1996 US Code
Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 2 - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL
Sec. 41 - Intersecting or crossing veins
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING CHAPTER 2 - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL Sec. 41 - Intersecting or crossing veins |
| Contains | section 41 |
| Date | 1996 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 6, 1997 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | R.S. §2336. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 17 Stat. 96 |
§41. Intersecting or crossing veins
Where two or more veins intersect or cross each other, priority of title shall govern, and such prior location shall be entitled to all ore or mineral contained within the space of intersection; but the subsequent location shall have the right-of-way through the space of intersection for the purposes of the convenient working of the mine. And where two or more veins unite, the oldest or prior location shall take the vein below the point of union, including all the space of intersection.
(R.S. §2336.)
CodificationR.S. §2336 derived from act May 10, 1872, ch. 152, §14, 17 Stat. 96.
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in sections 24, 29, 33, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 46, 47, 48, 49, 102, 541b of this title; title 16 section 460mm–1; title 25 section 640d–10; title 43 sections 1712, 1714, 1732.
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