The relocation of a forfeited or abandoned quartz or lode claim shall only be made by sinking a new discovery shaft, or in lieu thereof performing at least an equal amount of development work within the borders of the claim, and fixing new boundaries in the same manner and to the same extent as is required in making a new location, or the relocator may sink the original discovery shaft ten feet deeper than it was at the date of commencement of such relocation, and shall erect new, or make the old monuments the same as originally required; in either case a new location monument shall be erected.
RCW 78.08.090
Relocating abandoned claim.
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 74 Wash. App. 73 - Applied Industrial Materials Corp. v. Melton (1994)
Most recently applied in 74 Wash. App. 73 - Applied Industrial Materials Corp. v. Melton (May 1994)
1949 c 12 s 2; 1899 c 45 s 8; RRS s 8629.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.