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Title 30 - Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter 16 - MINERAL DEVELOPMENT OF LANDS WITHDRAWN FOR POWER DEVELOPMENT (§§ 621 - 625)
Section 624 - Protection of existing valid claims
MINERAL DEVELOPMENT OF LANDS WITHDRAWN FOR POWER DEVELOPMENT - 30 U.S.C. § 624 (2012)
§624. Protection of existing valid claims
Nothing in this chapter contained shall be construed to limit or restrict the rights of the owner or owners of any valid mining claim located prior to the date of withdrawal or reservation: Provided, That nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit or restrict the rights of the owner or owners of any mining claim who are diligently working to make a discovery of valuable minerals at the time any future withdrawal or reservation for power development is made.
(Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 797, §5, 69 Stat. 683.)
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