A Treatise on the American Law Relating to Mines and Mineral Lands Within the Public Land States and Territories and Governing the Acquisition and Enjoyment of Mining Rights in Lands of Public Domain, Volume 2 |
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Page 946
... interest in an existing " valid location of a mining claim can predicate no " claim or right whatever to veins or lodes , the tops , " or apexes , of which lie within the lines of such exist- ' ing locations , either by discovery or ...
... interest in an existing " valid location of a mining claim can predicate no " claim or right whatever to veins or lodes , the tops , " or apexes , of which lie within the lines of such exist- ' ing locations , either by discovery or ...
Page 1075
... interest of both parties seemed to have been united in a third person , who became dominus litus on each side of the case , and while each of the for- mer contending factions were desirous of having the supreme court pass upon the ...
... interest of both parties seemed to have been united in a third person , who became dominus litus on each side of the case , and while each of the for- mer contending factions were desirous of having the supreme court pass upon the ...
Page 1100
... interest to the center of the earth vested in " him , and there was nothing left in the United States " for a ... interests therein . It certainly does " not apply to agricultural lands disposed of years , 66 perhaps half a century ...
... interest to the center of the earth vested in " him , and there was nothing left in the United States " for a ... interests therein . It certainly does " not apply to agricultural lands disposed of years , 66 perhaps half a century ...
Page 1146
... interest in these claims , the Last Chance company did not thereby disclaim any interest in the " " vein . " 1 66 66 Suppose the Last Chance company in the case above cited had owned the three claims , -the Last Chance , the Last Chance ...
... interest in these claims , the Last Chance company did not thereby disclaim any interest in the " " vein . " 1 66 66 Suppose the Last Chance company in the case above cited had owned the three claims , -the Last Chance , the Last Chance ...
Page 1168
... interest in each claim . This interest need not be of a strictly legal nature . Thus , it has been held , that though the names of three persons claiming to hold three mines in com- mon did not appear in the location notice of each mine ...
... interest in each claim . This interest need not be of a strictly legal nature . Thus , it has been held , that though the names of three persons claiming to hold three mines in com- mon did not appear in the location notice of each mine ...
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action adverse claim adverse claimant affidavit amended Annot annual labor apex application for patent boundaries character co-owners coal Code Colo Comp conflict Copp's L. O. cotenant course deposits discovery shaft district of Alaska doctrine easements end-line planes entry existing extent extralateral right facts federal feet filed forfeiture grant ground heretofore hundred hydraulic mining Idaho improvements issued jurisdiction land department land office Last Chance limits lines location certificate lode claims ment millsite mineral lands mining claim mining district mining laws Mont Montana owner parties partnership performed person placer claim placer mining plat possession prior proceedings proof public lands purpose quartz record referred regulations relocation Revised Statutes rule Rules of construction side-line Stats Stemwinder supreme court surface survey surveyor surveyor-general territory thereof tion tunnel United vein or lode
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Page 1629 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Page 1832 - ... the claim or mine upon which such failure occurred shall be open to relocation in the same manner as if no location of the same had ever been made, provided that the original locators, their heirs, assigns, or legal representatives, have not resumed work upon the claim after failure and before such location.
Page 1648 - No claim shall extend more than three hundred feet on each side of the middle of the vein at the surface, nor shall any claim be limited by any mining regulation to less than twenty-five feet on each side of the middle of the vein at the surface, except where adverse rights existing on the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, render such limitation necessary.
Page 1647 - All valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging to the United States, both surveyed and unsurveyed, are hereby declared to be free and open to exploration and purchase, and the lands in which they are found to occupation and purchase, by citizens of the United States...
Page 1650 - States governing their possessory title, shall have the exclusive right of possession and enjoyment of all the surface included within the lines of their locations, and of all veins, lodes, and ledges throughout their entire depth, the top or apex of which lies inside of such surface lines extended downward vertically, although such veins, lodes, or ledges may so far depart from a perpendicular in their course downward as to extend outside the vertical side lines of such surface locations.
Page 1652 - ... may, at the expiration of the year, give such delinquent co-owner personal notice in writing or notice by publication in the newspaper published nearest the claim, for at least once a week for ninety days, and if at the expiration of ninety days after such notice in writing or by publication such delinquent...
Page 1743 - Every person above the age of twenty-one years, who is a citizen of the United States...
Page 1637 - ... failure to prosecute the work on the tunnel for six months shall be considered as an abandonment of the right to all undiscovered veins on the line of such tunnel.
Page 1458 - We think that the true rule of law is that the person who, for his own purposes, brings on his land and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril ; and if he does not do so, is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape.
Page 1369 - ... filing his claim, to commence proceedings, in a court of competent jurisdiction, to determine the question of the right of possession, and prosecute the same with reasonable diligence to final judgment; and a failure so to do shall be a waiver of his adverse claim.