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Show II IMPORTANT RULING ' ' ON LOCATION RIGHTS 1 The Federal Court of Appeals at San 1 , u Francisco has handed down a decision af- 1 1 firming the decision of the lower court In , ' favor of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan 1 Mining company vs. the Last Clianco Mi- I ' 1 i"U; company, says the X.cad and Zinc Jsews. This suit, which has been drawn ' ! through tho courts for many months, was K 1 j, L,??u.B,At.,by. 2 P'a'ntJfTs in an effort to t ?r ,e.v.lll? l1 th0t,.f.lm ,ateral extensions j f f the Bunker Hill vein Into tho Last I , I 1 ' Chance property at Ward nor, Ida, The I y latter gompany claimed that the' Hunker 1 , I , company clatmcd that Its eldo lines K. I' i should bp construed as Us end lines, und 11 v i c aimed the right to mine ore on the din 'Hi ; ,,f vdn within the Plane of the sld? I ! f lines extonded. Thi claim was contested , ('l the ground that tie conjlrmallon of ,1 Buch a claim vould glvo the Bunker Hill 1 v ' f ,rlehto.nilinoJthe,vIn n the strike , ' 1 U ?f the vein Instead of tho dip, and that A, It tho Bunker Hill continued to mlno ' ,1 1 within tho piano of Ita side lines, it would ii t i eventually como to the ourfaee. This rul- '? ., I lng of tho Court of Appeals iwtabllshcs a ) t'i precedent In determining tho rights ot hi, I mine locators In similar cases and Is of ' . 1 1 ' much Interest to the mining Interests of f 'j tho country. |