Hartman v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 3 state decisions

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1. ““The stain! p (loes not menlion any particular kind of mining purposes for which it shall be used: ami therefore, if used in good faith for any mining purpose at all, in connection with the quartz lode mining claim, such use would lie within the meaning of the statute. It is certainly not intended that it shall be used for such work as is done upon the mine itself; for the land must be nonmineral, and not adjacent to the mining claim. We cannot say. under this statute, wlia.t shall bo the extent of The use,—whether much or little,—or the particular character of ¡he use. The phrase ‘mining purposes’ is very comprehensive, and may include any reasonable use for mining purposes which the quartz lode mining claim may require for its proper working and development. This may be very little, or It may be a great deal. The locator of a quartz lode mining claim is required to do only a hundred dollars worth of work each year, until he obtains a. patent therefor. But if lie dot's only this amount, and uses the mill site in connection therewith, is not tills the use of the mill site for a mining purpose, in connection with the, mint'? Who shall prescribe wliat shall be the kind and extent of the use under this statute, so long as it is used in good faith, in connection with the mining claim, for a mining purpose?’'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Silver Peak Mines v. Valcalda