Jackson v. Roby
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. •This was a suit under § 2326 of the Revised Statutes to determine adverse claims to lands in Colorado with mineral deposits. The facts, and the relations of the parties, are fully set forth in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
Previous to the legislation of Congress in 1866, mining claims upon the public lands of the United States were held under rules framed b3r miners themselves in different localities. These rules prescribed the extent of ground which miners could severally appropriate for mining, and the conditions upon which such ground could be acquired and held. They bore a general similarity in different districts, varying only .according to the extent and character of the mines. They all agreed in one particular, in recognizing discovery and appropriation as the source of title, and development by -working…
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