United States v. Mulligan

SOLOMON, Chief Judge.

This case involves two placer mining claims of 160 acres each, both of which are located in the Siskiyou National Forest in the State of Oregon. The defendants, or their predecessors in interest, filed mining claims, entered these lands, and made certain improvements. Defendant Mulligan cut and removed a large quantity of timber which he sold to various lumber mills. He also cut, but did not remove, a substantial number of trees.

Defendant Mulligan alleges that he has discovered valuable deposits of nickel, iron and asbestos, that his mining claims are therefore valid, and…