Amador Queen Mining Co. v. Dewitt
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Amador County, The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Belcher, C. C.
This is an action to condemn a right of way through a tunnel under defendant’s mining claim. The facts of the case, as they appear in .the complaint, may be briefly stated as follows:—
The plaintiff owns two mining claims in Amador County, one situated in a ravine known as Hunt’s Gulch, and the other in a ravine known as Murphy’s Gulch. Between these two claims is a high ridge of land, which is also a mining claim, and is owned by defendant. On its claim in Hunt’s Gulch, plaintiff has a quartz mill, and in its claim in Murphy’s Gulch is a large amount of valuable gold-bearing…
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