Title 30 — Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-73
§41 Intersecting or crossing veins
Title 30 › Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL › § 41
Summary
When veins cross, the earlier claim owns the minerals where they intersect. A later claim may still cross that spot to work its mine. If veins join, the earliest claim owns the vein below the joining point.
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Title 30, §41
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Where two or more veins intersect or cross each other, priority of title shall govern, and such prior location shall be entitled to all ore or mineral contained within the space of intersection; but the subsequent location shall have the right-of-way through the space of intersection for the purposes of the convenient working of the mine. And where two or more veins unite, the oldest or prior location shall take the vein below the point of union, including all the space of intersection.
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Editorial Notes
Codification R.S. § 2336 derived from act May 10, 1872, ch. 152, § 14, 17 Stat. 96.
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30 U.S.C. § 41
Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73