33 U.S.C. § 671 : US Code - Section 671: Petition for common dumping ground, etc.

Search 33 U.S.C. § 671 : US Code - Section 671: Petition for common dumping ground, etc.

The owners of several mining claims situated so as to require a
common dumping ground or dam or other restraining works for the
debris issuing therefrom in one or more sites may file a joint
petition setting forth such facts in addition to the requirements
of section 669 of this title; and where the owner of a hydraulic
mine or owners of several such mines have and use common dumping
sites for impounding debris or as settling reservoirs, which sites
are located below the mine of an applicant not entitled to use
same, such fact shall also be stated in said petition. Thereupon
the same proceedings shall be had as provided for herein.