27 Mining claims proved in good faith prior to Act of May 27, 1908, may be worked under regulation of department. 178 such claims in park.
28 Mining claims may be located and worked under regulation of department. Such claims do not carry a fee title to land here.
29 Village of Sulphur supplied from creek under department regulation.
30 Establishing act permits renting cavern, the chief natural feature of the park. Mining claims antedating park would be protected.
31 A bill introduced in 60th Congress by Secretary of Interior to allow hotel and similar leases failed to become law.
(Bill now pending to create Glacier National Park, Montana, allows 20-year leases for private cottages, and also allows removal of mature timber “for the protection and improvement of the park.” No penalties for misdemeanor are provided.)
III. NATIONAL MONUMENTS1
| Map No. | Name | Location | Established | Characteristic Features | Area: Acres2 |
| 14 | Devil’s Tower | Wyoming | Sept. 24, 1906 | Example of erosion | 1,152.91 |
| 15 | Petrified Forest | Arizona | Dec. 8, 1906 | Silicified mesozoic forest remains | 60,776.02 |
| 16 | Montezuma Castle | Arizona | Dec. 8, 1906 | Cliff-dwellings, prehistoric | 160.02 |
| 17 | El Moro | New Mexico | Dec. 8, 1906 | Inscribed rocks | 160.00 |
| 18 | Chaco Canyon | New Mexico | Mch. 11, 1907 | Pueblo ruin, prehistoric | 20,629.40 |
| 19 | *Lassen Peak | California | May 6, 1907 | Extinct volcano | 1,280.00 |
| 20 | *Cinder Cone | California | May 6, 1907 | Lava field | 5,120.00 |
| 21 | *Gila Cliff-Dwellings | New Mexico | Nov. 16, 1907 | Cliff-dwellings, prehistoric | 160.00 |
| 22 | *Tonto | Arizona | Dec. 19, 1907 | Cliff-dwellings, prehistoric | 640.00 |
| 23 | Muir Woods3 | California | Jan. 9, 1908 | Primeval redwood forest | 295.00 |
| 24 | *Grand Canyon | Arizona | Jan. 11, 1908 | “Titan of chasms” | 806,400.00 |
| 25 | *Pinnacles | California | Jan. 16, 1908 | Rock pinnacles and caves | 2,080.00 |
| 26 | *Jewel Cave | So. Dakota | Feb. 7, 1908 | Large cavern | 1280.00 |
| 27 | Natural Bridges | Utah | Apr. 16, 1908 | Three natural bridges | 4120.00 |
| 28 | Lewis and Clark Cavern | Montana | May 11, 1908 | Limestone cavern | 160,00 |
| 29 | Tumacacori5 | Arizona | Sept. 5, 1908 | Spanish mission ruin | 10.00 |
| 30 | *Wheeler | Colorado | Dec. 7, 1908 | Volcanic formations | 300.00 |
| 31 | *Mt. Olympus | Washington | Mch. 2, 1909 | Habitat of Olympic elk6 | 608,640.00 |
| 32 | Navajo | Arizona | Mch. 20, 1909 | Cliff-dwellings and pueblos | 600.00 |
| 33 | *Oregon Caves | Oregon | July 10, 1909 | Limestone caverns | 480.00 |
| 1,510,443.35 |
* Managed by U. S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. These areas lie within National Forests. All others managed by Department of Interior. These were created out of National Forest lands. All others except Muir Woods and Tumacacori were created from unpatented public lands. See notes 3 and 5.
1 Monuments created by Presidential proclamation under Act of June 8, 1906, “For the Preservation of American Antiquities.” Act specifies “historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest” as reservable under this authority. No power given to lease any part of such lands. The Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, and War are directed to draw uniform rules for the control of these tracts. They may permit “properly qualified institutions” to carry on scientific investigations, including excavations and collecting. No appropriation ever made for maintenance of monuments. No revenue derived therefrom. A fine up to $500 or imprisonment up to 90 days, or both, is the penalty for unlicensed excavating or collecting, or for injuring the reserved properties.