Penetration of water stratum by mine discovery or drill hole;

plugging; reports; exceptions. Any person drilling a mine lode discovery or mine drill hole to a depth of ten feet or more who encounters or whose drill cuts into a water body or water-bearing stratum shall: A. plug at a horizon and in the manner provided by the rules of the state engineer; and B. within ninety days from the date of the discovery, report in writing the depth, location and manner of plugging the water body or water-bearing stratum to the state engineer at the state capitol and to the director of the bureau of geology and mineral resources at Socorro, New Mexico. History: 1953 Comp., § 63-2-3.3, enacted by Laws 1957, ch. 108, § 1; 1967, ch. 128, § 1; 2001, ch. 246, § 9.