Title 30 — Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-73
§274 Lands containing coal or other minerals
Title 30 › Chapter CHAPTER 3A— - LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VIII— - SULPHUR › § 274
Summary
The Secretary may allow permits or leases to take sulfur from public lands that also have coal or other minerals. The United States keeps those other deposits and will dispose of them under the law.
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Title 30, §274
Mineral Lands and Mining — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Prospecting permits or leases may be issued in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior under the provisions of this subchapter for deposits of sulphur in public lands also containing coal or other minerals on condition that such other deposits be reserved to the United States for disposal under applicable laws.
Legislative History
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was not enacted as part of act Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, 41 Stat. 437, known as the Mineral Leasing Act, which comprises this chapter.
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30 U.S.C. § 274
Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73