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<br />"•rxkert, except in r •s o(r -rgency;! employ no
<br />Lny under the age or eizteet. .nd no girl or woman,
<br />without regard to age, in any mine below the surface;
<br />unless the laws of the Stale othorwfse provide, in which
<br />case the State laws control.
<br />(m/'Totes. To pay when due, all taxes lawfully
<br />assessed end levied under the laws o[ the Stele or the
<br />United Stales upon improvements, output of mines, or
<br />other fights, property, w errata of the lessee.
<br />(n) Oveniding royalties. Not to create, 6y assigo-
<br />went or otherwise, an overtiding royalty interest in
<br />excess of 50 percent of the rate of royalty first payable
<br />to the United Stales under this lease or en overriding
<br />royalty interest which when added to any other out-
<br />standing overriding royalty interest exceeds Ihet per-
<br />cenlaga, ezcep[ing, that where an interest in the lease-
<br />hold or in an operating agreement is assigned, the
<br />assignor may retain an overriding royalty intemst !n
<br />excess of the above limitation ff fie shows to the
<br />satisfaction of the Bureau o[ Land Nanegemedl, that 6e
<br />has made substantial investments (w Improvements on
<br />the land covered by the assignment.
<br />(a) Delivery of premises in case of /or/eitwe. In
<br />case of fwfeitwe of this Itese, to deliver up to the
<br />lessor in good order end condition the land leased, io-
<br />eluding ell buildings, std usdergrourd timbering and
<br />such other supports and structures as are nettssary for
<br />the preservation o[ the mine or deposi4
<br />Sec. 3. The lessor expressly reserves:
<br />(a) Rigbts reserved. Tht right to permit (or joint
<br />or seveinl use such easements or rightsrof-way, in-
<br />cluding easemenfs in tunnels upon, tluough, w in the
<br />lard leased, occupied, w used as may 6e necessary w
<br />appropriate to the waking of the same or other lards
<br />contaihing the deposits deswlbed io -the ant, and the
<br />treatment and, shipmebt ;of the products thereof by or
<br />under' authority of, the Government, ite lessees or
<br />permitlees, and for other public purposes.
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<br />(b) Disposition o) swtore. The tight to lease,
<br />sell, or otherwise dispose of the swfece of the leased
<br />lends undm existing law w laws hereafter enaHed, io-
<br />safer es said swfece is not necessary for the use of the
<br />lessee in the esVaption end removal o[ the coal therein,
<br />w to dispose of any resowce in such lands wfiich will
<br />not unreasonably interfere with operations under this
<br />lease.
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<br />, (cj Monopoly and lair prices. Full Power and
<br />authority to promulgate and~enfwce ell the provisions of
<br />section 30 of the ed to inswe the sale of the production
<br />of said leased lauds to the United States aad to the
<br />public el reasonahle prices, to prevent monopoly, and
<br />' to aa[eguerd the public welfare.
<br />(d) Readjustment of terms. The right reasonably
<br />to readjust end fit royalties payable hemunder and other
<br />Irrms and conditions at the end o[ 20 years from the
<br />date hereof end thereafter at the end of each succeeding
<br />20-year period during the continuance o[ this lease
<br />unlace otherwise provided 6y law at the limo of the ex-
<br />piratlon of any sucfi period. Unless the lessee fiks
<br />objections to the proposed terms w a relinquishment of
<br />the lease within 30 days after receipt o[ the notice of
<br />proposed terms fora 20.year period, he wUl be deemed
<br />to have agreed to such terms.
<br />{e) Waiver of conditions. Tho rigfil to waive anq
<br />breach o! the conditions contained herein, ezcept the
<br />breath of such conditions es ere required by the act,
<br />but any such waiver shall extend only to the particular
<br />breach so waived end shell not limit the rights of the
<br />lessor with w act to ad are breach; nor Shall the
<br />waiver of a j; .icular cause of forfeiture prevent can-
<br />cellation of this lease for any other cause, or far the
<br />same cause occurring et another lime.
