Title 30 — Title 30 — Mines And Minerals
9 chapters · 202 sections in this title.
W.S. § 30-1-101 certificate
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certificate. Recording mining claims required; requisites of (a) A discoverer of any mineral lead, lode, ledge or vein shall, within ninety (90) days from the date of discovery, cause the claim to be recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county within which the claim …
W.S. § 30-1-102 Imperfect certificates void
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Imperfect certificates void. Any certificate of the location of a lode claim which shall not fully contain all the requirements named in W.S. 30-1-101, together with such other description as shall identify the lode or claim with reasonable certainty, shall be void.
W.S. § 30-1-103 Prerequisites to filing location certificates
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Prerequisites to filing location certificates. (a) Before the filing of a location certificate in the office of the county clerk, the discoverer of any lode, vein or fissure shall designate the location thereof as follows: (i) Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 91, § 2. (ii) By posting a…
W.S. § 30-1-104 Additional location certificate to be filed upon change of surface boundaries or addition of new territory
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Additional location certificate to be filed upon change of surface boundaries or addition of new territory. Whenever it shall be apprehended by the locator, or his assigns, of any mining claims or property heretofore or hereafter located, that his or their original location certi…
W.S. § 30-1-105 claim
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claim. Location certificates shall describe but 1 No location certificate shall contain more than one (1) claim or location, whether the location be made by one (1) or more locators, and any location certificate that contains upon its face more than one (1) location claim shall b…
W.S. § 30-1-106 Repealed by Laws 1981, ch
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Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 91, § 2.
W.S. § 30-1-107 Repealed by Laws 1981, ch
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Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 91, § 2.
W.S. § 30-1-108 Locators' rights of possession and enjoyment; "mineral boundaries" defined
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Locators' rights of possession and enjoyment; "mineral boundaries" defined. The locators of all mining locations heretofore made, or which shall hereafter be made, on any mineral vein, lode or ledge, situated on the public domain, their heirs and assigns, shall have the exclusive…
W.S. § 30-1-109 Relocation of abandoned claims
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Relocation of abandoned claims. Any abandoned lode, vein or strata claim may be relocated and the relocation shall be perfected by fixing new boundaries in the same manner as provided for the location of a new claim. The relocator shall erect new or adopt the old boundaries, rene…
W.S. § 30-1-110 Location certificate for placer claims
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Location certificate for placer claims. (a) Hereafter the discoverer of any placer claim shall, within ninety (90) days after the date of discovery, cause such claim to be recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county within which such claim may exist, by filing therei…
W.S. § 30-1-111 kind
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kind. Assessment work for placer claims; character and For every placer claim, assessment work, as hereinafter provided, shall be done during each and every year after the first day of September following the date of location. Such assessment work shall consist in manual labor, p…
W.S. § 30-1-112 Assessment work for placer claims; amount of work required; suspension by act of congress
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Assessment work for placer claims; amount of work required; suspension by act of congress. On all placer claims heretofore or hereafter located in this state not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) worth of assessment work shall be performed during each year from the first da…
W.S. § 30-1-113 Assessment work for placer claims; upon contiguous claims
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Assessment work for placer claims; upon contiguous claims. When two (2) or more placer mining claims lie contiguous and are owned by the same person, persons, company or corporation, the yearly expenditure of labor and improvements required on each of such claims may be made upon…
W.S. § 30-1-114 Assessment work for placer claims; effect of failure to perform
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Assessment work for placer claims; effect of failure to perform. Upon failure of the owners to do or have done the assessment work required within the time above stated, such claim or claims upon which such work has not been completed, shall thereafter be open to relocation on or…
W.S. § 30-1-115 Assessment work; rental fee; affidavit required upon completion or payment
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Assessment work; rental fee; affidavit required upon completion or payment. Upon completion of the required assessment work or payment of the annual claim rental fee as required by federal law for any mining claim, the owner or owners or agent of such owner or owners shall cause …
W.S. § 30-1-116 Patents to placer claims
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Patents to placer claims. When any person, persons or association, they and their grantors, have held and worked their placer claims in conformance with the laws of this state and the regulations of the mining district in which such claim exists, if such be organized, for five (5…
W.S. § 30-1-117 Use of water
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Use of water. Whenever any person, persons or corporation, shall be engaged in mining or milling in this state, and in the prosecution of such business shall hoist or bring water from mines or natural water courses, such person, persons or corporation shall have the right to use …
W.S. § 30-1-118 Mining claims subject to right-of-way; construction of ditch or flume
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Mining claims subject to right-of-way; construction of ditch or flume. All mining claims or property now located, or which may hereafter be located within this state, shall be subject to the right-of-way of any ditch or flume for mining purposes, or of any tramway, pack-trail or …
W.S. § 30-1-119 Protection of surface proprietors
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Protection of surface proprietors. Where a mining right exists in any case and is separate from the ownership or right of occupancy to the surface, such owner or rightful occupant of the said surface may demand satisfactory security from the miner or miners, and if such security …
W.S. § 30-1-120 171,
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171,. § 3. Repealed by Laws 1982, ch. 75, § 5; 1983, ch.
