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% s Omaha-, Nebraska, December 6» 1937. Mr. Charles Adams » Jos bb. Mr. Geo. W. McMath - Portland. Mr. E. M. Sawyer - Salt lake City. In view of the fact that new mineral values, previously unheard of, are continually springing up, and that the rapid development of mining and manufactur­ing methods is resulting in the extended use of newly discovered minerals, no one at this time can even guess what the future may develop in the way of mineral values or where such minerals may be discovered. Hence, no sales of land owned by the railroad companies or their subsidiaries should be negotiated without re­serving the mineral rights, unless specific authorization is obtained in particu­lar cases for the omission thereof ©r for modification of the form of reservation* Eor your information, I am attaching hereto forms of reservations now in general use, as follows: 3TQBM IK). 1. Applicable to the sales ©f lands and to abandoned rights ©f way, except lands in cities and towns and established industrial districts. EOBM HOe 2. Applicable to the sales of lands in cities and towns and in established industrial districts in cities. In general, this form excepts and reserves the minerals without the right to use the surface ©f the land in mining and removing the same. The particular form of reservation to be adopted in any particular case will depend upon the specific oircumstances, but in every instance an endeavor should be made, in negotiating sales of property with prospective purchasers, to secure their approval of the inclusion of the broadest reservation possible. It is possible that reservation of minerals in sales deeds may, in dome cases, make difficult the conclusion of proposed sales, but in view of the diffi­culty of determining what the future possibilities are with respect to the dis­coverer of minerals underlying our lands, the general practice will be followed of endeavoring in every case to consummate sales with appropriate mineral reserva­tions* - 1 -