Show CAN A DEPUTY LOCATE A dispatch from carson nevada says the right of a deputy mineral surveyor to locate and operate mining claims while holding a commission as deputy mineral surveyor from the government will soon be passed upon by the supreme court of nevada before which was argued yesterday the case of A W mccune and others vs john R cook the case came up gnap on appeal from lincoln county where it was tried before judge george brown who rendered a finding for the plaintiffs cook it seems became interested with mccune and others in a group of claims which they worked together finally they allowed their rights to lapse through failure to perform the assessment work and cook located the claims in his own name at the same time holding a commission as deputy mineral surveyor mccune and his associates made a location and then contested cooks right to enter the ground citing the ruling of the interior department in the matter their point was sustained in the fourth district court the property is located in lincoln county and is reputed to be worth many thousand dollars the ruling of the nevada supreme court will be received with much interest as the entries made by other deputy mineral surveyors are involved |