assessment work
assessment work. Mining law. The annual labor (such as improvements) that must be performed on an unpatented mining claim to continue to hold the claim. [Cases: Mines and Minerals 23. C.J.S. Mines and Minerals §§ 84, 96.]
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side lines
side lines. 1. The margins of something, such as property. 2. A different type of business or goods than one principally engages in or sells. 3. Mining law. The boundary lines of a mining claim not crossing the vein running on each side of it. — Also written sidelines. Cf. END LINES. [Cases: Mines and
locator
locator (loh-kay-t[schwa]r), n. [Latin] 1. Roman law. (usu. ital.) One who lets out property or services for reward, or who contracts to have another person (the conductor) perform work for reward; a lessor or landlord. See CONDUCTOR(2). locator operarum, n. One who offers one’s labor for hire, esp. as a day laboror. locator operas faciendi,
relocation
relocation. 1. Removal and establishment of someone or something in a new place. 2. Mining law. Appropriation of a new tract of land for a mining claim, as by an owner who wishes to change the boundaries of the original tract or by a stranger who wishes to claim an abandoned or forfeited tract. [Cases:
discovery vein
The primary vein for the purpose of locating a mining claim. [Cases: Mines and Minerals 16, 30–33. C.J.S. Mines and Minerals §§ 13, 38–40, 69–83.]
notice of location
notice of location 〈美〉矿藏勘定通知 根据大多数州的采矿法〔mining law〕，采矿者应在其打算框定的开采地上张贴一项通知，说明采矿者的姓名、开采地的名称以及框定日期。 (→location; mining claim)
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mill site
mill site. 1. A small tract of land on or contiguous to a watercourse, suitable for the erection and operation of a mill. [Cases: Manufactures 2.] 2. Mining law. A small parcel of nonmineral public land (not exceeding five acres) claimed and occupied by an owner of a mining claim because the extra space is
vein
vein, n. Mining law. A continuous body of mineral or mineralized rock, filling a seam or fissure in the earth’s crust, within defined boundaries that clearly separate it from surrounding rock. discovery vein. The primary vein for the purpose of locating a mining claim. [Cases: Mines and Minerals 16, 30–33. C.J.S. Mines and Minerals §§
marketability test
marketability test. Mining law. The principle that, for someone to obtain a patent on a mining claim on federal land, there must be a showing that a reasonably prudent person could extract and market the claimed mineral at a profit, and that at the time of discovery, a large enough market for the mineral existed
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logical relationship standard
Civil procedure. A test applied to determine whether a defendant’s counterclaim is compulsory, by examining whether both claims are based on the same operative facts or whether those facts activate additional rights, otherwise dormant, for the defendant. • One of the most important factors considered is whether hearing the claims together would promote judicial economy
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