...as 1B94, the Department had expressed the view • . that a 'discovery exists [w]heie minerals have been found and the evidence is of such a character...would be justified in the further expenditure of his labor and means,' with the reasonable prospect of success, in developing a valuable mine, fthe requirements...

...(1894), and adhered to in innumerable decisions since that time is that : * * * where minerals have been found and the evidence is of such a character...prudence would be justified in the further expenditure of hig labor and means, with a reasonable prospect of success in developing a valuable mine, the requirements...

...test, as originally stated in Castle v. Womble, supra, is : * * * where minerals have been found find the evidence is of such a character that a person...would be justified in the further expenditure of his labor and means, with a reasonable prospect of success, in developing a valuable mine, the requirements...

...requisite to the validity of a mining claim. The discovery need not be of commercial ore but should be of such a character that a person of ordinary prudence...would be justified in the further expenditure of his labor and means, with a reasonable prospect of success, in developing a valuable mine. A complete "exploration"...

...establishment of a valid location. A discovery is generally defined as a place "* * * where minerals have been found and the evidence is of such a character that a person of ordinary prudence would be justitied in the further expenditure of his labor and means, with a reasonable prospect of success...

...of the known mineral deposits on these claims are of such quality and are present in such quantity that a person of ordinary prudence would be justified in the further expenditure of his time and means in an effort to develop a paying mine. Monolith contends that geologic inferences based upon...

...discovery, the Department must find that there has not been found a valuable mineral deposit of such character that a person of ordinary prudence would be justified in the further expenditure of his labor and means with the reasonable prospect of success in developing a valuable mine. But if the Department...

..."prudent-man test" under which discovery of a "valuable mineral deposit" requires proof of a deposit of such character that "a person of ordinary prudence would be justified in the further expenditure of his labor and means, with a reasonable prospect of success, in developing a valuable mine." Castle v. Womble,...

...examination and mineral report must confirm that minerals have been found and the evidence is of such character that a person of ordinary prudence would be justified in the further expenditure of her or his labor and means with a reasonable prospect of success in developing a valuable mine. Saleable...

...by the Supreme Court in Chrisman v. Miller (197 US, 322), the Department held : Where minerals have been found and the evidence is of such a character that a person of ordinary prndence would be justified in the further expenditure of his labor and means, with a reasonable prospect...