Show VERTICAL LAW NEEDED A sentiment so widespread In the west est that It may almost be said to be universal exists In favor of the vertical Saw An w for mining claims Before Be re he ho was as asE E tIred from the senate former United States tates Kearns introduced a bill bUl having haying kor or its Us object the institution of the ver vertical er Ical law It failed to pass Other ef er efforts torts forts kor s have been made from time to o time to place the law on m the thc statute books but failures have resulted The reason keason assigned Is 15 that the th apex law lawI II I baa produced some profitable for the lawyers litigation and tho the lawyers of at athe the he senate do not want to cut off oft a of at revenue i iThe IThe The truth is 18 that the tho law of or apex has as been productive of more litigation under tinder it more men have been robbed of ot their rights than the observer could possibly imagine f By the pro provisions provIsIons provisions visions of this law the th owner of or a 0 claim in which a aein eln apexes may fol follow follow low ow that vein to the e ends ds of the earth provided if i our recollection serves us correctly it passes 1 out the side sidelines sidelines lines of the claim The r sult has hus been bean that the individual or the company with the biggest bank account has al almost almost almost most invarIably been able to win the lawsuits For it is not hard to con convince convince vince the export expert who Is working for a afat afat afat fat leo fee fe that th t a It vein eln apexes in his em employers employers employers ground ground The law of apex makes a government patent practically valueless A man may nay stake out a claim and after ex extending expendIng tending pendIng money and time in developing h it t discover valuable ore The of a rich corporation comes along and locates a claim alongside the tho thene thome theno ne no that has hns demonstrated Its value corporation does docs a little work then sets ets up the theory that the apex of ot the Original vein is in its ground and the ther fellow ellow being unable to stand the heavy costs of litigation is forced to a n compromise compromiso or loses lose his claim en The theory lawand Its workings are most unjust Under the vertical law the miner would be entitled to everything he round underground within the bound boundary airy ary ry lines of his claim He would have too io o more and no less If the vein passed but ut under one of his lines he would lose Jt it 1 t But nobody could take away way a from ilm lIm that which he had by b right of ot dis overy and by every other othor Just and I right This law Is In effect In the tho British possessions and It is said that hat there has hns never been bean suit f Importance in them Under the British law taw a n patent Is worth some something something thing It Is what the American patent only purports to be a government guarantee that the patentee paten toe shall nev never never er c r be disturbed In the ownership of or a specified ed piece of ot ground It has hns been urged in objection to the law that it works a hardship on those who ho often orten at great expense L penso explore ground gr und and nd find valuable minerals Such Buch persons It is contended should have the tho right to t exhaust that particular particular particular ular vein regardless of O its dip or trend The theory Is I 1 not sound be because because because cause the original discoverer having the first knowledge Is In a position to buy or secure by purchase the adjoin adjoining adjoining adjoining ing territory The vertical law is fair faIrs fairand and cind just and it should be tie placed on the federal ks WL PJ JL |