Utah Copper Co v. Montana-Bingham Consol. Mining Co.

The Utah Copper Company, the respondent here and plaintiff below, and the Montana-Bingham Consolidated Mining Company, the principal defendant below and appellant here, are each engaged in mining in the West Mountain Mining District, near Bingham, in Salt Lake county. The Montana-Bingham Consolidated Mining Company, being the chief defendant and appellant, will thus be referred to as the defendant and appellant. In 1907, the plaintiff, who is and for many years has been engaged in mining copper in the district, obtained from the defendant and its predecessor, and from other mining claimants,…