30 U.S.C. § 182 : US Code - Section 182: Lands disposed of with reservation of deposits of coal, etc.

Search 30 U.S.C. § 182 : US Code - Section 182: Lands disposed of with reservation of deposits of coal, etc.

The provisions of this chapter shall also apply to all deposits
of coal, phosphate, sodium, oil, oil shale, gilsonite (including
all vein-type solid hydrocarbons), or gas in the lands of the
United States, which lands may have been or may be disposed of
under laws reserving to the United States such deposits, with the
right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same, subject to such
conditions as are or may hereafter be provided by such laws
reserving such deposits.