27-201. Location of mining claim upon discovery of mineral in place Upon discovery of mineral in place on the public domain of the United States the mineral may be located as a lode mining claim by the discoverer for himself, or for himself and others, or for others.
27-202. Method of locating a lode claim; monument; location notice; amendments A. Location of a lode claim shall be made by erecting on the surface on the centerline within the boundaries of the claim a conspicuous monument of stones not less than three feet in height, or an upright post securely fixed and projecting at […]
27-203. Completing lode, placer or millsite locations; recording location notice; monumenting; map, plat or sketch requirements; abandonment of claims; recorder duties and fees A. The locator of a lode, placer or millsite claim shall: 1. Cause to be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the claim is located […]
27-204. Monumenting lode claims The boundaries of a lode claim shall be monumented by six substantial posts projecting at least four feet above the surface of the ground, or by substantial stone monuments at least three feet high, one at each corner of the claim and one at the center of each end line of […]
27-205. Locating and monumenting placer and millsite claims The locator of a placer mining or millsite claim shall locate the claim in the same manner as prescribed for a lode claim, except that: 1. The location notice shall be posted on a separate monument at one corner of the claim within the boundaries of the […]
27-206. Relocation The relocation of a claim shall be made in the same manner as other locations. If the original location work of the claim being relocated included the recording of a map or plat pursuant to section 27-203, the locator may perform relocation work by resurveying or by verifying the accuracy of the boundaries […]
27-208. Affidavit of annual work; affidavit of claim maintenance fee payment; fees A. Before December 31 of any year in which the performance of annual labor or making improvements or the payment of claim maintenance fees on a mining claim is required, the person on whose behalf the work or improvement or payment was made, […]
27-209. Sufficiency of description of mining claims In all actions, judgments, grants, or conveyances it shall be a sufficient description of a mining claim if the name of the claim, the district, county and state where it is located, and the book and page where the location notice thereof is recorded can be understood therefrom.
27-210. Existing claims A. The owner of an unpatented lode, placer or millsite claim existing on the effective date of this section may on or before October 21, 1980, file a map, plat or sketch of such claim conforming to the requirements of section 27-203, subsections B and C which shall also recite the book […]
