Title 30 — Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-73not60

§87 Statements in Application; Patents

Title 30 › Chapter 3— LANDS CONTAINING COAL, OIL, GAS, SALTS, ASPHALTIC MATERIALS, SODIUM, SULPHUR, AND BUILDING STONE › Subchapter II— COAL LAND ENTRIES UNDER NONMINERAL LAND LAWS WITH RESERVATION OF COAL TO UNITED STATES › § 87

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Anyone who applies for the lands listed in section 86 must say in their application that it follows and is subject to the rules in sections 86 to 89. If they prove they fully followed the law and those sections, they get a patent (official title) to the land, but the patent keeps all coal deposits for the United States and gives the U.S. the right to prospect for, mine, and remove that coal.

Full Legal Text

Title 30, §87

Mineral Lands and Mining — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Any applicant for lands mentioned in section 86 of this title shall state in his application that the same is made in accordance with and subject to the provisions and reservations of sections 86 to 89 of this title, and upon submission of satisfactory proof of full compliance with the provisions of law under which application or entry is made and of sections 86 to 89 of this title shall be entitled to a patent to the lands applied for and entered by him, which patent shall contain a reservation to the United States of all the coal deposits in the lands so patented, together with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same.

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Citation

30 U.S.C. § 87

Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60