In no case shall the workings of a coal mine be driven nearer than 50 feet to the boundary line of the coal rights pertaining to the mine, except for the purpose of establishing connecting workings between properties owned by the same person or an underground communication between contiguous mines as provided for elsewhere in rules adopted by the department.
Mont. Code Ann. § 50-73-210
Restrictions as to boundary lines
Known as the Montana Coal Mining Code
The act spans §§ 50-73-101 to 50-73-418 (43 sections).
En. 50-434.1 by Sec. 16, Ch. 267, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 50-434.1; amd
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