Land not shown to contain deposits, in paying quantities, of any of the mineral substances usually developed by minin operations, but which appears to be valuable and to be desired by the parties attempting to secure title there to chiefly because of a cave or cavern the entrance to which is situated theron, and for the crystallien depostis, and formations of various kinds, such as stalactites, stalagmites, geodes, etc., found therin, which are made the subject of sale by parties not as minerals but as natural curiosities, is not mineral land within the meaning of mining laws.



The decision of the Commissinoer holding that the character of the deposit here claimed is not a mineral within the meaning of the mining laws is correct and the action in cancelling the mineral entry is hereby affirmed.



A.A. Jones

First Assistant Secretary