Erikson v. Sullivan

The defendant owned what was known as the Golden Chariot Mine which was located in February, 1871, in an unsurveyed mountain area in San Diego County. The location notice described it as extending 100 feet on each side of a line running 500 feet northerly and 700 feet southerly from the discovery hole.

In October, 1940, the defendant leased this mine to the plaintiff with an option to purchase. This lease described the premises as Mining Lot No. 39 in the S. W. one-fourth of the N. E. one-fourth of a certain section 14, and known as the Golden Chariot Mine. In 1945, this description was…