Ikola

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding damages and quieting title in respondent to the Contact unpatented mining claim located in a federal mining district in Sonoma County. The court quieted title in the appellants to the adjoining Mohawk claim, also an unpatented mining claim. The dispute between the parties concerns the location of the east boundary line of the Contact mine, which boundary forms the west boundary line of the Mohawk claim. The area in dispute involves tunnels, known as the Goff Tunnels, and an access road. The- trial court found that both the tunnels and access road were within the boundaries of the Contact mining claim and these were on respondent’s property.

Appellants contend (1) that the evidence was insufficient to support the finding that the disputed tunnels and access road are on the Contact claim and (2) that the trial court erred in finding no merit to the defense of the statute of limitations and that appellants had acquired title by adverse possession.

We have examined the record and find that there was substantial evidence to support the trial court’s determination that the tunnels and the access road were in the area west of the…