Morton v. Solambo Copper Mining Co.

By the Court, Sanderson, C. J.

This action was brought to recover an undivided interest in a copper mining claim called the Solambo Claim. The plaintiff recovered judgment in the Court below and the defendant appealed. The case comes before us upon the following statement:

“ On the trial it was proven that at the time of the location of the Solambo Claim the mining customs, usages and regulations in force in the mining district where said claim is located (there being no written mining laws) adopted and in use in locating such claims were : That the discoverer placed up a notice on the vein or…