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Show REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 49 3,900 acres had been leased, and efforts are still being made, with bright prospects of success, to introduce sugar-beet culture. Yakima.-$41,767.06 was expended in irrigation work on the Yakima Reservation, of which $17,807.96 was paid for Indian labor and teams. Approximately 30,000 acres are under irrigation. An effort is being made to induce the allottees on this reservation to agree to sell all in excess of 20 acres of their allotments, under the provisions of the act of March 6,1906 (34 Stat. L., 53), and to come in under the proposed Wapato project in contemplation by the Reclamn-tion Service. Zuni.-Work on the canals of the Zuni irrigation system was begun in June, 1908, and there has been expended since that time $47,994.46, of which $36,420.69 was disbursed during the boa1 year 1909. Of the latter amount $12,547.95 was paid to Indians. Under the present system there are about 3,800 acres, of which 3,200 acres is irrigable land. If funds can be made available, it is expected to have the project completed in time for irrigating all the lands next spring. The total expenditures for the entire Zuni project, including Zuni dam, to June 30, 1909, have been $372,620.91. Forl Belknup.-The total amount expended on the' Fort Belknap irriiation work during the fiscal year was $24,333.91, of which $18,867.91 was paid for Indian teams and labor. There was con-structed during the year 13% miles of canals, laterals, and dikes. The total cost of the work has been $136,462.32. Fifteen thousand acres are under ditch, with a possible irrigable area of 29,600 acres. The. work outlinkd for this reservation d l probably be completed during the year 1912. Table 26 shows in detail the reservations on which irrigation work has been done during the year, the amounts expended for labor and materials, the amounts paid for Indian labor and teams, and the total cost of all projects to the end of the year. MINING OPERATIONS ON INDIAN LANDS. FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES. There are 110 coal leases in effect on the segregated lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, covering an area of 100,560 acres; there are 9 asphalt leases in effect, covering 6,400 acres. The coal production on these lands for the year amounted to 2,728,437 tons, while 4,121 tons of asphalt were mined. The royalties on coal and asphalt collected and placed to the credit of the Chickasaw and Choctaw tribes of Indians amounted to $214,792.77 for coal and $3,583.30 for asphalt, a total of $218,376.07. During a considerable part of the year several of the largest mines were closed down for the reason that no demand for coal existed, |
