Public Law 73–356

That hereafter mining locations made under the United States mining laws upon lands within the municipal watershed of the city of Salt Lake City, within the Wasatch National Forest in the State of Utah, specifically described as follows—

Lands situate in Wasatch National Forest; description.

South half section 22; all of section 23; and sections 25 to 36, inclusive; township 1 south, range 2 east, Salt Lake meridian.

South half of section 30; and sections 31 to 33, inclusive; township 1 south, range 3 east, Salt Lake meridian.

Southeast quarter northeast quarter and east half southeast quarter section 11 south half and south half north half section 12; north half, southeast quarter, east half southwest quarter and northwest quarter southwest quarter section 13; east half northeast quarter and northeast quarter southeast quarter section 14; east half northwest quarter; and east half section 24; southeast quarter section 25, township 2 south, range 1 east, Salt Lake meridian.

All of township 2 south, range 2 east, Salt Lake meridian.

West half section 3; sections 4 to 9; west half and southeast quarter section 10, south half section 14; sections 15 to 23; west half section 24; west half section 25; sections 26 to 35; and west half section 36; township 2 south, range 3 east, Salt Lake meridian.

East half section 1, township 3 south, range 1 east, Salt Lake meridian.

Sections 1 to 18, inclusive; and sections 20 to 24, inclusive; township 3 south, range 2 east, Salt Lake meridian.

Sections 1 to 9, inclusive; north half section 10; and section 18, township 3 south, range 3 east, Salt Lake meridian. shall confer on the locator the right to occupy and use so much of

Mineral and timber rights granted.

the surface of the land covered by the location as may be reasonably necessary to carry on prospecting and mining, including the taking of mineral deposits and timber required by or in the mining operations, and no permit shall be required or charge made for such use

Proviso.

Timber removal.

or occupancy: Provided, however, That the cutting and removal of timber, except where clearing is necessary in connection with mining operations or to provide space for buildings or structures used in connection with mining operations, shall be conducted in accordance with the rules for timber cutting on adjoining national-forest land,

Restriction.

and no use of the surface of the claim or the resources therefrom not reasonably required for carrying on mining and prospecting shall be allowed except under the national-forest rules and regulations, nor shall the locator prevent or obstruct other occupancy of the surface or use of surface resources under authority of national-forest regulations, or permits issued thereunder, if such occupancy or use is not in conflict with mineral development.

Sec. 2.

That hereafter all patents issued under the United States

Patents; rights conveyed by.

mining laws affecting the above-mentioned lands within the municipal watershed of the city of Salt Lake City, within the Wasatch National Forest, in the State of Utah, shall convey title to the mineral deposits within the claim, together with the right to cut and remove so much of the mature timber therefrom as may be needed in extracting and removing the mineral deposits, if the timber is cut under sound principles of forest management as defined by the national-forest rules and regulations, but each patent shall reserve to

Surface title reserved.

the United States all title in or to the surface of the lands and products thereof, and no use of the surface of the claim or the resources therefrom not reasonably required for carrying on mining or prospecting shall be allowed except under the rules and regulations of the Department of Agriculture.

Sec. 3.

That the public lands within the several townships and

Big Cottonwood Canyon.

Certain lands in, set aside for reservoir purposes.

subdivisions thereof hereinafter enumerated, situate in Big Cottonwood Canyon in the county of Salt Lake, State of Utah, are hereby reserved from all forms of location, entry, or appropriation, whether under the mineral or nonmineral land laws of the United States, and set aside as a municipal water supply reservoir site for the use and benefit of the city of Salt Lake City, a municipal corporation of the State of Utah, as follows, to wit: Lands in sections 13 and 14, township 2 south, range 2 east; and sections 7, 17, and 18, township 2 south, range 3 east, Salt Lake meridian, Utah, as shown on reservoir map approved on January 25, 1924, under section 4 of the Act of February 1, 1905 (33 Stat. 628).

Sec. 4.

That valid mining claims within the municipal watershed

Existing valid mining claims may be perfected.

of the city of Salt Lake City, within the Wasatch National Forest in the State of Utah, existing on the date of the enactment of this Act, and thereafter maintained in compliance with the law under which they were initiated and the laws of the State of Utah, may be perfected under this Act, or under the laws under which they were initiated, as the claimant may desire.