<br />Sec. 4. Refinquisbmenl o/ lease. Upon a satisfettary
<br />showing that the public interest will not be impaired,
<br />the lessee may surrender the ent'ue lease or any legal
<br />subdivision thereof. A relinquishment must be filed in
<br />duplicate in the appropriate lend office. Upon Its
<br />acceptance it shell be effeetlve es o[ the date it is
<br />filed, subject to the continued obligation of the lessee
<br />end his swety to make payment of all accrued rentals
<br />and royalties end to provide for the preservation of any
<br />minas or productive. works w permanent improvements
<br />on the leased (ends in accordance with the regulations
<br />erd terms of the lease.
<br />Sea S. Protection o/ rbe surface, vatwal resources,
<br />and improvements. The lessee agrees to take such rea-
<br />sonable steps as may be needed to prevent apemtions,
<br />Including operation of operating plants on the leased
<br />premises, from unnecessarily: (I) causing or contrib-
<br />uting to soil erasion or damaging any (wage and timber
<br />growth on the leased lands or on Federal or non-Fedeiel
<br />lands in the vicinity; (2) polluting air end water; (3)
<br />.damaging crops, including forge, timber, or improve-
<br />ments of a surface owner, (d) damaging improvements
<br />whether owned 6y the United States or 6y its permittees
<br />or lessees; or (S) des4oying, damaging, or removing fos-
<br />sils, historic or prehistoric ruins, or artitects; and upon
<br />any partial or total relinquishment or the cancellation
<br />or expiration of this lease, or at any othv- time prior
<br />thereto when required aad to the extent deemed netes-
<br />sery by the lessor to till any sump holes, ditches, and
<br />other excavations, remove or cover all debris, and, so
<br />far es reasonably posstbk, restore the surface of the
<br />leased land end access roads to its former condition,
<br />including the removal of structures as and if required.
<br />The lessor may prescribe the steps to be taken and res-
<br />toration to 6e made with respect to the leased lands
<br />aad improvements thereon, whether or not owned by the
<br />United States.
<br />Sec. 6. Removal o/ equipment, etc., on termination o/
<br />loose. Upon termination of this lease, 67 swrerder w
<br />forfeiture, the lessee shall have the privilege at any
<br />time within a period of 90 days thereafter of removing
<br />from the premises ell machinery, equipment, tools and
<br />materials, ezcept undergrourd timbering placed by the
<br />lessee in w on flu: leased lands, which are necessary
<br />for the preservetlon o[ the mine. Any materials, tools,
<br />appliances, mechtnery, atruc[wes, and equipment,
<br />subject to removal es above provided, which arc Allowed
<br />to remain on the leased. lands shell become the property
<br />o[ Ile: lessor on expiration of the 90.dey period or such
<br />e:tansion thereof as may be granted because o[ adverse
<br />dinmtic conditiohs, ~6ut'the lessee shall remove any or
<br />all of such property where so dvecled by the lessor.
<br />S<e. 7. Proceedings in case of de/aulr. If the lessee
<br />shall not comply with any of the provisions of the eat
<br />w the rcgulefioms_thercurdec wdefault in the pedarm-
<br />ence or observance of any of the provisions of this
<br />lease, and such default shell continue for a period o[
<br />30 days after service of written notice thereof by the
<br />lessor, the lessor may iratitute appropriate proceedings
<br />in a cowl of competent jurisdiction for the fodeitum
<br />std cancellation o[ this lease as provided in section 31
<br />of the act If the lessee fails to take prompt and nec-
<br />essary steps to prevent loss or damage to the mine,
<br />'property, or'prcmisea, or danger to the employtea, the
<br />]craw may enter on the premises and take such meas-
<br />ures as may be deemed necessary to prevent such loss
<br />w damage or to correct the dangerous or unsafe con-
<br />dition of the mine w works thereof, which shell be at
<br />the expense o[ the lessee. However, the lessee shall
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