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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1897
Page
1
The Uintah County court debates, alleging new commissioners hoard funds to pay salaries leaving minimal money for law and order. Opponents warn taxpayers face reduced services as the county risks vulnerability to lawless elements and the state's influence.
A new act prescribes locating rules for quartz lode and placer mining claims. It details claim length limits along veins, monument and notice posting at discovery, boundary marking within thirty days, recording with county clerks, and required annual labor and affidavits to avoid forfeiture. It also assigns duties to county recorders, district mining recorders, and cost-sharing for copying records upon petitions.
A district school report shows 63 pupils enrolled with 40 average belonging and 34 daily attendance. Seventeen promotions listed with several demotions and retention. Totals include ten days taught and names of pupils noted for attendance: Jonnie Dodds Ella Green Iva Davis Bertha Langsten Fred Dana Bessie Preece Ellen Langsten Mel ving Green Edith Langston.
Notice from the Salt Lake City land office dated February 5 1897 announces the application for a United States patent by IL A Cun Fy for the Consolidated Placer mining claim named Housette Raven and Machbund in the Camtheesi District Wasatch County Utah. The document details the claim’s surveyed boundaries distances and bearings, lists discovery points and working areas, notes the total area of 6938 acres, and states publication in the Vernal Express for sixty days with attorneys Broon Gaoo Dird & Lowe.
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