More than that, I'll bet there's not one mining claim out of fifty that we can't 'adverse' in the courts and take away from its dinky locater.

These fellows don't work assessments.

They never complete legal title to a claim.

There never was a mine in the Rocky Mountains that was located and proved up on without a fight, if it was worth fighting for.

Bah! we just walk in and see what we want, and take it, that's all." "Well," said Ellsworth, "it's the best-looking deal I've seen for a long while, that's sure, and I don't see how it's been covered up so long.