Mineral Lands.
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The decision sf The u. S. District Court
for the State Of Illinois, in the case Of H.
II. Gear, defendant in s,it brought by
the government for trespass upon the min
eral lands, was reversed BY the Supreme
Court ct Washington, at its late session.
The decision Of the court below was in
favor Of the defendant, and adverse to the
right Of the government to lease the lands
in question; and the reversal Of this de-
cision now BY the Supreme Court is Of
course an afiirmance Of the power claimed
and exercised by the government. The
decision explicitly declares, further, chat
lands containing lead mines are not subject
to pre-emption and sale under any Of the
existing laws Of Congress, and that dig
ging lead ore from the mines upon the
public lands is such waste as entities the
United States 70 . writ Of Injunction to
restrain it.


For the sake Of our friends Of The mi
ming region we regret to chronicle this
decision--a decision calculated greatly to
embarrass them in the prosecution Of their
industrial pursuits, without adding one
cent to the national Golfers. We say moth
ing Of the legality Of the leasing system,
(although on this point there is room for
doubt, the decision being understood TO be
that Of bare majority Of the Judges, }
but the policy is wrong and unwise, and
should at once be abandoned.