Mr. Justice FIELD delivered the opinion of the court. By the custom which has obtained among miners in the Pacific States and Territories, where mining for the precious metals is" had on the public lands of the United States, the first appropriator of mines, whether in placers, veins, or lodes, or of waters in the streams on such lands for mining purposes, is…
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