...ground, the saloonkeeper pointed to the provision in the 1872 law that granted locators of mining claims the "exclusive right of possession and enjoyment of all the surface included within ... their locations."39 The court properly observed that the question was whether this right of enjoyment...

...regulations not in conflict with the laws of the United States governing their possessory title, shall have the exclusive right of possession and enjoyment of...depth, the top or apex of which lies inside of such surface-lines extended downward vertically, although such veins, lodes, or ledges may so far depart...

...not in conflict therewith, governing mining-claims, are invested with the exclusive possessory right of all the surface included within the lines of their locations, and of all veins, lodes, or ledges throughout their entire depth, tlic top or apex of which lies inside of such surface-lines...

...US 286, 295 (1920); Best v. Humboldt Placer Mining Co., supra, 335. The mining claimant is granted the "exclusive right of possession and enjoyment of all the surface included" in the claim and the land "shall be subject to entry and patent" as in all other mining claims (30...

...they comply with the laws of the United States and local regulations consistent therewith, "shall have the exclusive right of possession and enjoyment of...surface lines extended downward vertically" although, below the apex, such veins, lodes or ledges may diverge beyond the side-line planes, but not where...

...provides in respect to vein, lode or ledge mines, prior to patent obtained, that fljgy * * * « shall have the exclusive right of possession and enjoyment of...surface included within the lines of their locations (the extent of which is particularly described)," and gives also the right, and provides the method...

...court further adjudged and decreed that the defendant is the owner, in possession, and entitled to the exclusive right of possession and enjoyment, of all the surface included within the boundary lines of the West Bullion lode location, as described in the cross-complaint and in defendant's...

...public lands and required a review of many existing withdrawals. The 1872 Mining Law gives the claimant "the exclusive right of possession and enjoyment of all the surface" included within the boundaries of the claim. The mining law provides for patent of lands "claimed and located for valuable...