Section 69-3-29 – [Terminating lease without notice; liability in damages; forfeiture of lease.]
The lessor and the mine upon which any lease is terminated without such thirty days’ notice, shall be liable to the lessee for all damages resulting from such termination: provided, that nothing in this or the preceding section [69-3-28 NMSA 1978] shall prevent the forfeiture and termination of any such lease without such notice when […]
Section 69-3-30 – [Stockholders; right of entry and examination of mines.]
Any person owning stock in any corporation or company owning or operating mines in this state, shall at any time during the business hours of the day, have the right to enter in and upon any and all mines of such corporation or company, and all underground workings connected therewith for the purpose of examining […]
Section 69-3-31 – [Denial to stockholders of right of entry; penalty.]
Every corporation or company or officer or agent of such corporation or company who shall refuse to allow upon demand, any person owning stock in such corporation or company, to enter such mines, as in the preceding section [69-3-30 NMSA 1978] provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and the corporation or company shall forfeit […]
Section 69-3-32 – [“Stockholders” defined.]
The words “any person owning stock” as used in the preceding sections [69-3-30, 69-3-31 NMSA 1978] shall be taken and considered to mean stockholders, whose names appear on the stock book of the company as owners of stock, and none others. History: Laws 1884, ch. 45, § 1; C.L. 1884, § 1574; C.L. 1897, § […]
Section 69-3-19 to 69-3-21 – Repealed.
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1981, ch. 310, § 7, repealed 69-3-19 to 69-3-21 NMSA 1978, relating to placer mining claims, effective May 20, 1981.
Section 69-3-22 – [Size of placer mining claims.]
The size of the claim or claims to be located under Sections 69-3-19 to 69-3-21 NMSA 1978 [repealed], and the amount of annual assessment work to be done thereon in order to hold possession of and secure patent to the same shall be the same as provided by Revised Statutes of the United States. History: […]
Section 69-3-23 – [Regulations by private landowners as to mining locations; recording; amending.]
The owner or owners of lands within this state, the title to which has been vested by letters patent from the United States government, may make and file in the office of the county clerk of the county in which such lands are situated, such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of the […]
Section 69-3-24 – [No trespassing notices.]
Whenever the owner or lessee of any mining property in the state of New Mexico shall desire to operate the same and to prevent trespassers from entering thereon, such owner or lessees [lessee] may post notices in English and Spanish in at least three public places upon said premises, warning all persons from entering upon […]
Section 69-3-25 – [Penalty for trespass; exceptions.]
After the posting of such notices, it shall be unlawful for any person to enter upon said premises without such permission, and any person violating the provisions of the proceding [preceding] section [69-3-24 NMSA 1978] shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by fine not exceeding fifty dollars […]
Section 69-3-26 – [Trespass against person rightfully in possession.]
When any person, firm or corporation shall be lawfully and peaceably in possession of any mining claim in this state and shall have complied with all the requirements of law and regulations in force in the district in which said mining claim is situated, such persons, firm or corporation shall be deemed to be the […]