Title 30

Mineral Lands and Mining

580 sections in this title — page 4 of 6.

§ 229a

Water struck while drilling for oil and gas

Chapter CHAPTER 3A— - LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - OIL AND GAS

§ 23

Length of claims on veins or lodes

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 233a

Permits or leases of certain lands in Okla­homa; retention of royalties

Chapter CHAPTER 3A— - LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - OIL AND GAS

§ 236a

Lands in naval petroleum reserves and naval oil-shale reserves; effect of other laws

Chapter CHAPTER 3A— - LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - OIL AND GAS

§ 236b

Existing leases within naval petroleum reserves not affected

Chapter CHAPTER 3A— - LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - OIL AND GAS

§ 24

Proof of citizenship

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 241

Leases of lands

Chapter CHAPTER 3A— - LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - OIL SHALE

§ 242

Oil shale claims

Chapter CHAPTER 3A— - LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - OIL SHALE

§ 25

Affidavit of citizenship

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 251

Leases to claimants of withdrawn lands; terms and conditions; acreage; annual rentals and royalties; fraud of claimants

Chapter CHAPTER 3A— - LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VI— - ALASKA OIL PROVISO

§ 26

Locators’ rights of possession and enjoyment

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 261

Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage

Chapter CHAPTER 3A— - LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VII— - SODIUM

§ 262

Leases to permittees; survey of lands; royalties and annual rentals

Chapter CHAPTER 3A— - LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VII— - SODIUM

§ 263

Permits to use or lease of nonmineral lands for camp sites, and other purposes; annual rentals; acreage

Chapter CHAPTER 3A— - LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VII— - SODIUM

§ 27

Mining tunnels; right to possession of veins on line with; abandonment of right

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 271

Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage

Chapter CHAPTER 3A— - LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VIII— - SULPHUR

§ 272

Leases to permittees; privileges extended to oil and gas permittees

Chapter CHAPTER 3A— - LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VIII— - SULPHUR

§ 273

Lease of lands not covered by permits or leases; acreage; rental

Chapter CHAPTER 3A— - LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VIII— - SULPHUR

§ 274

Lands containing coal or other minerals

Chapter CHAPTER 3A— - LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VIII— - SULPHUR

§ 275

Laws applicable

Chapter CHAPTER 3A— - LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VIII— - SULPHUR

§ 276

Application of subchapter to Louisiana and New Mexico only

Chapter CHAPTER 3A— - LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VIII— - SULPHUR

§ 28

Mining district regulations by miners: location, recordation, and amount of work; marking of location on ground; records; annual labor or improvements on claims pending issue of patent; co-owner’s succession in interest upon delinquency in contributing proportion of expenditures; tunnel as lode expenditure

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 281

Prospecting permits for chlorides, sulphates, carbonates, borates, silicates, or nitrates of potassium; authorization; acreage; lands affected

Chapter CHAPTER 3A— - LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IX— - POTASH

§ 282

Leases to permittees of lands showing valuable deposits; royalty

Chapter CHAPTER 3A— - LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IX— - POTASH

§ 283

Lands containing valuable deposits not covered by permits or leases; authority to lease; acreage; conditions; renewals; exemptions from rentals and royalties; suspension of operations

Chapter CHAPTER 3A— - LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IX— - POTASH

§ 284

Lands containing coal or other minerals in addition to potassium deposits; issuance of prospecting permits and leases; covenants in potassium leases

Chapter CHAPTER 3A— - LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IX— - POTASH

§ 285

Laws applicable

Chapter CHAPTER 3A— - LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IX— - POTASH

§ 286

Disposition of royalties and rents from potassium leases

Chapter CHAPTER 3A— - LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IX— - POTASH

§ 287

Extension of prospecting permits

Chapter CHAPTER 3A— - LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IX— - POTASH

§ 28b

Annual assessment work on mining claims; temporary deferment; conditions

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 28c

Length and termination of deferment

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 28d

Performance of deferred work

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 28e

Recordation of deferment

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 28f

Fee

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 28g

Location fee

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 28h

Co-ownership

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 28i

Failure to pay

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 28j

Other requirements

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 28k

Regulations

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 28l

Collection of mining law administration fees

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 28–1

Inclusion of certain surveys in labor requirements of mining claims; conditions and restrictions

