Show recent mining decisions prepared toy by andrews murdock Murdo cb barrien springs michigan where there is a conflict of eVi evidence deDee as to which one of two posts set is bhe one set by the locator of a mining claim to mark one of the corners one of which would exclude and one include the discovery on which the location was based and the work done by the locators and the official survey for a patent was based on the latter on information given by the locator who set the posts the testimony in favor of that as the true corner which sustains the survey and the validity of the location will be preferred credo mining and smelting smelling Sm elting co vs highland mining 11 and milling co 95 fed rep U S posts from five to seven inches in diameter firmly planted in the ground at the corners and ends of a mining claim and standing not less than five feet above ground are permanent monuments within the meaning of rev st 2324 requiring all records of such claims to contain such a description of the claim b by y reference to some natural object or permanent monument as will identify the claim and a recorded notice which in addition to a reference to such posts also gives the general direction and distance of the claim from a lake and a river is a sufficient compliance with the statute credo mining and smelt ing no co vs highland mining and milling co 95 fed rep U S THE REVIEW is informed that hon B K C lund and hon A W mccune have added to their holdings in the southern country by the purchase of the wild irish and amethyst lodes in pikes diggings in western iron county formerly owned by the hollinger bros robert francis and duncan mcdonald pikes diggings is but a short distance from St aleline and eagle valley districts in fact by some this promising camp is included in the southern portion of dateline stateline Stat tAt eline |