GOLD DUST MINES v. LITTLE SQUAW GOLD MIN.

Nos. S-13530, S-13909.

299 P.3d 148 (2012)

GOLD DUST MINES, INC., Delmer M. Ackels, and Gail Ackels, Appellants, v. LITTLE SQUAW GOLD MINING COMPANY, Appellee. Gold Dust Mines, Inc., Delmer M. Ackels, and Gail Ackels, Appellants, v. Little Squaw Gold Mining Company, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied April 30, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Wickwire , Fairbanks, for Appellants.

Aisha Tinker Bray , Guess & Rudd P.C., Fairbanks, for Appellee.

Before: CARPENETI, Chief Justice, FABE, WINFREE, and STOWERS, Justices.


OPINION

CARPENETI, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Two mining companies entered a ten-year mining lease. The lessee was responsible for mining and prospecting claims owned by the lessor and its president. The companies entered a holdover tenancy after the expiration of the lease. During this time, an officer of the lessee company staked mining claims that overlapped with the claims his company had mined under the ten-year lease. In his own...

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