HAYES v. ALASKA JUNEAU FOREST INDUSTRIES

No. S-1834.

748 P.2d 332 (1988)

Michael HAYES, Howard Hayes, and Taku Mining Company, Appellants, v. ALASKA JUNEAU FOREST INDUSTRIES, INC.; Charles Schneider and Rudy Belardi, members in joint venture, d/b/a Taku Mining Company, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied January 28, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Sandberg, Camarot, Sandberg & Smith, Anchorage, for appellants.

James N. Reeves and Blythe W. Marston, Bogle & Gates, Anchorage, for appellees.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON, and MOORE, JJ.


OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

The question presented in this case is whether the State of Alaska or the appellee, Alaska Juneau Forest Industries, Inc., owns the minerals contained in the tailings which cover certain tidal and submerged lands known as Alaska Tidal Survey No. 201 (the property). We hold that the minerals are owned by the state.

This is the second case involving this property. In State v. A.J. Industries, 397 P...

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