30 U.S.C. § 54 : US Code - Section 54: Liability for damages to stock raising and homestead entries by mining activities

Search 30 U.S.C. § 54 : US Code - Section 54: Liability for damages to stock raising and homestead entries by mining activities

Notwithstanding the provisions of any Act of Congress to the
contrary, any person who on and after June 21, 1949 prospects for,
mines, or removes by strip or open pit mining methods, any minerals
from any land included in a stock raising or other homestead entry
or patent, and who had been liable under such an existing Act only
for damages caused thereby to the crops or improvements of the
entryman or patentee, shall also be liable for any damage that may
be caused to the value of the land for grazing by such prospecting
for, mining, or removal of minerals. Nothing in this section shall
be considered to impair any vested right in existence on June 21,
1949.