Stephen Johnson Field

“ A location can only rest upon an actual discovery of the vein or lode.
The section also declares that no claim shall extend more than 300 feet on each side of the middle of the vein at the surface, nor shall any claim be limited by any mining regulation to less than 25 feet on each side of the middle of the vein at its surface, except as prevented by adverse rights existing on the 10th day of May, 1872, and that the end lines of each claim shall be parallel to each other. ”

“ The plaintiff and the defendant are owners, as tenants in common, of certain mining property in Silver Bow county, state of Montana, known as the 'Non-Consolidated Lode Mining Claim.' The plaintiff owns three-fourths of the claim, and the defendant one-fourth. ”

“ The description of the two claims can be understood only by reference to the diagram, as each line is given. A copy of the diagram is here produced, as without it the description will be unintelligible to the reader. ”