Hayden Hill Consolidated Mining Co. v. Lincoln Mining Co.

This is an action prosecuted by the plaintiff (respondent) in support of an adverse claim for certain mining property. The case was tried to the court without a jury and the court made findings of fact and conclusions of law and entered judgment in favor of plaintiff. Defendant appealed.

The court found that Albert Schmidt, November 1, 1921, made a valid location of the Herschey lode mining claim in Evolution Mining District, Shoshone county. October 19, ’27, while the Herschey was still a valid and existing claim, Schmidt entered into an agreement with the Lincoln Mining Company, appellant,…