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In mining law. The examination and investigation of land supposedto contain valuable minerals, by drilling, boring, sinking shafts, driving tunnels, andother means, for the purpose of discovering the presence of ore and its extent. ColvinWeimer, 64 Minn. 37, 65 N. W. 1079.

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