§ 41. — Intersecting or crossing veins.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC41]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 2--MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL
Sec. 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. Sec. 2336.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 2336 derived from act May 10, 1872, ch. 152, Sec. 14, 17
Stat. 96.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This 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.