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, 7 provide clearance, shall be in accordance with sound principles of forest mananement and in such a manner as to minimize the adverse effect on the wilderness character of the land. (4) All claimants shall, in developinn and operatinq their minino claims, take those reasonable measures, includino settlin~ ponds, necessary for the disposal of tailinqs, dum[1a~e, and other deleterious materials or substances to prevent obstruc- tion, pollution, excessive siltation, or deterioration of 'the land, streams, ponds, lakes, or springs, as may be directed by the Forest Service. (5) On mininq claims validly established prior to inclusion of the land within the National IJilderness Preservation System, claimants shall, as directed by the Forest Service and if application for patent is not pendinq, take all reasonable measures to remove any improvements no longer needed for mininq purposes and which were installed after the land was desionated by Congress as Wilderness and, by appropriate treatment, restore, as ~earlY,as practicable, the ori~inal contour of the surface of the land which was disturbed sub- sequent to the date this requlation is adopted and which is no 10nQer needed in performin~ location, exploration, drillino, and production and promote its reve~etation by natural means. On such part of the claim where restoration to approximately the orioinal contour is not feasible, restoration for such part shall provide a combination of bank slones and contour oradient conducive to soil stabili- zation and reveqetation by natural means. (6) On claims validly established after the date the land was included within the National Wilderness Preservation System, claimants shall, as directed by the Forest Service, take all reasonable measures to remove improvements no longer needed for minino purposes and, by appropriate treatment, restore, as near as practicable, the original contour of the surface of the land which was disturbed and which is no lonqer needed in .performing location and exploration, drillinq and production, and to reveqetate and to other- wise prevent or control accelerated soil erosion. c.. The title to timber on patented claims validly established after the land was included within the National Wilderness Preserva- tion System remains in the United States, subject to il riQht to cut and use timber for mininn I1Url10ses. So much of the milture timber may be cut and used as it is needed in the extraction, removal, and beneficiation of the mineral deposits, if needed timber is not otherwise reasonably available. The cuttino 0938