Chapter
LOCATION AND WORKING OF MINING CLAIMS
- S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-1— Discovery of lode within limits of claim essential
- S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-2— Conditions precedent to filing of location certificate
- S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-3— Marking surface boundaries of claim
- S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-4— Location certificate--Recording of claim--Contents--Validity
- S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-5— Location certificate limited to single location
- S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-6— Dimensions of lode claim--Determination of width by election
- S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-7— Fee for recording and certification of location certificate--Certified copy
- S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-8— Additional location certificate--Relocation--Existing rights of others not affected--Claimant not precluded from proving title under previous location
- S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-9— Relocation of abandoned lode--Fixing of boundaries--Erection of new discovery monument--Contents of relocation certificate
- S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-10— Location certificate--Surface ground included and excluded
- S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-11— Longitudinal limits of claim
- S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-12— 45-4-12. Repealed by SL 1993, ch 330, § 1
- S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-13— Right to mine separate from right to surface--Security required of miner--Enforcement
- S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-14— Fencing of mining claim or mineral property for protection of livestock--Duties on abandonment--Liability for damages--Violation as misdemeanor
- S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-15— Actions involving mining claims--Proof of customs, usages, or regulations
- S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-16— Actions involving mining claims--Survey ordered by court
- S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-17— Order requiring survey of disputed claim--Designation of surveyor--Witnesses to examine property
- S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-18— Order requiring survey of disputed claim to be made in open court or upon notice--Agreement--Affidavits
- S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-19— Order for removal of obstacles in drifts or shafts
- S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-20— Association with another to obtain possession of a lode, gulch, or placer claim by force and violence, by threats of violence, or by stealth--Misdemeanor
- S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-21— Trials under § 45-4-20--Evidence sufficient for conviction
- S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-22— Writs of injunction to restore person to possession of mining property
- S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-23— Recording required--Affidavit of labor--Recording fee