Renshaw v. Switzer

"Wade, C. J.

This is an action in the nature of ejectment to recover the possession of the Burner lode mining claim, situate in the Summit Yalley mining district, Silver Bow county. There was a motion for a nonsuit upon the ground that the plaintiff had failed to prove that any work had been performed on the Burner lode claim after its location, which motion was overruled, and this action of the court is one of the errors complained of.

We have many times decided that the valid location of a mining claim is a grant from the government to the person making the location, of the claim located, and…