Armstrong v. Lower’s Empirical Analysis

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1 district · 8 state decisions

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1. ““Under the Federal and State statutes, two kinds of possession of mining ground are recognized: First, where the miner, by virtue of work and improvements upon a tract of mineral land and occupancy thereof, holds the same independent of location statutes against one having no better right; .secondly, where, after discovering a vein, the miner undertakes to avail himself of the benefits of the location statutes. The law gives him possession of his entire claim as marked ¡upon the surface for the period of ninety days from the date of discovery, provided he post his discovery notice and, within sixty days next after such date, sink his discovery shaft. Having perfected his location by a full compliance with the requirements of the statutes, his possession of the entire claim remains until he does or omits to do something which, in law, amounts to an abandonment thereof. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sanders v. Noble