Dimensions of lode claim--Determination of width by election
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Pete Lien & Sons, Inc. v. Zellmer (2015)
Most recently applied in Pete Lien & Sons, Inc. v. Zellmer (May 2015)
Source: PolC 1877, ch 31, §§ 1, 2; CL 1887, §§ 1997, 1998; SL 1899, ch 115, § 1; RPolC 1903, §§ 2532, 2533; RC 1919, §§ 8726, 8727; SDC 1939, § 42.0102; SL 2011, ch 165, § 171.
The length of any lode claim may equal but not exceed fifteen hundred feet along the vein or lode.
The width of a lode claim shall be three hundred feet on each side of the center of the vein or lode. However, any county may, at any general election, determine upon a width less than three hundred feet but not less than twenty-five feet on each side of the vein or lode.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.