Ninemire v. Nelson

— This is an action brought to recover possession of an undivided one-half interest in a mining claim in Skamania county. From a judgment entered on a directed verdict in favor of plaintiffs, the defendants C. O. Nelson and R. F. Brown appeal.

In the summer of 1923 one J. J. Baxter discovered gold in the Nigger Head Mining District of Skamania county. He posted notice, blazed lines and set stakes to mark the boundaries. He then' filed his notice of location in the office of the county auditor, naming his discovery the Gold Dollar Claim. Thereafter he conveyed the whole thereof to the defendant…