Silver Syndicate, Inc. v. Sunshine Mining Co.

SHEPARD, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff-respondent Silver Syndicate in an action by it seeking a declaratory judgment as to the interpretation of certain contracts entered into in the 1940’s, and further for a decree quieting title to certain underground ores and/or the profits resulting from the mining of said ores. We affirm.

Sunshine Mining Company owns a group of mining claims located in the westerly end of what is known as the Silver Belt in Shoshone County, Idaho. Sunshine is one of the largest producers of silver and antimony in the United States and…