WHAT THEY MEAN. II 



just as much as he pleases and wherever he pleases, 

 without asking anybody's permission. When he strikes 

 mineral he can stake out, locate, record, and develop 

 just as many claims as he thinks are worth while, pre- 

 cisely as he would on the public domain. If he wants 

 to get patent to any of them, he can do so. The only 

 thing he must be careful about is to obey the law and 

 not take up claims merely for the timber on them or to 

 get possession of the land for purposes not connected 

 with mining. Claims can be developed and turned into 

 paying mines just as anywhere else. A National Forest 

 does not affect this work in the least, except that it 

 keeps timber in the country for the use of the mines 

 when they need it and as long as they need it. 



Prospecting and mining are absolutely .unchecked. 

 The resources of the National Forests must be used and 

 the country opened up. Therefore the more mining and 

 prospecting, the better. 



TO THE USER OF TIMBER. 



What happens to the timber and wood? The timber 

 and stone act does not apply in a National Forest. The 

 title to lands valuable chiefly for timber can not pass 

 from the Government. 



But are the timber and wood locked up? Very far from 

 it. The timber is there to be used, now and in the future. 

 It is given away, for domestic use, to the man with a 

 home and to the prospector developing his claim. They 

 get it for the asking, free of charge. When wanted for 

 commercial purposes, timber is sold to the small man 

 and to the big man — sold promptly and at a reasonable 

 cost. The small man can buy a few thousand feet; the 



