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Title 30 - Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter 3 - LANDS CONTAINING COAL, OIL, GAS, SALTS, ASPHALTIC MATERIALS, SODIUM, SULPHUR, AND BUILDING STONE (§§ 71 - 172)
Subchapter I - COAL LAND ENTRIES IN GENERAL (§§ 71 - 77)
Section 76 - Reservation of rights upon coal lands; sale of certain mining lands
COAL LAND ENTRIES IN GENERAL - 30 U.S.C. § 76 (2012)
§76. Reservation of rights upon coal lands; sale of certain mining lands
Nothing in sections 71 to 75 of this title shall be construed to destroy or impair any rights which may have attached prior to the third day of March, 1873, or to authorize the sale of lands valuable for mines of gold, silver, or copper.
(R.S. §2352.)
CodificationR.S. §2352 derived from act Mar. 3, 1873, ch. 279, §6, 17 Stat. 608.
Indian Lands ExceptedSee note set out under section 71 of this title.
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