Whitebird v. Eagle-Picher Company

DAUGHERTY, District Judge.

■R’TNTlT'NrrS OF FACT ANT) F^Frír?rar^raF aw CO CL S O S

^ This is an action by the various plaintiffs in the three consolidated cases to recover from the defendant additional royalties alleged to be due under certain mining leases. After trial before the Court the following findings of fact and conclusions of law are entered for the consolidated cases:

FINDINGS OF FACT

I

The lands in question are Indian lands allotted to members of the Quapaw Indian Tribe and are located in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, in a mining area known as the Tri-State Mining District, Two sets of…