Show RECENT MINING DECISIONS prepared for the alin mining ang review purchase of additional mining ground under act april 23 1880 laws 1880 p C US as amended by act march 9 1897 1891 laws 1897 P 96 c 92 prohibiting directors of a mining corporation from purchasing additional mining ground unless the bany any act ct is ratified by holders of two thirds of the stock etc the ratification of the stockholders of the mining corporation purchasing real estate is only required for the acquisition of additional mining ground and to raise t the he question of the validity of a purchase it must be shown that the land purchased was additional mining t ground greve vs echo oil company court of appeals california 96 pacific temporary suspension of work on claim where a gold placer mining claim has been duly located its boundaries marked so as to be readily traced and the locators had commenced sinking a shaft which was subsequently completed to bed rock resulting in the discovery of mineral therein a temporary suspension of the work for a few days for the purpose of procuring tools and necessary supplies for the prosecution of the work in good faith did not constitute a break in their actual possession which would entitle another to enter upon and relocate any portion thereof even though at the time of such entry the locators had not actually made a discovery of mineral hanson vs craig circuit court of appeals federal right to relocate excessive area of placer claim the fact that a placer mining claim as staked exceeds the legal limit of twenty acres renders it void only as to the excess and where the owner is in possession and working the same in good faith lie he has the right to elect what portion he will relinquish as the excess within a reasonable time after he discovers that his claim overruns and cannot be forced to surrender any particular part by the location thereon of an overlapping claim by another before he knows of such excess zimmerman vs funchion circuit court of appeals federal improvements on claims cutlery dishes groceries provisions eo and bed bede clothing lothing do not constitute an improvement pro Dro of a mining claim though candles included in the items and used at a tunnel on the claim may be credited as an expenditure frederick vs klauser supreme court ourt of oregon 96 pa pacific mining lease I 1 improvements mp rove m e ants A mining lease ase requiring the lessees lessels to pay taxes on ihl 6 improvements which were not to be re nove ovea until full royalty had been paid the sors being S given a first lien on all such prove ments and machinery to secure the royalty might and further provide prided ad that the lessee remove the building in machinery etc subject subi t to the conditions of the lease held that such machinery buildings etc were not fixtures and that the only interest of the lessons lessors lesso rs therein was a lien for unpaid U n paid royalty cherokee const co vs bishop p supreme court of arkansas southwestern ern |