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§49b Mining laws relating to placer claims extended to Alaska

Title 30 › Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL › § 49b

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Apply U.S. placer-mining rules that were in force before May 4, 1934 to Alaska, without changing rights already held by those who located or owned claims under August 1, 1912 and March 3, 1925.

Full Legal Text

Title 30, §49b

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The general mining laws of the United States so far as they are applicable to placer-mining claims, as prior to May 4, 1934, extended to the Territory of Alaska, are declared to be in full force and effect in said Territory: Provided, That nothing herein shall be held to change or affect the rights acquired by locators or owners of placer-mining claims prior to May 4, 1934, located in said Territory under act August 1, 1912 (37 Stat. 242, 243) and amendatory act March 3, 1925 (43 Stat. 1118).

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

Act
August 1, 1912 (37 Stat. 242, 243) and amenda­tory act
March 3, 1925 (43 Stat. 1118), referred to in text, were repealed by section 1 of act
May 4, 1934. See sections 35 to 37 and 49b of this title. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 119 and 381a of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Act
May 4, 1934, ch. 211, § 3, 48 Stat. 663, provided that: “This Act [enacting this section] shall take effect thirty days subsequent to the date of convening of the first regular session of the Alaska Territorial Legislature which is held after the passage of this Act [
May 4, 1934].”

Executive Documents

Admission of Alaska as StateAdmission of Alaska into the Union was accomplished Jan. 3, 1959, on issuance of Proc. No. 3269, Jan. 3, 1959, 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, as required by section 1 and 8(c) of Pub. L. 85–508, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, set out as notes preceding section 21 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

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Citation

30 U.S.C. § 49b

Title 30Mineral Lands and Mining

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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