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Show LAW OF LOCATISQ A 2JISE. Montana Supreme Court Says the Frospec-tor Frospec-tor Must Have a Chance. Itni.KNA, Mont., Dee. 15. In a decision yesterday the Montana supreme, court expounded ex-pounded the law of locating a mine as follows: fol-lows: "If the miner finds that which is a lode or vein within the approved dcllnitions containing valuable mineral deposits, if it is a vein of that character and that w hich ho can foiiow. As indicated a mineral lode is his guide, his star; he may claim itand locate, it and hold it, without being required to show that, at the, time of tho location, it contained con-tained mineral deposits of suflicient value to justify work to extract them." The essence of the decision reads: "A prospector must not lind a paying uiine before he can locate his claim." |