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Show APEX RIGHTSUPHELD B! SUPREME COURT WASHINGTON, June 10. The ripht of a hoklfT of a. silver claim to 'follow nick-(i nicely in opposite directions a w.u where the crosL or n4-s of the unticiuK' i is within (hat claim, wub (sustained iy i the supremo court today. The cjuesuon i Involved In this suit is important In wesi- j ern mining' operations. i The court derision proceedings were I brought by the Jim Butler Tonopah Mm- ini company to recover the value of ore i extractod from beneath the surface of i their claims by the West End Consoli- j dated Mining company, a Nevada corpora - i tion. In bringing the suit the Jim Butier i company denied an apex existed, but ion- i tended the vein was in the form of a : roll. The lower courts, in part, sustained this contention, but ruled that the crest of this roll constituted an apex, and mat the West Knd company bad the right 10 operate the vein in opposite directions on botli sides of that point. |