30 U.S.C. § 27 : US Code - Section 27: Mining tunnels; right to possession of veins on line with; abandonment of right
Search 30 U.S.C. § 27 : US Code - Section 27: Mining tunnels; right to possession of veins on line with; abandonment of right
Where a tunnel is run for the development of a vein or lode, or
for the discovery of mines, the owners of such tunnel shall have
the right of possession of all veins or lodes within three thousand
feet from the face of such tunnel on the line thereof, not
previously known to exist, discovered in such tunnel, to the same
extent as if discovered from the surface; and locations on the line
of such tunnel of veins or lodes not appearing on the surface, made
by other parties after the commencement of the tunnel, and while
the same is being prosecuted with reasonable diligence, shall be
invalid; but failure to prosecute the work on the tunnel for six
months shall be considered as an abandonment of the right to all
undiscovered veins on the line of such tunnel.
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