Chapter 2 · MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

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Section 21Mineral lands reserved
Section 21aNational mining and minerals policy; minerals defined; execution of policy under other authorized programs
Section 22Lands open to purchase by citizens
Section 23Length of claims on veins or lodes
Section 24Proof of citizenship
Section 25Affidavit of citizenship
Section 26Locators rights of possession and enjoyment
Section 27Mining tunnels; right to possession of veins on line with; abandonment of right
Section 28Mining district regulations by miners: location, recordation, and amount of work; marking of location on ground; records; annual labor or improvements on claims pending issue of patent; co-owners succession in interest upon delinquency in cont
Section 28Inclusion of certain surveys in labor requirements of mining claims; conditions and restrictions
Section 28Definitions
Section 28aOmitted
Section 28bAnnual assessment work on mining claims; temporary deferment; conditions
Section 28cLength and termination of deferment
Section 28dPerformance of deferred work
Section 28eRecordation of deferment
Section 28fFee
Section 28gLocation fee
Section 28hCo-ownership
Section 28iFailure to pay
Section 28jOther requirements
Section 28kRegulations
Section 28lCollection of mining law administration fees
Section 29Patents; procurement procedure; filing: application under oath, plat and field notes, notices, and affidavits; posting plat and notice on claim; publication and posting notice in office; certificate; adverse claims; payment per acre; objection
Section 30Adverse claims; oath of claimants; requisites; waiver; stay of land office proceedings; judicial determination of right of possession; successful claimants filing of judgment roll, certificate of labor, and description of claim in land office,
Section 31Oath: agent or attorney in fact, beyond district of claim
Section 32Findings by jury; costs
Section 33Existing rights
Section 34Description of vein claims on surveyed and unsurveyed lands; monuments on ground to govern conflicting calls
Section 35Placer claims; entry and proceedings for patent under provisions applicable to vein or lode claims; conforming entry to legal subdivisions and surveys; limitation of claims; homestead entry of segregated agricultural land
Section 36Subdivisions of 10-acre tracts; maximum of placer locations; homestead claims of agricultural lands; sale of improvements
Section 37Proceedings for patent where boundaries contain vein or lode; application; statement including vein or lode; issuance of patent: acreage payments for vein or lode and placer claim; costs of proceedings; knowledge affecting construction of appl
Section 38Evidence of possession and work to establish right to patent
Section 39Surveyors of mining claims
Section 40Verification of affidavits
Section 41Intersecting or crossing veins
Section 42Patents for nonmineral lands: application, survey, notice, acreage limitation, payment
Section 43Conditions of sale by local legislature
Section 4444, 45. Omitted
Section 46Additional land districts and officers
Section 47Impairment of rights or interests in certain mining property
Section 48Lands in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota; sale and disposal as public lands
Section 49Lands in Missouri and Kansas; disposal as agricultural lands
Section 49aMining laws of United States extended to Alaska; exploration and mining for precious metals; regulations; conflict of laws; permits; dumping tailings; pumping from sea; reservation of roadway; title to land below line of high tide or high-wat
Section 49bMining laws relating to placer claims extended to Alaska
Section 49cRecording notices of location of Alaskan mining claims
Section 49dMiners regulations for recording notices in Alaska; certain records legalized
Section 49eAnnual labor or improvements on Alaskan mining claims; affidavits; burden of proof; forfeitures; location anew of claims; perjury
Section 49fFees of recorders in Alaska for filing proofs of work and improvements
Section 50Grants to States or corporations not to include mineral lands
Section 51Water users vested and accrued rights; enumeration of uses; protection of interest; rights-of-way for canals and ditches; liability for injury or damage to settlers possession
Section 52Patents or homesteads subject to vested and accrued water rights
Section 53Possessory actions for recovery of mining titles or for damages to such title
Section 54Liability for damages to stock raising and homestead entries by mining activities