Show RECENT MINING DECISIONS pu public lands location oil lands quiet title prepared for the mining review by hig gins and senior enior attorneys I 1 where plaintiff located 80 acres of public oil land and made a discovery thereon and subsequently located acres esl which included the 80 acres first located and an 80 acre tract adjoining then in the possession of another plaintiffs priar discovery on the first 80 acres was una unavailable e for the purpose of perfecting a consolidated claim to the acre tract 2 the discovery of oil in public land located as a placer oil mining claim after the posting of notice and the marking of the is available for the purpose of perfecting the locators claim thereto in the absence of intervening rights of third persons 3 where a lessee of a placer oil mining location oca tion was in possession and was ac actively employed and expending z money for the purpose of sinking an cil well and discovering oil on the claim the rights of such lessee could not be for forfeited forleiter L leite d to third persons dur ing tiie progress of such work who attempted to relocate re locate the land on the ground that the original locator or such lessee had not actually discovered oil in the land prior to such location 4 where pubic land was located as a placer oil mining claim th the e rights of the locator were subsequent to conveyances or lease either before or after discovery 5 in an action to quiet title to a placer oil mining location as against persons claiming a prior right thereto plaintiff must recover if at all i on the strength of his own title weed et al vs snook et al cal 77 pac 1023 |