 It has, therefore, been repeatedly held that mining claims are property in the fullest sense of the word, and may be sold, transferred, mortgaged, and inherited without infringing the title of the United States, and that when a location is perfected it...  Mineral Exploration and Development Act of 1991: Hearing Before the ... - Page 683by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Mining and Natural Resources - 1992Full view - About this book
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1906 - 712 pages
...inherited without infringing the title of the United States, and that when a location is perfected it has the effect of a grant by the United States of the right of present and exclusive possession." Applying these authorities to the question at issue, admitting the title was in the United States,... | |
 | United States. Court of Claims - 1919 - 740 pages
...placer mining claim which has 'been perfected in accordance witl) law is property. When so perfected it has the effect of a grant by the United States of the right of present and exclusive possession, and If taken by the United States just compensation must be made therefor under the Constitution. North... | |
 | 1886 - 546 pages
...lands, made and kept up in accordance with the provisions of the statutes of the United States, hag the effect of a grant by the United States of the right of present and exclusive possession of the lands located. If when one enters on land to make a location, there is another location in full... | |
 | 1902 - 988 pages
...purchase this court, in Manuel v. Wulff, • left no doubt. It was said that when a*Ioeation is perfected ~ r O G k " Jx L 9j%\ ߜה l ` Il I 66H $ </e% 0 d i _I' s S Nʵ n bu Forbes v. Oracey, 94 US 762, 24 L. ed. 313; Belk v. Ueagher, 104 US 279, 26 L. ed. 735; Gwillim v.... | |
 | Robert Stewart Morrison - 1883 - 768 pages
...the act of Congress. A location to be effectual must be good at the time it is made. When perfected it has the effect of a grant by the United States of the right of present and exclusive possession. As the proceeding to locate is one in which the United States is not directly an actor, but is carried... | |
 | 1884 - 948 pages
...pre-emption entry. * * * A location, to be effectual, must be good at the time it is made. When perfected it has the effect of a grant by the United States of the right of present and exclusive possession." In Belk v. Meagher, 3 Mont. 65, the supreme court of this territory, by WADE, CJ,says: "By the terms... | |
 | 1884 - 938 pages
...refusal of the court below to receive the evidence offered. A location of a mining claim, when perfected, has the effect of a grant by the United States of the right of present and exclusive possession and enjoyment of all the surface included within the lines of the location. These lines must be distinctly... | |
 | 1884 - 980 pages
...the court below to receive the evidence offered. A location of a mining claim, when perfected, lias the effect of a grant by the United States of the right of present and exclusive possession and enjoyment of all the surface included within the lines of the location. These lines must be distinctly... | |
 | 1911 - 1168 pages
...Cong. July 26, ISC«, c. 262, 14 Stat. 251, providing for thé locution of such claims, is in effect a grant by the United States of the right of present and exclusive possession of the land located. [Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Mines and Minerals, Cent. Dig. §§ 66-72;... | |
 | 1885 - 1000 pages
...the act of congress. A location to be effectual must be good at the time it is made. When perfected, it has the effect of a grant by the United States of the right of present and exclusive possession.' If, then , the location of a mining claim has the effect of a grant by the United States to the locator... | |
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