Sec. 27.10.210. Lien for performance of annual labor.
(a) The person performing or causing to be performed annual labor upon an unpatented mining claim as provided in AS 27.10.200 shall have a lien upon the claim for the assessment work, including the reasonable cost of transportation to and from the claim incurred in doing the work. The lien is enforced either as in […]
Sec. 27.10.220. Lien for annual labor is independent of other liens.
The lien given for the performance of annual labor by AS 27.10.210, if the work is done in good faith and necessarily for the protection either of possession under a certificate of sale or of an attachment, levy, mortgage, judgment, or other lien, remains in effect notwithstanding the contemporaneous or subsequent vacation, dissolution, or setting […]
Sec. 27.10.230. Surveys may qualify as annual labor.
The term “labor” where used in AS 27.10.130 and 27.10.150 includes, without being limited to, geological, geochemical, and geophysical surveys conducted by qualified experts and verified by a detailed report recorded in the recording district office in which the claim is located that sets forth fully (1) the location of the work performed in relation […]
Sec. 27.10.240. Definitions for AS 27.10.230.
In AS 27.10.230, (1) “geochemical surveys” means surveys on the ground for mineral deposits by the proper application of the principles and techniques of the science of chemistry as they relate to the search for and discovery of mineral deposits; (2) “geological surveys” means surveys on the ground for mineral deposits by the proper application […]
Sec. 27.10.090. Sections applicable to precious-metal placers only.
AS 27.10.100 – 27.10.140 apply only to placer deposits containing gold, silver, or other precious metals or minerals.
Sec. 27.10.100. Limits on size of individual placer claims.
The unit of placer locations in the state is 20 acres, and no single or individual placer mining claim may be located in excess of 20 acres nor have a greater length than 1,320 feet. Where a parcel of placer ground lies between and adjoins two or more validly located claims, the restriction as to […]
Sec. 27.10.130. Value of labor or improvements required on placer claims.
Upon each placer mining claim located after March 14, 1935, until patent is issued, not less than $100 worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made during each year for each 20 acres or excess fraction contained in the claim.
Sec. 27.10.140. Location in violation of AS 27.10.090 – 27.10.140 is void.
A placer mining claim attempted to be located in violation of AS 27.10.090 – 27.10.140 is null and void, and the whole area of it may be located by a qualified locator as if no earlier attempt had been made, and no placer mining claim that contains a greater area or is longer than is […]
Sec. 27.10.150. Annual labor or improvements required.
(a) During each year beginning at noon on September 1, and until patent is issued, annual labor shall be performed or improvements made on, or for the benefit of or development of, each mining claim in the state to the extent required by the laws of the United States applicable to Alaska. (b) If the […]
Sec. 27.10.160. Affidavit of labor or improvements.
Within 90 days after September 1 of each year the owner of a mining claim, or some other person having knowledge of the facts, shall make and record with the recorder for the district in which the claim is located an affidavit showing the performance of labor or the making of improvements. The affidavit must […]