Mining claim
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A parcel of land, containing precious metal in its soil or rock, and appropriated by an individual, according to established rules, by the process of "location."
St. Louis Smelting & Refining Co. v. Kemp, 104 U. S. 649, 26 L. Ed. 875; Northern Pac. R. Co. v. Sanders, 49 Fed. 135, 1 C. C. A. 192; Glee-son v. Mining Co., 13 Nev. 470; Lockhard v. Asher Lumber Co.. (C. C.) 123 Fed. 493.