16 U.S.C. § 482a : US Code - Section 482A: Mining rights in Prescott National Forest

Search 16 U.S.C. § 482a : US Code - Section 482A: Mining rights in Prescott National Forest

On and after January 19, 1933, mining locations made under the
United States mining laws upon lands within the municipal watershed
of the city of Prescott, within the Prescott National Forest in the
State of Arizona, specifically described as the west half southwest
quarter section 13; south half section 14; southeast quarter, and
east half southwest quarter section 15; east half, and south half
southwest quarter section 22; all of section 23; west half section
24; all of sections 26 and 27; north half north half section 34;
and north half north half section 35, township 13 north, range 2
west, Gila and Salt River Base and meridian, an area of three
thousand six hundred acres, more or less, shall confer on the
locator the right to occupy and use so much of the surface of the
land covered by the location as may be reasonably necessary to
carry on prospecting and mining, including the taking of mineral
deposits and timber required by or in the mining operations, and no
permit shall be required or charge made for such use or occupancy:
Provided, however, That the cutting and removal of timber, except
where clearing is necessary in connection with mining operations or
to provide space for buildings or structures used in connection
with mining operations, shall be conducted in accordance with the
rules for timber cutting on adjoining national-forest land, and no
use of the surface of the claim or the resources therefrom not
reasonably required for carrying on mining and prospecting shall be
allowed except under the national forest rules and regulations, nor
shall the locator prevent or obstruct other occupancy of the
surface or use of surface resources under authority of national-
forest regulations, or permits issued thereunder, if such
occupancy or use is not in conflict with mineral development.
On and after January 19, 1933, all patents issued under the
United States mining laws affecting lands within the municipal
watershed of the city of Prescott, within the Prescott National
Forest, in the State of Arizona, shall convey title to the mineral
deposits within the claim, together with the right to cut and
remove so much of the mature timber therefrom as may be needed in
extracting and removing the mineral deposits, if the timber is cut
under sound principles of forest management as defined by the
national-forest rules and regulations, but each patent shall
reserve to the United States all title in or to the surface of the
lands and products thereof, and no use of the surface of the claim
or the resources therefrom not reasonably required for carrying on
mining or prospecting shall be allowed except under the rules and
regulations of the Department of Agriculture.
Valid mining claims within the municipal watershed of the city of
Prescott, within the Prescott National Forest in the State of
Arizona, existing on January 19, 1933, and thereafter maintained in
compliance with the law under which they were initiated and the
laws of the State of Arizona, may be perfected under this section,
or under the laws under which they were initiated, as the claimant
may desire.