Harvey v. Havener

MR. JUSTICE CASTLES:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the- district court of Blaine County, in which judgment the court adjudged that the defendants had a valid mining claim in their Mitch No. 33 superior to the plaintiffs’ Ajax and War Bonnet claims.

The mining claims involved are all located in the east half of Section 21, Township 33 north, Range 22 east in Blaine County. Both parties located placer claims, for bentonite. The location of the claims with reference to each other are best described by two plats of the half section as follows:

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