Vernal, Utah, April 3, 1913



My dear Dr. Holland:-

	At last we have finished our part of the program and have made application for purchase of the land covered by the Carnegie Museum Placer Claim. The papers will be sent in day after tomorrow, Saturday, April 5th. The notice was published in nine successive issues of the Vernal Express, but this did not cover the full 60 days so it will be published again tomorrow, and then the papers sent to the general land office.

	I wrote you that I expected to start April 1st, but it was found that there had been a