W.S. § 30-1-121 171,
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171,. § 3. Repealed by Laws 1982, ch. 75, § 5; 1983, ch.
W.S. § 30-1-122 Defrauding, cheating or swindling by "salting"
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Defrauding, cheating or swindling by "salting". Any person or persons who shall defraud, cheat, swindle or deceive any party or parties in relation to any mine or mining property by "salting," or by placing or causing to be placed in any lode, placer or other mine, any genuine me…
W.S. § 30-1-123 Protection of livestock from mining shafts
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Protection of livestock from mining shafts. Every person, persons, company or corporation, who have already sunk mining shafts, pits, holes, inclines, upon any mining claim, or upon any mineral property, ground or premises, or who may hereafter sink such openings aforesaid, shall…
W.S. § 30-1-124 Length of lode claim
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Length of lode claim. The length of any lode mining claim located within Wyoming, shall not exceed fifteen hundred (1,500) feet measured horizontally along such lode or vein. Nor can the regulations of any mining district limit a location to less than this length.
W.S. § 30-1-125 Width of lode claim
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Width of lode claim. The width of any lode claim located within Wyoming shall not exceed three hundred (300) feet on each side of the discovery shaft, the discovery shaft being always equally distant from the side lines of the claims. Nor can any mining district limit the locatio…
W.S. § 30-1-126 coal mines
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coal mines. W.S. 30-1-101 through 30-1-126 not applicable to Nothing in this act shall apply to the working of coal mines.
W.S. § 30-1-127 Charge for assays at university
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Charge for assays at university. Hereafter the charge for making assays or tests for silver, gold, copper and lead at the University of Wyoming shall be in accordance with a fee schedule established by the university for charges to any resident of the state.
W.S. § 30-1-128 Construction or operation of railroads or roads by mining companies
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Construction or operation of railroads or roads by mining companies. Any corporation or association of persons organized under this article or under the laws of any other state and doing business in this state, now or hereafter engaged in mining gold or silver bearing quartz rock…
W.S. § 30-1-129 Eminent domain for underground right-of-way easements; right of condemnation generally
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Eminent domain for underground right-of-way easements; right of condemnation generally. Every owner or operator of any mining claims or properties having a common corner who find it necessary for the practical or economical development thereof has the right to condemn and to take…
W.S. § 30-1-130 Eminent domain for underground right-of-way easements; duty to show good faith and necessity
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Eminent domain for underground right-of-way easements; duty to show good faith and necessity. In order to exercise the right of eminent domain herein granted the person claiming the benefit of such right shall be required to show that the proceeding is in good faith and that the …
W.S. § 30-1-131 invalidity
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invalidity. Provisions for indemnity in certain contracts; (a) All agreements, covenants or promises contained in, collateral to or affecting any agreement pertaining to any well for oil, gas or water, or mine for any mineral, which purport to indemnify the indemnitee against los…
W.S. § 30-1-132 definition
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definition. Provisions for indemnity in certain contracts; The term "agreement pertaining to any well for oil, gas, or water, or mine for any mineral" as used in W.S. 30-1-131, means any agreement or understanding, written or oral, concerning any operations related to drilling, d…
W.S. § 30-1-133 exemption
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exemption. Provisions for indemnity in certain contracts; Provided that nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive an owner of the surface estate of the right to secure an indemnity from any lessee, operator, contractor or other person conducting operations for the explora…