§541a Claims Located Prior to May 25, 1955; Extra­lateral Rights; Amended Notice of Mining Location

Summary

Mining claims that were made under U.S. mining law before May 25, 1955, based on finding valuable material in lignite, are treated as valid even if the land was later known or classified as coal land under the mineral leasing laws, but they still must follow the rules in section 541. No extralateral rights will apply to these validated claims. The person or people who made the claim must, within one hundred and eighty days after August 11, 1955, post an amended notice on the claim and file it where the original notice or certificate is recorded. That amended notice must say it is filed under this chapter to get its benefits, and a copy must also be filed in the Bureau of Land Management’s State land office within the same one-hundred-and-eighty-day period. After that, the claimant must follow the chapter’s requirements.