2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 69 - Mines
Article 3 - Mining Locations and Operations
Section 69-3-10 - [Boundary posts.]
The surface boundaries of mining claims heerafter [hereafter] located shall be marked by four substantial posts or monuments, one at each corner of such claim, so as to distinctly mark the claim on the ground, so that its boundaries can be readily traced, and shall otherwise conform to Section 69-3-1 NMSA 1978.
History: Laws 1889, ch. 25, § 2; 1897, ch. 58, § 6; C.L. 1897, § 2299; Laws 1899, ch. 57, § 1; Code 1915, § 3448; C.S. 1929, § 88-104; 1941 Comp., § 67-204; 1953 Comp., § 63-2-4.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Relevant to ejectment. — In an action of ejectment between applicant for patent for a mining claim and an adverse claimant, court errs in omitting from instructions requirements of this section. Deeney v. Mineral Creek Milling Co., 1902-NMSC-005, 11 N.M. 279, 67 P. 724.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 53A Am. Jur. 2d Mines and Minerals § 45.
58 C.J.S. Mines and Minerals § 46.
