Sec. 3. Any such deed and cession shall reserve all mineral, coal, oil and gas rights, but not including sand, gravel, clay or other nonmetallic minerals, to the state of Michigan, together with the right to explore for, mine and remove such minerals from these lands, but no drilling, mining or mineral removal operation of any kind shall be conducted upon the surface of these lands or in the water area.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.453
Pictured Rocks national lakeshore; reservations and exceptions of mining and mineral rights
1967, Act 168, Imd
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