Show RECENT MINING DECISIONS mines location abandonment F effect of abandonment 1 1 abandonment of a mining claim is a matter of intention and takes place at once aup whenever a miner gives up his claim and leaves it without any intention of repos re pos it and regardless of what may become of it or who may appropriate it and in such case the property reverts to its original status as a part of the unoccupied public domain and becomes open to location to the first comer 2 the action of the owners of three fourths of a mining claim in granting permission to another to enter into po possession S ses si 0 11 thereof and locate another claim constitutes utes an abandonment of their part of the claim but does not deprive the owner of the remaining portion of his interest there in 3 where the owner of three fourths of a mining claim had abandoned the sario saide ind and authorized another to locate thereon a statement by the owner of the remaining fourth to one of the abandoning owners that he did not care to have anything to do with the claim constituted an abandonment by him of his interest in the claim and was a ratification of the act of his co owner in permitting another to locate a claim thereon 4 land in the possession of one who has made a valid discovery and location is not subject to location by another until after abandonment or forfeiture con et al v oberto colo 76 pac p placer mining claim conformity to gov survey I 1 under rev st U S sec 2329 2331 requiring placer claims to conform to the he lines of the public survey they are required to so conform only where it is reasonably practicable and otherwise it is sufficient if they conform as near as isrea is reasonably practical mitchell et al v hutchinson et al cal 76 pacific 55 mechanics liens when allowed IA I 1 A mechanics lien will not lie against a mining claim when small articles are bought in the ordinary course of business to replace parts of machinery which frequently wear out and which have to be replaced when such parts are attached to the machinery by the company buying them and especially when the evidence does not show that the parts bought were to be used in any particular mill or any particular mine ripley et al v cochiti gold min co et al N M 76 pac |