The following excerpt is from Clouser v. Espy, 42 F.3d 1522 (9th Cir. 1994):
6 "A mining claimant has the right to possession of a claim only if he has made a mineral discovery on the claim." Lara v. Secretary of Interior, 820 F.2d 1535, 1537 (9th Cir.1987). A "discovery" is defined as having occurred in circumstances
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