§ 541a. — Claims located prior to May 25, 1955; extralateral rights; amended notice of mining location.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC541a]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 12A--ENTRY AND LOCATION ON COAL LANDS ON DISCOVERY OF SOURCE
MATERIAL
Sec. 541a. Claims located prior to May 25, 1955; extralateral
rights; amended notice of mining location
Any mining claim located in a manner prescribed by the mining laws
of the United States upon lands of the character described in section
541 of this title, prior to May 25, 1955, if based upon a discovery of
valuable source material contained in lignite shall be effective to the
same extent as if such lands at the time of location, and at all times
thereafter, had not been classified as or known to be valuable for coal
subject to disposition under the mineral leasing laws, subject, however,
to the provisions of section 541 of this title: Provided, That no
extralateral rights shall attach to any mining location validated under
this section: And provided further, That the locator or locators of such
a mining claim shall, not later than one hundred and eighty days from
and after August 11, 1955, post on the claim and file for record in the
office where the notice or certificate of location is of record, an
amended notice of the mining location stating that such amended notice
is filed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and for the purpose
of obtaining the benefits thereof; and that a copy of said amended
notice is, within the said one-hundred-and-eighty-day period, filed in
the land office of the Bureau of Land Management for the State in which
the mining location is situated, and the mining locator thereafter
complies with the requirements of this chapter.
(Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 795, Sec. 2, 69 Stat. 679.)
References in Text
The mining laws of the United States, referred to in text, are
classified generally to this title.
For definition of ``mineral leasing laws'', referred to in text, see
section 541e of this title.
Extension of Time for Annual Assessment Work
Act June 29, 1956, ch. 478, 70 Stat. 438, as amended by Pub. L. 85-
68, June 29, 1957, 71 Stat. 226, provided for extension of time for
period commencing July 1, 1955, to 12 o'clock noon July 1, 1958, during
which labor must be performed, or improvements made pursuant to section
28 of this title, or any unpatented mining claim validated under this
section and for extension of time for period commencing July 1, 1956, to
12 o'clock noon July 1, 1958, during which labor must be performed, or
improvements made pursuant to section 28 of this title, on any other
unpatented mining claim subject to this chapter.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 541b of this title.
