30 U.S.C. § 193 : US Code - Section 193: Disposition of deposits of coal, and so forth

Search 30 U.S.C. § 193 : US Code - Section 193: Disposition of deposits of coal, and so forth

The deposits of coal, phosphate, sodium, potassium, oil, oil
shale, and gas, herein referred to, in lands valuable for such
minerals, including lands and deposits in Lander, Wyoming, coal
entries numbered 18 to 49, inclusive, shall be subject to
disposition only in the form and manner provided in this chapter,
except as provided in sections 1716 and 1719 of title 43, and
except as to valid claims existent on February 25, 1920, and
thereafter maintained in compliance with the laws under which
initiated, which claims may be perfected under such laws, including
discovery.