Executive Order 5105—Reserving Certain Described Lands for Possible Inclusion in a National Monument, Nevada

Under authority of the Act of Congress approved June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 847), as amended by the Act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 497), it is hereby ordered that all public lands within the following described areas, in the State of Nevada, not heretofore withdrawn, be, and the same are hereby, temporarily withdrawn subject to the provisions and conditions of said acts, pending determination as to the advisability of including such lands in a national monument.

All of Township 15 South, Ranges 66, 67, 68, East, M. D. M.

All of Township 16 South, Ranges 66, 67, 68, East, M. D. M.

All of Township 17 South, Ranges 66, 67, 68, East, M. D. M.

That area of unsurveyed land east of Timber Mountain bounded on the north by latitude 37° 10' 20", on the south by latitude 37° 7' 46", and lying between meridians of longitude 116° 20' 16", and 116° 23' 28", comprising an area of 9 square miles and including what is known as Fortymile Canyon Pueblo.

HERBERT HOOVER

The White House,
May 3, 1929.