McMullin v. Magnuson

On March 1, 1928, the “Mica Lode” was located as a lode mining claim by the predecessors in interest of Colorado Feldspar Company, one of the defendants in error. The defendants in error Ralph H. Magnuson and "Western Feldspar Milling Company went into possession of the claim on October 17,1931, under a lease from the Colorado Feldspar Company and a then co-owner, B. O. Halsted, likewise a defendant in error, whose interest has since been acquired by the Colorado Feldspar Company, providing for the operation’ of the property on a royalty basis. During the period herein involved the claim has…