2020 Wyoming Statutes
Title 30 - Mines and Minerals
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Section 30-1-101 - Recording Mining Claims Required; Requisites of Certificate.

Universal Citation: WY Stat § 30-1-101 (2020)

30-1-101. Recording mining claims required; requisites of certificate.

(a) A discoverer of any mineral lead, lode, ledge or vein shall, within ninety (90) days from the date of discovery, cause the claim to be recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county within which the claim may exist, by a location certificate which shall contain the following facts:

(i) The name of the lode claim;

(ii) The name or names of the locator or locators;

(iii) The date of location;

(iv) The length of the claim and the general course of the vein as far as it is known;

(v) The amount of surface ground claimed;

(vi) A description of the claim by such designation of natural or fixed object, or if upon ground surveyed by the United States system of land survey, by reference to section or quarter section corners, as shall identify the claim beyond question.

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