Mining location

The act of appropriating a mining claim upon the public domain, according to established law and rules. See 15 Colo. 201, 22 Am. St. Rep. 388, 24 Pac. 1076.

The act of appropriating and claiming, according to certain established rules and local customs, a parcel of land of defined area, upon or in which one or more of the precious metals or their ores have been discovered, and which constitutes a portion of the public domain, with the declared intention to occupy and work it for mining purposes.under the implied license of the United States. Also the parcel of land so occupied and appropriated. See Poire v. Wells, 6 Colo. 4l2; St. Louis Smelting & Refining Co. v. Kemp, 104 U. S. 649, 26 L. Ed. 875 ; Golden Fleece, etc., Min. Co. v. Cable, etc., Min. Co., 12 Nev. 328; Gleeson v. Marlin White Min. Co., 13 Nev. 456; Walrath v. Champion Min. Co. (C. Ct) 63 Fed. 556.

Defined under Mining in Black's Law Dictionary.