Halsey v. Darling

In January, 1882, appellant, being the half owner of the Stonewall mine in Chaffee county, entered into a contract with appellee and other miners whereby the latter undertook the sinking, timbering, running the engine, getting out wood, timbers, and all other work pertaining to the development of said mine in sinking the same one hundred feet below its then present depth, unless paying mineral should be sooner reached. The consideration for such work was to be at the rate of $4 for each workman per day, but the miners were to rely solely on taking paying mineral out of the mine sufficient to…