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Title 30 — Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-73

§123 Persons locating lands subsequently withdrawn or classified; patents to

Title 30 › Chapter CHAPTER 3— - LANDS CONTAINING COAL, OIL, GAS, SALTS, ASPHALTIC MATERIALS, SODIUM, SULPHUR, AND BUILDING STONE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - AGRICULTURAL ENTRY OF LANDS WITHDRAWN OR CLASSIFIED AS CONTAINING PHOSPHATE, NITRATE, POTASH, OIL, GAS, ASPHALTIC MINERALS, SODIUM, OR SULPHUR › § 123

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Anyone who, in good faith, claimed land under U.S. nonmineral land laws, before or after July 17, 1914, that later is shown valuable for certain minerals (phosphate, nitrate, potash, oil, gas, asphaltic) may, after proving they followed the law, get a patent that reserves those deposits and the U.S. right to prospect, mine, and remove them.

Full Legal Text

Title 30, §123

Mineral Lands and Mining — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Any person who has, in good faith, located, selected, entered, or purchased, or any person who shall locate, select, enter, or purchase, after July 17, 1914, under the nonmineral land laws of the United States, any lands which are subsequently withdrawn, classified, or reported as being valuable for phosphate, nitrate, potash, oil, gas, or asphaltic minerals, may, upon application therefor, and making satisfactory proof of compliance with the laws under which such lands are claimed, receive a patent therefor, which patent shall contain a reservation to the United States of all deposits on account of which the lands were withdrawn, classified, or reported as being valuable, together with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

North Platte Reclamation Project; Entry Prior to July 17, 1914; Mineral RightsPatents for lands in North Platte Reclamation Proj­ect not to contain reservations of minerals in certain cases, see section 125 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

30 U.S.C. § 123

Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73