The state and all persons claiming under it shall have the right to enter upon such lands and to prospect for, mine, sell, and remove such coal, ores, asphaltum, metals, minerals, and other metallic and mineral products and for such purpose to construct all necessary roads, buildings, and improvements thereon, including machinery for mining or removing such coal, ores, asphaltum, metals, minerals, and other metallic and mineral products in such lands.
S.D. Codified Laws § 5-7-4
Right of entry to prospect for and remove minerals
Source: SL 1919, ch 305, § 1; SL 1931, ch 203, § 13; SDC 1939, § 15.0501.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.