Title 30 — Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-73not60
§47 Impairment of Rights or Interests in Certain Mining Property
Title 30 › Chapter 2— MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL › § 47
Summary
Protects mining rights gained under laws before July 9, 1870 from being reduced by other parts of the law. It also preserves the 1866 act that gave A. Sutro rights to build a tunnel to the Comstock lode (approved July 25, 1866).
Full Legal Text
Title 30, §47
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Nothing contained in section 21, 22 to 24, 26 to 28, 29, 30, 33 to 48, 50 to 52, 71 to 76 of this title and section 661 of title 43 shall be construed to impair in any way, rights or interests in mining property acquired under laws in force prior to July 9, 1870; nor to affect the provisions of the act entitled “An act granting to A. Sutro the right-of-way and other privileges to aid in the construction of a draining and exploring tunnel to the Comstock lode, in the State of Nevada”, approved July 25, 1866.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
section 21, 22 to 24, 26 to 28, 29, 30, 33 to 48, 50 to 52, 71 to 76 of this title and section 661 of title 43, referred to in text, were in the original “this chapter”, meaning chapter 6 of title 32 of the Revised Statutes, consisting of R.S. §§ 2318 to 2352. Codification R.S. § 2344 derived from acts
July 9, 1870, ch. 235, § 17, 16 Stat. 218;
May 10, 1872, ch. 152, § 16, 17 Stat. 96.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Submerged Lands ActProvisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed by the Submerged Lands Act, see section 1303 of Title 43, Public Lands.
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30 U.S.C. § 47
Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60