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CHAMBER OPPOSES
PLANS TO LEASE
U. S. MINING LAND
Strenuous opposition to federal
bureau trends in regard to the
handling of public lands for min
ing development is expressed in a
resolution adopted by the board
of directors of the San Francisco
Chamber of Commerce on rec
ommendation of its mining com
mittee, according to an announce
ment made today.
The chamber also reaffirms its
stand in behalf of private enter
prise, contending "that the ex
perience of nearly a century has
demonstrated the soundness of our
present mineral land laws as ap
plied to the location and patent
ing of such of those lands as are
or may be found to be valuable
for their metal content.”
Action by the chamber crystal
lizes its position as a result of re
ports that the secretary of the in
terior has been planning radical
changes in the methods of handl
ing federal public lands. It also
brings to public attention the fact
that the General Land Office has
been protesting all applications for
mineral patents on the basis of an
apparent general policy differing
from that which has been a fac
tor encouraging development of
the nation’s mineral resources for
scores of years. The mining in
dustry has made a major con
tribution to the war effort, it is
claimed, and the fundamentals on
which its productiveness has been
based should not be altered now.
All members of the California
delegation in Congress are being
familiarized with the chamber’s
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action in the matter. Other or
ganizations are being requested
to endorse the position of the San
Francisco organization and pub
I lications throughout the United
States are being supplied informa
tion on the subject.
A copy of the chamber's reso
lution follows:
RESOLUTION ON FEDERAL
PUBLIC LANDS POLICIES
Adopted unanimously by the
Board ol Directors of the San
Francisco Chamber of Com
merce on December 21, 1943, on
recommendation of the cham
ber's Mining Committee.
WHEREAS, since the year 1866
it has been the policy of the fed
| eral government of the United
States to throw open to location
! by individuals such of the public
; lands of the United States as may
be found to contain metals ca
pable of being mined in paying
j quantities; and
l WHEREAS, in reliance on t
declared national policy, the prin
cipal domestic economy of sev
eral of the western states of the
! country, and the principal eco
! nomic resource supporting many
counties in all of the western
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! states has been built up throu;
the production of minerals by pri
vate enterprise and with the use
of private capital; and
WHEREAS, it is now reported
from authentic channels, includ
ing certain members of Congress
and in the statements made lio
the present Secretary of the In
terior and the General Land Of
fice in that department are sup
porting and favoring a change in
the national policy so as to pro
vide,
• a) the requirement for feder
recordation of new and outstand
ing mining locations and annual
reports on assessment work o i
such claims, with a view t> can
celling the same by action of the
federal government if such re
quirements are not met; and
ib) to substitute for loca’ion and
patenting of public lands to pri
vate individuals a mineral leasing
system which would normally re
quire the development of these
lands under government supervi
sion and the payment of royalties
| thereon to the government; an 1
WHEREAS, such a leasing >ys
1 tern will constitute only another
step in the direction of bureau
cratic government control' over
; legitimate private industry an'-’
the restriction and hampering of
private enterprise, all of which ;
contrary to the fundamental pif*
ciples under which the economic
‘ prosperity of the United States
was built up;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it
RESOLVED, that the San Fran
cisco Chamber ol Commerce, act
ing upon recommendation of its
mining committee, does hereby
vigorously protest these rcporte .
plans to expand the government
leasing system of public lands so
as to cover these lands wh'ch arr
valuable for their metal content,
to require federal recording o! lo
cation notices and proofs of an
nual labor, and to exact royalties
from and extend the bureaucratic
control of the General Land De
nnrfment over the free enterprise
of prospectors and locators whr
for nearly a century past have
been responsible fo rthe discovery
and production of the val
uable metal resources of this
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country; and, be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the
San Francisco Chamber of. Com
rrterce urges a discontinuance of
the present reported policy of th *
General Land Office in protesting
all applications for mineral pat
, ents in mining regions requiring
technical and unreasonable dem
on'-tration of mineral values in
advance of full development of
the properties where the location
of claims with respect to proven
odes and ledges is such that r f
ensonnble doubt of this value for
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j mineral purposes can exist. In
this connection the Chamber urges
n return to the former policy of
the Land Department in enconr
I aging the development of proper
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patents where tr.e same art ap
plied for and reasonable compli
ance with tte statutory conditions
has teen shown: and. be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that
the Sun Frantvsco Chamber ol
'Commerce re-affirms its belief
that the maximum development
of our public resource? and min
eral lands will be accomplished
through encouraging private ini
tiative. private prospecting, pri
vate development and private
product :c*n of these resources, and
that the experience of nearly •
century has demonstrated the
soundness of our present minera’
land laws' as applied to the loca
tion and patenting of such o'
’hose lands as are or may be
found to be valuable for their me
tal content* and. be it
FINALLY RESOLVED, that
copies of this resolution be sent
to the California representatives
in Congress, to the public an
naming industrial press, with a
view to a united stand in oppos
ition to this socialistic program.
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