Show LATEST DECISIONS prepared for the mining review by westervelt thompson attorneys salt lake city mining claims overlapping locations A mineral discovery made on free public land and a claim located thereon vest in the locators all the free public land within its limits and every vein whose apex is found within such public land within the surface lines extended downward vertically whether the surface thus secured is all or only a part of the tract within the boundary lines of the claim crown point co vs buck 79 fed development work power of mining districts to regulate rev statutes section 2324 merely fixes the minimum amount of expenditure required to be done annually on mining claims leav fo for rt the heland land covered by the location peabody vs gold hill company 97 fed validity of patent area included in single patent A patent for a lode mining claim issued under the act of may 1872 is not restricted stricter ed to the surface ground which may be taken under a single location and the fact that a patent covers ground extending more than feet on either side of the lode or vein does not render it invalid on its face as to the excess ibid jurisdiction of federal courts suit suir to determine contest between mining claims A federal court has jurisdiction of a suit brought under revised statutes section 2326 to determine a a contest between mining claims where the alleged value of the property meets the statutory such a suit is ig of an equitable nature mcfadden vs mountain view company pa 97 federal ing to the states and mining districts to prescribe such further regulations and bequir ments within such limits as they may deem advisable and a mining district has power to make a regulation requiring a prescribed amount of work to be done within ninety days after a location is made and making the claim subject to relocation in default of such work notwithstanding the ninety dys days may expire before the first of january succeeding the day of location northmore vs simmons 79 fed jurisdiction of federal courts federal question A trespass upon a mining claim does not raise a federal question nor does a claim of right based upon a mere location of a mining claim as against a patent regularly issued by the land department under authority of law |