A person who in good faith and in the usual course of business and without notice, as provided in this chapter, purchases and obtains delivery of ore from a person in possession of the mines or mining claim from which the ore has been mined or extracted, shall be considered the owner of the ore except as provided in this chapter; and the purchaser is not liable to, or subject to an action at law or in equity, for the recovery of the ore or the value of it by a person who is later adjudged to be the owner of the mine, or mining claim.