Title 78 — Title 78 MINES, MINERALS, AND PETROLEUM
10 chapters · 199 sections in this title.
RCW 78.08.005 Prior claims, how governed.
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All mining claims upon veins or lodes of quartz or other rock in place, bearing gold, silver or other valuable mineral deposits heretofore located, shall be governed as to length along the vein or lode by the customs, regulations and laws in force at the date of such location.[ 1…
RCW 78.08.020 Extent of lode claims.
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A mining claim located upon any vein or lode of quartz or other rock in place, bearing gold, silver or other valuable mineral deposits, after the approval of *this act by the governor, whether located by one or more persons, may equal, but shall not exceed, one thousand five hund…
RCW 78.08.030 Rights of locators.
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The locators of all mining locations heretofore made or hereafter made under the provisions of RCW 78.08.005 through 78.08.040, on any mineral vein, lode or ledge on the public domain, and their heirs and assigns so long as they comply with the laws of the United States and the s…
RCW 78.08.040 Recording instruments affecting claim.
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All location notices, bonds, assignments and transfers of mining claims shall be recorded in the office of the county auditor of the county where the same is situated within thirty days after the execution thereof.[ 1979 ex.s. c 30 s 15; 1887 c 87 s 7; RRS s 8621.]
RCW 78.08.050 Location notices—Contents—Recording.
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The discoverer of a lode shall within ninety days from the date of discovery, record in the office of the auditor of the county in which such lode is found, a notice containing the name or names of the locators, the date of the location, the number of feet in length claimed on ea…
RCW 78.08.060 Staking of claim—Requisites—Right of person diligently engaged in search.
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(1) Before filing such notice for record, the discoverer shall locate his or her claim by posting at the discovery at the time of discovery a notice containing the name of the lode, the name of the locator or locators, and the date of discovery, and marking the surface boundaries…
RCW 78.08.070 Cut, excavation, tunnel or test hole in lieu of discovery shaft.
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Any open cut, excavation or tunnel which cuts or exposes a lode and from which a total of two hundred cubic feet of material has been removed or in lieu thereof a test hole drilled on the lode to a minimum depth of twenty feet from the collar, shall hold the lode the same as if a…
RCW 78.08.072 Holding claim by geological, etc., survey—Report of survey.
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Any geological, geochemical, or geophysical survey which reasonably involves a direct expenditure on or for the benefit of each claim of not less than the one hundred dollars worth of annual assessment work required under federal statute or regulations shall hold such claim for n…
RCW 78.08.075 "Lode" defined.
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The term "lode" as used in RCW 78.08.050 through 78.08.115 shall be construed to mean ledge, vein or deposit.[ 1983 c 3 s 197; 1899 c 45 s 4; RRS s 8625. Formerly RCW 78.08.010.]
RCW 78.08.080 Amended certificate of location.
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If at any time the locator of any quartz or lode mining claim heretofore or hereafter located, or his or her assigns, shall learn that his or her original certificate was defective or that the requirements of the law had not been complied with before filing, or shall be desirous …
RCW 78.08.081 Assessment work, affidavit of work performed or affidavit of fees paid.
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Within thirty days after the expiration of the period of time fixed for the performance of annual labor or the making of improvements upon any quartz or lode mining claim or premises, the person in whose behalf such work or improvement was made or some person for him or her knowi…
RCW 78.08.082 Affidavit is prima facie evidence.
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Such affidavit when so recorded shall be prima facie evidence of the performance of such labor or the making of such improvements, and such original affidavit after it has been recorded, or a certified copy of record of same, shall be received as evidence accordingly by all the c…
RCW 78.08.090 Relocating abandoned claim.
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The relocation of a forfeited or abandoned quartz or lode claim shall only be made by sinking a new discovery shaft, or in lieu thereof performing at least an equal amount of development work within the borders of the claim, and fixing new boundaries in the same manner and to the…
RCW 78.08.100 Location of placer claims.
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The discoverer of placers or other forms of deposits subject to location and appropriation under mining laws applicable to placers shall locate his or her claim in the following manner:First. He or she must immediately post in a conspicuous place at the point of discovery thereon…
RCW 78.08.110 Affidavit as proof.
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The affidavit provided for in the last section, and the aforesaid placer notice or certificate of location when filed for record, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein recited. A copy of such certificate, notice or affidavit certified by the county auditor shall be a…
RCW 78.08.115 Application of RCW 78.08.050 through 78.08.115.
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All locations of quartz or placer formations or deposits hereafter made shall conform to the requirements of RCW 78.08.050 through 78.08.115 insofar as the same are respectively applicable thereto.[ 1983 c 3 s 199; 1899 c 45 s 12; RRS s 8633.]