Young v. Papst

This is an action in ejectment to determine the title and the right to possession of eight placer mining claims situated in the Briggs creek unorganized mining district in Josephine county, on unappropriated but surveyed government land. Prom a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, the answering defendants appeal.

It is alleged in the amended complaint that the plaintiff, on May 1, 1931, made a discovery of gold-bearing gravel on each of the 20-acre claims involved in this controversy; that, on May 6, 1931, he posted notices on each of these claims declaring his intention to hold and work said…