Stat., 741), "to provide for the leasing of coal lands in the Territory of Alaska, the coal lands in the Matanuska and Bering River fields are now and hereby offered for leasing under the terms of said act and the regulations adopted and approved in accordance therewith. Intending lessees will find herewith: 1. Copy of the law and regulations, with approved form of proposed lease. 2. Information relating to the operation and development of the Alaska coal fields, prepared in the several bureaus of the department. FRANKLIN K. LANE, PART 1. LAW AND REGULATIONS. COAL-LAND LEASING ACT. Secretary. The text of the act (38 Stat., 741), approved October 20, 1914, that provides for the leasing of coal lands in the Territory of Alaska is as follows: "Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to survey the lands of the United States in the Territory of Alaska known to be valuable for their deposits of coal, preference to be given first in favor of surveying lands within those areas commonly known as the Bering River, Matanuska, and Nenana coal fields, and thereafter to such areas or coal fields as lie tributary to established settlements or existing or proposed rail or water transportation lines: Provided, That such surveys shall be executed in accordance with existing laws and rules and regulations governing the survey of public lands. There is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $100,000 for the purpose of making the surveys herein provided for, to continue available until expended: Provided, That any surveys heretofore made under the authority or by the approval of the Department of the Interior may be adopted and used for the purposes of this Act. |