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 28–2

Definitions

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 29

Patents; procurement procedure; filing: application under oath, plat and field notes, notices, and affidavits; posting plat and notice on claim; publication and posting notice in office; certificate; adverse claims; payment per acre; objections; nonresident claimant’s agent for execution of application and affidavits

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 291

Lease of gold, silver, or quicksilver deposits on lands title to which confirmed by Court of Private Land Claims

Chapter CHAPTER 4— - LEASE OF GOLD, SILVER, OR QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS WHEN TITLE CONFIRMED BY COURT OF PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS

§ 292

Royalties and rentals; disposition

Chapter CHAPTER 4— - LEASE OF GOLD, SILVER, OR QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS WHEN TITLE CONFIRMED BY COURT OF PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS

§ 293

Duties of Secretary of the Interior

Chapter CHAPTER 4— - LEASE OF GOLD, SILVER, OR QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS WHEN TITLE CONFIRMED BY COURT OF PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS

§ 3

Duties of United States Bureau of Mines

Chapter CHAPTER 1— - UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES

§ 30

Adverse claims; oath of claimants; requisites; waiver; stay of land office proceedings; judicial determination of right of possession; successful claimants’ filing of judgment roll, certificate of labor, and description of claim in land office, and acreage and fee payments; issuance of patents for entire or partial claims upon certification of land office proceedings and judgment roll; alienation of patent title

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 301

Authorization for lease of oil and gas deposits; by and to whom leased

Chapter CHAPTER 5— - LEASE OF OIL AND GAS DEPOSITS IN OR UNDER RAILROADS AND OTHER RIGHTS-OF-WAY

§ 302

Assignment of lease; subletting

Chapter CHAPTER 5— - LEASE OF OIL AND GAS DEPOSITS IN OR UNDER RAILROADS AND OTHER RIGHTS-OF-WAY

§ 303

Conditions precedent to award of lease; preferred class; bidding

Chapter CHAPTER 5— - LEASE OF OIL AND GAS DEPOSITS IN OR UNDER RAILROADS AND OTHER RIGHTS-OF-WAY

§ 304

Provisions authorized in lease

Chapter CHAPTER 5— - LEASE OF OIL AND GAS DEPOSITS IN OR UNDER RAILROADS AND OTHER RIGHTS-OF-WAY

§ 305

Royalties under lease

Chapter CHAPTER 5— - LEASE OF OIL AND GAS DEPOSITS IN OR UNDER RAILROADS AND OTHER RIGHTS-OF-WAY

§ 306

Rules and regulations

Chapter CHAPTER 5— - LEASE OF OIL AND GAS DEPOSITS IN OR UNDER RAILROADS AND OTHER RIGHTS-OF-WAY

§ 31

Oath: agent or attorney in fact, beyond district of claim

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 32

Findings by jury; costs

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 33

Existing rights

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 34

Description of vein claims on surveyed and unsurveyed lands; monuments on ground to govern conflicting calls

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 35

Placer claims; entry and proceedings for patent under provisions applicable to vein or lode claims; conforming entry to legal subdivisions and surveys; limitation of claims; homestead entry of segregated agricultural land

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 351

Definitions

Chapter CHAPTER 7— - LEASE OF MINERAL DEPOSITS WITHIN ACQUIRED LANDS

§ 352

Deposits subject to lease; consent of department heads; lands excluded

Chapter CHAPTER 7— - LEASE OF MINERAL DEPOSITS WITHIN ACQUIRED LANDS

§ 353

Sale of lands unaffected; reservation of mineral rights; sale subject to prior lease; naval petroleum reserves unaffected

Chapter CHAPTER 7— - LEASE OF MINERAL DEPOSITS WITHIN ACQUIRED LANDS

§ 354

Lease of partial or future interests in deposits

Chapter CHAPTER 7— - LEASE OF MINERAL DEPOSITS WITHIN ACQUIRED LANDS

§ 355

Disposition of receipts

Chapter CHAPTER 7— - LEASE OF MINERAL DEPOSITS WITHIN ACQUIRED LANDS

§ 356

Furnishing description of lands and title documents; recordation of documents; authenticated copies

