82-2-401. Sampling rooms required. A person, association, or corporation engaged in the business of buying or sampling or smelting for hire ores of gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron, or other valuable metal shall maintain a sampling room or house to which the ore shippers or their agents or representatives must have access at all times […]
82-2-402. Samples of 50 pounds per ton to be retained until settlement. A person, association, or corporation that buys ore upon an agreement to pay for it in an amount dependent upon the metallic contents or that smelts any ore shall retain from the pulp or crushed ore, as the ore is sampled, a quantity of […]
82-2-403. Penalty for commingling foreign substances with ore. Any person or persons, corporation, association, or partnership which shall, with intent to defraud, in any manner whatever, introduce any foreign substance into any ore or commingle any foreign substance with any ore intended for sale in any smelter or which any person, association, or corporation shall have […]
82-2-404. Umpire assayers — appointment, qualifications, and duties. A person, association, or corporation engaged in the sampling of ores with intent to purchase or smelt them, whether for themselves or as the agent or agents for other purchasers, shall choose an assayer who has operated an assay office or chemical laboratory for at least 1 year. […]
82-2-405. Notice of selection. Upon the selection of the umpire, who must be actively engaged in the assaying business in this state, the person, association, or corporation selecting the umpire shall, within 10 days after the selection is made, post a notice of the selection in a conspicuous place within and outside the room or house […]
82-2-406. Violation — penalty. Every person, association, or corporation engaged in the sampling of ores belonging to others which fails to comply with the provisions of 82-2-404 or 82-2-405 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $1,000 or less than $500. History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 115, L. […]
82-2-407 through 82-2-420 reserved.
82-2-421. Time for payment for ores. (1) A person, association, company, or corporation engaged within this state in purchasing ore, minerals, or metals from or in smelting, milling, or otherwise reducing or preparing the same for market for any other person or persons, association, company, or corporation shall, within 20 days after any ore, minerals, or […]
82-2-422. Violation — penalty. Any person, association, company, or corporation violating any of the provisions of 82-2-421 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $1,000 or less than $500. History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 37, L. 1911; re-en. Sec. 3443, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3443, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. […]
82-2-423. Statement by purchasers of ore from leased mines. A person or corporation buying or treating ores from leased mines or mining claims shall furnish the lessor and the lessee of the mines or mining claims a true and correct copy of the statement of returns of ores from the sale or shipment. The statement shall […]
82-2-424. Copy of statement to lessee. Sampling works and smelters within this state shall mail a duplicate copy of any statement showing the gross and net proceeds of all ores bought from or treated for lessors of mines to the lessee of the mine or mining claim from which the ores were extracted at the same […]
82-2-425. Shipper — penalty for violation. A person or corporation who, as the shipper, violates 82-2-423, as amended, is liable to the lessor and the lessee for 10% of the net returns from the shipment or sale of ores referred to in that section, in addition to the value of the interest of the lessor and […]
82-2-426. Smelters — penalty for violation. Any person or corporation operating any sampling works or smelter within this state who shall violate any of the provisions of 82-2-423 and 82-2-424 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not less than $50 or more than $100. History: En. Sec. […]
