Miners and mine operators-Relative duties.......... Coal deposits reserved.......... Coal lands-Coal reserved-Nonmineral selections.. Purpose of act-Title to surface coal lands.... Coal lands-Agricultural entries....... Coal lands-Agricultural entries... Purpose of act-Limited patent........ Application of act to withdrawals for classification. Act extended to selections by State...... Selections on lands withdrawn-Reservations of coal.. Noncoal purchaser of surface-Reservations in patent.. Selections by States-Vested rights...... Application for purchase-Form and sufficiency.. 36 Stat. 1349, ch. 254, March 4, 1911 Coal reserved-Private patent... Transportation-Exports-Testing.. 37 Stat. 328, p. 338, August 22, 1912 UNITED STATES MINING STATUTES ANNOTATED. By J. W. THOMPSON. REVISED STATUTES AND STATUTES AT LARGE. I. SECTIONS RELATING TO METALLIFEROUS MINING. III. COAL-LAND SECTIONS AND STATUTES, p. 724. IV. SECTIONS RELATING TO MISCELLANEOUS MINING SUBJECTS, p. 829. I. SECTIONS RELATING TO METALLIFEROUS MINING. SECTION 2318, REVISED STATUTES. In all cases lands valuable for minerals shall be reserved from sale, except as otherwise expressly directed by law. A. SYSTEM OF MINING LAWS. B. MINERAL LANDS-OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSAL, p. 2. A. SYSTEM OF MINING LAWS. 1. BASIS OF PRESENT SYSTEM. 2. CUSTOMS OF MINERS AS PART OF SYSTEM. 3. POLICY AS TO MINERAL LANDS. 1. BASIS OF PRESENT SYSTEM. The various provisions of the original mining statutes, including the several acts of July 4, 1866 (14 Stat. 85), July 26, 1866 (14 Stat. 251), July 9, 1870 (16 Stat. 217), May 10, 1872 (17 Stat. 91), February 18, 1873 (17 Stat. 465), and March 3, 1873 (17 Stat. 607), are codified and embodied within this and the following sections of the Revised Statutes. Pacific Coast Marble Co. v. Northern Pac. R. Co., 25 L. D. 233, p. 235. The whole scheme in reference to mineral lands of the United States is found in these sections. Blackburn v. Portland Gold Min. Co., 175 U. S. 571, p. 586. The act of May 10, 1872 (17 Stat. 91), was the foundation of the existing system of mining laws by which citizens of the United States acquired rights to the public mineral lands, and the provisions of that act are now embodied in this and the succeeding sections. Reynolds v. Iron Silver Min. Co., 116 U. S. 687, p. 693. 1 |