Chapter CHAPTER 7— - LEASE OF MINERAL DEPOSITS WITHIN ACQUIRED LANDS

§ 357

State or local government rights; taxation

Chapter CHAPTER 7— - LEASE OF MINERAL DEPOSITS WITHIN ACQUIRED LANDS

§ 358

Rights under prior leases; priority of pending applications; exchange of leases

Chapter CHAPTER 7— - LEASE OF MINERAL DEPOSITS WITHIN ACQUIRED LANDS

§ 359

Rules and regulations

Chapter CHAPTER 7— - LEASE OF MINERAL DEPOSITS WITHIN ACQUIRED LANDS

§ 36

Subdivisions of 10-acre tracts; maximum of placer locations; homestead claims of agricultural lands; sale of improvements

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 360

Authority to manage certain mineral leases

Chapter CHAPTER 7— - LEASE OF MINERAL DEPOSITS WITHIN ACQUIRED LANDS

§ 37

Proceedings for patent where boundaries contain vein or lode; application; statement including vein or lode; issuance of patent: acreage payments for vein or lode and placer claim; costs of proceedings; knowledge affecting construction of application and scope of patent

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 38

Evidence of possession and work to establish right to patent

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 39

Surveyors of mining claims

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 4

Investigation of lignite coal and peat

Chapter CHAPTER 1— - UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES

§ 40

Verification of affidavits

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 401

Establishment of research laboratory; duties

Chapter CHAPTER 8— - DEVELOPMENT OF LIGNITE COAL RESOURCES

§ 402

Acquisition of lands and property; utilization of voluntary services; cooperation with other Federal, State, and private agencies

Chapter CHAPTER 8— - DEVELOPMENT OF LIGNITE COAL RESOURCES

§ 404

Establishment of an advisory committee; composition and appointment

Chapter CHAPTER 8— - DEVELOPMENT OF LIGNITE COAL RESOURCES

§ 41

Intersecting or crossing veins

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 411

Establishment and operation of experimental plant

Chapter CHAPTER 9— - RARE AND PRECIOUS METALS EXPERIMENT STATION

§ 412

Acquisition of lands and interests; acceptance of money and property; disposition and use of money

Chapter CHAPTER 9— - RARE AND PRECIOUS METALS EXPERIMENT STATION

§ 42

Patents for nonmineral lands: application, survey, notice, acreage limitation, payment

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 43

Conditions of sale by local legislature

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 46

Additional land districts and officers

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 47

Impairment of rights or interests in certain mining property

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 48

Lands in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota; sale and disposal as public lands

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 49

Lands in Missouri and Kansas; disposal as agricultural lands

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 49a

Mining laws of United States extended to Alaska; exploration and mining for precious metals; regulations; conflict of laws; permits; dumping tailings; pumping from sea; reservation of roadway; title to land below line of high tide or high-water mark; transfer of title to future State

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 49b

Mining laws relating to placer claims extended to Alaska

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 49c

Recording notices of location of Alaskan mining claims

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 49d

Miners’ regulations for recording notices in Alaska; certain records legalized

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 49e

Annual labor or improvements on Alaskan mining claims; affidavits; burden of proof; forfeitures; location anew of claims; perjury

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 49f

Fees of recorders in Alaska for filing proofs of work and improvements

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 4b

Cooperation with individuals, municipalities, etc.; contracts with owners; agreements as to prices

Chapter CHAPTER 1— - UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES

§ 4c

Investigation of sub-bituminous and lignite coal

Chapter CHAPTER 1— - UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES

§ 4d

Plants, machinery, and equipment

Chapter CHAPTER 1— - UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES

§ 5

Reports of investigations

Chapter CHAPTER 1— - UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES

§ 50

Grants to States or corporations not to include mineral lands

Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 501

Mining claims located between July 31, 1939, and January 1, 1953

Chapter CHAPTER 11— - MINING CLAIMS ON LANDS SUBJECT TO MINERAL LEASING LAWS

§ 502

Reservation of minerals to the United States; rights of entry, disposition and removal

Chapter CHAPTER 11— - MINING CLAIMS ON LANDS SUBJECT TO MINERAL LEASING LAWS